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Privacy Panel
Medium
Data Collected
○Contact Info
Name
Email address
Social network profile information (name, birthday, profile picture)
○Device & Online IDs
Username and display name
IP address
Inferred location from IP address
○Photos, Videos & Audio
User-generated content (posts, responses, avatar image, photos, series)
○Browsing & Search History
Reading history and activity
Cookies and tracking data
Pages viewed and links clicked
Inferred reading preferences
○Purchases & Transactions
Membership transaction information
○App Usage & Diagnostics
Device and usage information
○Contacts / Address Book
Device contacts (address book)
Data Sharing & Use
noSold to third parties
7 recipient categories (Vendors, service providers, and consultants, Analytics providers, Payment processors, …)
YESShared for advertising
YESCross-site tracking
YESUsed for profiling / AI decisions
?Used to train AI models
YESDisclosed to law enforcement
Data Uses
Core serviceSecurity / fraudAdvertisingPersonalizationAnalyticsThird-party partnerships
Data Retention
As long as account is active; other data retained as long as necessary for legitimate business purposes
Varies by data type
Includes legally mandated retention
Account data is retained while the account is active and deleted within 14 days …
Consumer Rights
Access
Delete
Portability
Correct
Opt-out
Security
?
Encrypted in transit?
Encrypted at rest?
MFA available?
Breach notificationBrowser Privacy Signals
unknownGPC / DNT
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What's on the label
Sold to third parties
no99% confidence
Medium does not sell your personal information.view in policy ↗
Shared for advertising
YES75% confidence
We share personal information with vendors, service providers, and consultants that need access to personal information in order to perform services for us, such as companies that assist us with web hosting, storage, and other infrastructure, analytics, payment processing, fraud prevention and security, customer service, communications, and marketing.view in policy ↗
Cross-site tracking
YES85% confidence
We also work with third party analytics providers who use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other technologies to collect information about your use of our Services and other websites and applications
Used for profiling
YES80% confidence
We may derive information or draw inferences about you based on the information we collect. For example, we may make inferences about your location based on your IP address or infer reading preferences based on your reading history.view in policy ↗
Signals & rights
Sources / Provenance
Analyzed June 5, 2026 · policy fetched June 5, 2026
Archived copy ↗ · captured Jun 4, 2026
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