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• June 6, 2026 v1 low
  Medium's privacy policy was updated on June 6, 2026 to add engagement metrics (53K views, 13 responses) to the policy document header. The change is purely editorial and adds visible article engagement statistics to the document display. No substantive changes to privacy rights, data collection practices, or consumer obligations were made.
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• May 18, 2026 v1 low
  Medium updated its Privacy Policy on May 18, 2026 to add detailed disclosure about its address book contact feature. The new language explains that when users opt in to this feature, Medium converts contact names and email addresses into encrypted, non-reversible identifiers to match against its member database. Medium does not store names or emails in plain text, deletes identifiers for non-members immediately, and deletes all encrypted identifiers within 30 days. The policy also reorganized its personal information collection disclosure, though the categories themselves (identifiers, commercial information, internet activity, inferences) remain unchanged.
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• April 26, 2026 v1 low
  Medium's privacy policy was updated on April 26, 2026, but the changes appear to be primarily formatting and structural rather than substantive. The document added a sentence reiterating the categories of personal information Medium collects (identifiers, commercial information, internet activity, and inferences) and made minor edits to navigation text. The effective date of the policy remains March 24, 2022, and no new data collection practices or rights changes were introduced.
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• April 22, 2026 v1 low
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