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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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California's Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Training Data Transparency Act requires developers of GenAI systems available to California residents to post details on the data used for training their systems on their websites.
If required by applicable laws, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any transfer of personal information to an unaffiliated third-party.
the Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information to the extent that such disclosure is necessary for the Receiving Party to enforce its rights under this Agreement or is required by law or by the order of a court or similar judicial or administrative body, provided that (to the extent legal...
"When you interact with an Embed, it can send information about your interaction to the hosting third party just as if you were visiting the third party's site directly.Excerpt from Medium's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “When you interact with an Embed, it can send information about your interaction to the hosting third party just as if you were visiting the third party's site directly.”
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