Automattic Privacy Policy changes — 20150401_rev01

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- We don't ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. (We can't stand services that ask you for things like your gender or income level for no apparent reason.)

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- We don't share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.

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- We don't store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services.

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- In our blogging products, we aim to make it as simple as possible for you to control what's visible to the public, seen by search engines, kept private, and permanently deleted.

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Below is our privacy policy which incorporates these goals: (Note, we've decided to make this privacy policy available under a [Creative Commons Sharealike](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/) license, which means you're more than welcome to steal it and repurpose it for your own use, just make sure to replace references to us with ones to you, and if you want we'd appreciate a link to Automattic.com somewhere on your site. We spent a lot of money and time on the below, and other people shouldn't need to do the same.)

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Below is our privacy policy which incorporates these goals: (Note, we've decided to make this privacy policy available under a [Creative Commons Sharealike](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) license, which means you're more than welcome to steal it and repurpose it for your own use, just make sure to replace references to us with ones to you, and if you want we'd appreciate a link to Automattic.com somewhere on your site. We spent a lot of money and time on the below, and other people shouldn't need to do the same.)

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If you have questions about deleting or correcting your personal data please contact our [support team](http://en.support.wordpress.com/).

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Automattic Inc. ("**Automattic**") operates several websites including [automattic.com](http://automattic.com/), [wordpress.com](http://wordpress.com/), [gravatar.com](http://gravatar.com/), [intensedebate.com](http://intensedebate.com/), and [akismet.com](http://akismet.com/). It is Automattic's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

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### Website Visitors

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3	3	- We don't ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. (We can't stand services that ask you for things like your gender or income level for no apparent reason.)
4	4	- We don't share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
5	5	- We don't store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services.
6	6	- In our blogging products, we aim to make it as simple as possible for you to control what's visible to the public, seen by search engines, kept private, and permanently deleted.
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8		Below is our privacy policy which incorporates these goals: (Note, we've decided to make this privacy policy available under a [Creative Commons Sharealike](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/) license, which means you're more than welcome to steal it and repurpose it for your own use, just make sure to replace references to us with ones to you, and if you want we'd appreciate a link to Automattic.com somewhere on your site. We spent a lot of money and time on the below, and other people shouldn't need to do the same.)
	8	Below is our privacy policy which incorporates these goals: (Note, we've decided to make this privacy policy available under a [Creative Commons Sharealike](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) license, which means you're more than welcome to steal it and repurpose it for your own use, just make sure to replace references to us with ones to you, and if you want we'd appreciate a link to Automattic.com somewhere on your site. We spent a lot of money and time on the below, and other people shouldn't need to do the same.)
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10	10	If you have questions about deleting or correcting your personal data please contact our [support team](http://en.support.wordpress.com/).
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12	12	Automattic Inc. ("Automattic") operates several websites including [automattic.com](http://automattic.com/), [wordpress.com](http://wordpress.com/), [gravatar.com](http://gravatar.com/), [intensedebate.com](http://intensedebate.com/), and [akismet.com](http://akismet.com/). It is Automattic's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
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54	54	- _September 18, 2013:_ Added that blog commenter email addresses are disclosed to administrators of the blog where the comment was left.
55	55	- _February 1, 2011:_ Clarified subpoena language and added Business Transfers paragraph
56	56	- _January 3, 2011:_ Added court order and subpoena clarification
57	57	- _July 1, 2010:_ Revised paragraph about IP addresses to explain when they are collected and that commenter IPs are visible to blog administrators
58	58	- _October 29, 2009:_ Added Comments paragraph to explain Akismet comment storage policy
59	59	- _March 10, 2009:_ Added Ads paragraph to alert users that ads from third parties may use cookies
	60	- _February 18, 2015:_ Updated Creative Commons license from 2.5 to 4.0

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