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Third Party Analytics Data Usage for Targeting

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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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Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 3333 other provisions on other platforms.

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We use information derived from cookies together with other Personal Data that you have already shared with us to deliver you information about employment opportunities that may interest you based on the job searches you made on the Website...

Microsoft Medium

We do not use what you say in email, chat, video calls or voice mail, or your documents, photos or other personal files, to target advertising to you.

MyFitnessPal Medium

We use your personal information to send you newsletters and other promotional communications, including information about MyFitnessPal's new offerings, features, offers, events, webinars, and other information.

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This information may be used by Medium and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver content targeted to your interests...

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Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

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-035965
Document ID
CA-D-00246
Evidence Provenance
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Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
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Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 06:40 UTC
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Citation Record
Entity: Medium
Document: Medium Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-035965
Captured: 2026-07-09 06:40:42 UTC
SHA-256: e130408799d47ec7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/medium/medium-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-035965/third-party-analytics-data-usage-for-targeting/
Accessed: Aug. 7, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Medium's Third Party Analytics Data Usage for Targeting clause do?

The clause states: “This information may be used by Medium and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver content targeted to your interests...”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 278 platforms. See the full comparison.

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