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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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Your personal information may be transferred to countries other than where you live, such as, for example, to our servers in the US.
We also require these service providers to protect your personal information to at least the same standards that we do.
we may share data between our affiliates for the safety and security of our users and may take necessary actions if we believe you have violated these Terms, including banning you from our Services and/or our affiliates' services...
"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 Privacy Policy
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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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