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EEA Account Deletion as Consent Withdrawal

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Medium Jun 19, 2026

The updated policy states that Medium and its vendors may scan, analyze, and review your content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata. Data sharing now explicitly includes information you submitted or posted through the service, extending beyond infrastructure support to machine learning model training and improvement. The policy does not indicate an opt-out mechanism or granular user control over this specific use of content.

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Clause Stability Stable

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Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 5148 other provisions on other platforms.

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Square Medium

to withdraw your consent to our processing of your data (where such processing is based on consent)

Google Cloud Medium

You and your organization's administrator can access several types of Service Data directly from Google Cloud, including your account information, billing contact information, payment and transaction information, as well as product and communication settings and configurations.

Roblox Medium

Further, you may take legal actions in relation to any potential breach of your rights regarding the processing of your Personal Information, as well as to lodge complaints before the competent data prot...

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You may withdraw consent by deleting your account at any time through the Settings page...except to the extent Medium is prevented by law from deleting your information.

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Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
UK GDPR
United Kingdom
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
VPPA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Medium Privacy Policy
Entity
Medium
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-036051
Document ID
CA-D-00246
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
e130408799d47ec7cc19cd4b7dfb170a92948a0979f65deae988281c66c5510b
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 06:40 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Medium
Document: Medium Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-036051
Captured: 2026-07-09 06:40:42 UTC
SHA-256: e130408799d47ec7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/medium/medium-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-036051/eea-account-deletion-as-consent-withdrawal/
Accessed: Sept. 8, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Medium's EEA Account Deletion as Consent Withdrawal clause do?

The clause states: “You may withdraw consent by deleting your account at any time through the Settings page...except to the extent Medium is prevented by law from deleting your information.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 289 platforms. See the full comparison.

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