“If you close your account, we will delete your account data within 14 days.”
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The 14-day window establishes a concrete, time-bound obligation on Medium to remove account data after closure.
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.
View change record →Closing your account triggers a defined deadline by which Medium must delete your account data.
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"If you close your account, we will delete your account data within 14 days.Excerpt from Medium's Privacy Policy
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The 14-day window establishes a concrete, time-bound obligation on Medium to remove account data after closure.
Closing your account triggers a defined deadline by which Medium must delete your account data.
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