You can see our previous Privacy Policy    here   . Effective: September 1, 2020 We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, you share information directly with us when you create an account, fill out a form, We rely on third parties to process payments in connection with our Services.  Third-Party EmbedsSome of the content that you see displayed on Medium is not hosted by Medium. These “embeds” are hosted by a third-party and embedded in Medium. For example: YouTube or Vimeo videos, Imgur or Giphy gifs, SoundCloud audio files, Twitter tweets, GitHub code, or Scribd documents that appear within a Medium post. These files send data to the hosted site just as if you were visiting that site directly (for example, when you load a Medium post page with a YouTube video embedded in it, YouTube receives data about your activity). Medium does not control what data third parties collect in cases like this, or what they will do with it. So, third-party embeds on Medium are not covered by this privacy policy. They are covered by the privacy policy of the third-party service. Some embeds may ask you for personal information, such as your email address, through a form. We do our best to keep bad actors off of Medium. However, if you choose to submit your information to a third party this way, we don’t know what they may do with it. As explained above, their actions are not covered by this Privacy Policy. So, please be careful when you see embedded forms on Medium asking for your email address or any other personal information. Make sure you understand who you are submitting your information to and what they say they plan to do with it. We suggest that you do not submit personal information to any third-party through an embedded form. If you embed a form that allows submission of personal information by users, you must provide near the embedded form a prominent link to an applicable Privacy Policy that clearly states how to you intend to use any information collected. Failure to do so may lead Medium to disable the post or take other action to limit or disable your account. We collect information about how you access our Services, including data about the device and network you use, such as your hardware model, operating system version, mobile network, IP address,  We also collect information about your activity on our Services, such as access times, pages viewed, links clicked, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services. We use tracking technologies, such as cookies and web beacons, to collect information about you. Web beacons (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) are electronic images that we use on our Services and in our emails to help deliver cookies, count visits, and understand usage.  We also work with third party analytics providers who use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other technologies We obtain information from third-party sources. For example, we may collect information about you from social networks, accounting services providers and data analytics providers. USE OF INFORMATION Communicate with you about new content, products, services, and features offered by Medium and provide other news and information we think will interest you Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services; 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. We may disclose personal information if we believe that disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. If we are going to disclose your personal information in response to legal process, we will give you notice so you can challenge it (for example by seeking court intervention), unless we are prohibited by law or believe doing so may endanger others or cause illegal conduct. We will object to legal requests for information about users of our Services that we believe are improper. We may share personal information in connection with, or during negotiations concerning, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company. Therefore, we and our service providers may transfer your personal information to, or store or access it in, jurisdictions that may not provide levels of data protection that are equivalent to those of your home jurisdiction. For example, we transfer personal data to Amazon Web Services, one of our service providers that processes personal information for us in various data center locations across the globe, including those listed here. We will take steps to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it. Please note that if you choose to delete your account, we may continue to retain certain information about you as required by law or for our legitimate business purposes. If you prefer, you can usually adjust your browser settings to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that removing or rejecting cookies could affect the availability and functionality of our Services. You may opt out of receiving certain communications from us, such as digests, newsletters, and activity notifications, by following the instructions in those communications or through your account’s Settings page. If you opt out, we may still send you administrative emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations. Medium does not sell your personal information. If you sign up for a Medium account, you may at any time request an export of your personal information from the Settings page, or by going to Settings and then selecting Account within our app. You may withdraw consent by deleting your account at any time through the Settings page, or by going to Settings and then selecting Account within our app (except to the extent Medium is prevented by law from deleting your information). 

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There is a date of the last update of the agreements. There is a date of the last update of the agreements. The service may collect extra data about you through promotions. Third parties may be involved in operating the service. The service warns you of the potential consequences related to third-party access. This service collects your IP address, which can be used to view your approximate location. This service tracks which web page referred you to it. The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.. Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication. This service uses third-party cookies for statistics. This service gathers information about you through third parties. The service provides information about how they intend to use your personal data. This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes. Your personal data is aggregated into statistics. Your personal data is given to third parties. The service promises to inform and/or notify users regarding government inquiries that may involve users' personal data. The service will only respond to government requests that are reasonable. The service can sell or otherwise transfer your personal data as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction.. Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world. This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations. Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service. You can opt out of promotional communications. This service does not sell your personal data. This service allows you to retrieve an archive of your data. You have the right to leave this service at any time.