Due to frequent confusion regarding how to remove the DMCA advisory message, we are removing that section.

Changes taking effect May 25, 2018.

Changes taking effect May 25, 2018.

Changes taking effect May 25, 2018.

Added more specific information to help clarify our practices, included information for Polldaddy and WooCommerce.com services, and added information to reflect the requirements of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. Changes take effect May 25, 2018.

Changes taking effect May 25, 2018. http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/new-privacy-features-and-updated-policies

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Fixed formatting issues.

Added a link to a support doc.

Small typo you -> your

Included information for Simplenote, Simperium, Cloudup, and Lean Domain Search.

General reorganization and cleanup.

Accidentally changed "user agent" to "user" in last update. Reverting this change.

Polldaddy was rebranded as Crowdsignal. More details here: https://crowdsignal.com/support/crowdsignal-faq/

Polldaddy was rebranded as Crowdsignal.

Fixed formatting.

Polldaddy was rebranded as Crowdsignal. More details here: https://crowdsignal.com/support/crowdsignal-faq/

Removed reference to http://crowdsignal.com/community/.

Added more information about Jetpack.

Removed section about assigning your site's web traffic to Automattic.

Updated relevant section numbers.

A bit of reorganization and clarification (for example, using "non-US" rather than "foreign").

Clarified billing practices, added more information about taxes, explained Automattic-owned subdomains and rules surrounding them, added a reference to Jetpack's service guidelines, and made some minor updates to sections 5 and 21.

Moved a line from the "Reporting Terms of Service Violations" section to the "Requesting Private Information of WordPress.com Users" section.

Included information for Longreads and additional information regarding Longreads accounts.

Added clarifications and additional details to existing sections, for example about ICANN policies and what we may store when you communicate with us.

Included information for Happy Tools.

Revised and reorganized language throughout to help simplify the terms, and incorporated information on Happy Tools.

Fixed formatting and spacing.

Updated the list of our advertising program partners.

Revised the Domain Names section to reflect the new process for determining which domain name registration agreement applies to a domain.

Updated a link.

Added a sentence to make clear that we do not claim ownership to content posted on WordPress.com.

Fixed some formatting issues and removed references to Bubblestorm and South African law.

Added a Functionality cookie.

Included information for the Recurring Payments feature.

Updated the "Fees, Payment, and Renewa"l and "Ecommerce Services" sections for Recurring Payments.

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Updated directory name.

Miscellaneous changes throughout, including updates to sections 5 (Fees, Payment, and Renewal), 7 (Specific Service Terms), 13 (Termination), and 17 (Limitation of Liability).

"Though" should be "Through".

A few miscellaneous changes, including adding a new cookie and adding more details about how to control cookies.

WP Terms of Service - fix typo in one word

Updated the list of advertising program partners.

A few miscellaneous changes, such as new sections about translations of this Privacy Policy and how to opt out of our internal analytics program.

Added a "How Long We Keep Visitor Information" section.

Fixing a link

A few miscellaneous changes, including the addition of a Data Processing Agreement section and a No-Show Policy.

Updated the list of our advertising program partners.

Updated for California Consumer Privacy Act and miscellaneous clarification throughout.

Fixing a typo.

Added some clarification relating to Jetpack and domain names, and incorporated an additional domain name registration agreement.

Added a reference to our new WooCommerce Guidelines for CBD and Other Hemp-Derived Products.

Updated for WooCommerce Payments.

Updated for WooCommerce Payments and added a new section: “Other Information and Resources.”

Updated the section about WooCommerce Payments and added references to other products and programs.

Updated the list of our advertising program partners.

CCPA updates

Editing to include a past update: Added "Gambling" section on 15 Feb 2018.

Editing to include a past update: Changed “Directly threatening material” to “Calls to violence” and improved that guideline's explanation on 31 Aug 2018.

Editing to include a past update: Under “Intellectual Property Infringement”, changed "rule of thumb" to "golden rule" as a better idiom on 24 Jan 2019.

Editing to include a past update: Under “Posting Private Information”, added restriction on collecting sensitive info via contact form on 16 Apr 2019.

Editing to include a past update: Under "Advertising" added reference to WordPress.com Business and eCommerce plans on 19 Dec 2019.

Editing to include a past update: Updated some links to other support document where their URLs had changed on 24 Dec 2019.