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The provision establishes the operational basis for Medium's content personalization and recommendation systems, which require continuous collection of behavioral data to function. This data collection forms the infrastructure through which Medium tailors content delivery to individual users.
Users' reading and interaction data is systematically collected and processed by Medium to inform content recommendations and platform personalization. This mechanism applies automatically during platform use without requiring affirmative user consent beyond the privacy policy's disclosure.
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The provision establishes the operational basis for Medium's content personalization and recommendation systems, which require continuous collection of behavioral data to function. This data collection forms the infrastructure through which Medium tailors content delivery to individual users.
Users' reading and interaction data is systematically collected and processed by Medium to inform content recommendations and platform personalization. This mechanism applies automatically during platform use without requiring affirmative user consent beyond the privacy policy's disclosure.
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