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The content users create or exchange on Medium — including messages and AI interactions — may be actively examined by Medium and multiple third-party entities.
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.
View change record →Your content, private messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata may be scanned, analyzed, and reviewed by Medium and its third-party vendors and consultants.
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Where the law allows us to, we may use the content you and other users have posted for training or to help us to improve the way we filter content on our platform.
In accordance with applicable legal requirements, we may use your information to tailor and provide you with content and advertisements.
We also may use automatic scanning technology on messages to allow us to recognize patterns on our messaging platform to make your professional communications more efficient and informed...check links shared in messages for malicious sites and looks for blacklisted keywords to detect spam and fraud.
"We and these vendors, service providers, and consultants may scan, analyze, and review your content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata.Excerpt from Medium's Privacy Policy
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The content users create or exchange on Medium — including messages and AI interactions — may be actively examined by Medium and multiple third-party entities.
Your content, private messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata may be scanned, analyzed, and reviewed by Medium and its third-party vendors and consultants.
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