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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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We use your personal information to help monitor and maintain the security of the Services and our business operations. Additionally, we use your personal information to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized activities and access...
Pursuing legitimate interests, such as research and development (including marketing research), network and information security, and fraud prevention
We use your Personal Information to (a) help maintain the security and integrity of the Services, (b) detect, prevent, investigate, and protect you, our business, our users, and others from fraud...
"Detect, investigate, and prevent security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and protect the rights and property of Medium and others;Excerpt from Medium's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “Detect, investigate, and prevent security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and protect the rights and property of Medium and others;”
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