“We share personal information with vendors, service providers, and consultants that need access to personal information...in order to perform services for us, such as companies that assist us with web hosting...”
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Personal information is shared with third parties beyond Medium itself, expanding the number of entities that hold and can act on users' data.
The updated policy discloses that vendors, service providers, and consultants with access to your information may scan, analyze, and review your content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata. The policy now explicitly states that these parties may use this information to train, test, and improve machine learning models and algorithms. Previously, the policy described vendor access only in terms of performing services such as hosting, analytics, and payment processing, without mentioning content analysis or AI model training. Under the revised terms, your posted content and communications may be analyzed by third parties for machine learning purposes.
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We may share your Personal Data with Service Providers, Third-Party Vendors, Consultants, and other Business Partners in order to provide Services on our behalf...
We may share your personal data with a third party for purposes other than processing on our behalf. We will obtain your consent to such disclosure as required by applicable laws.
These third parties have limited access to your information, may use your information only to perform agreed tasks, and are prohibited from disclosing or using your information for other purposes.
"We share personal information with vendors, service providers, and consultants that need access to personal information...in order to perform services for us, such as companies that assist us with web hosting...Excerpt from Medium's Privacy Policy
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Personal information is shared with third parties beyond Medium itself, expanding the number of entities that hold and can act on users' data.
Your personal information is shared with outside vendors, service providers, and consultants when they need it to provide services to Medium.
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