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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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Client will not... (ii) interfere with any independent efforts by Plaid to provide End User notice or obtain End User consent
To protect your privacy, we will take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request, such as by requiring you to submit your request via your account.
We may provide an option for users to opt into the disclosure of their demographic data in a manner and to an extent that may lead to loss of their anonymity.
"If we are going to disclose your personal information in response to legal process, we will give you notice so you can challenge it (for example by seeking court intervention)...Excerpt from Medium's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “If we are going to disclose your personal information in response to legal process, we will give you notice so you can challenge it (for example by seeking court intervention)...”
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