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Adequate Protection for Transferred Data

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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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How other platforms handle this

Squarespace Medium

Your personal information may be transferred to countries other than where you live, such as, for example, to our servers in the US.

Oura Medium

We also require these service providers to protect your personal information to at least the same standards that we do.

Lime Medium

if you are accessing and using Lime Services under a corporate account...you acknowledge and agree that Lime may share certain of your usage information with whomever provided you with access to the Lime Services

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We will take steps to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it.

— Excerpt from Medium's Medium Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
UK GDPR
United Kingdom
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
VPPA
United States Federal

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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-036027
Document ID
CA-D-00246
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
e130408799d47ec7cc19cd4b7dfb170a92948a0979f65deae988281c66c5510b
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 06:40 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Medium
Document: Medium Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-036027
Captured: 2026-07-09 06:40:42 UTC
SHA-256: e130408799d47ec7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/medium/medium-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-036027/adequate-protection-for-transferred-data/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
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The clause states: “We will take steps to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it.”

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