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**Advertisements.** We reserve the right to display advertisements on your website unless you have purchased a plan that includes the removal of ads.

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**Attribution.** We reserve the right to display attribution text or links in your website footer or toolbar, attributing WordPress.com or the theme author, for example. Some of these attributions may not be altered or removed. For more details about what these attributions might look like, and under which circumstances (if any) they may be altered or removed, please see our [Admin and Action Bars support page](https://en.support.wordpress.com/admin-bar/).

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**Friends of WP.com Themes.** By activating a partner theme from the Friends of WP.com section of our themes directory, you agree to that partner's terms of service. You can decline the terms of service at any time by deactivating the partner theme.

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**Domain Names.** We act as a registrar and also work with third party registrars in order to provide our users with domain name services. When you register a domain name on WordPress.com, or when you transfer an existing domain name to WordPress.com, you become bound by the relevant registrar's terms and conditions, either the [Automattic Domain Name Registration Agreement](https://wordpress.com/automattic-domain-name-registration-agreement/), [Tucows Domain Inc. Registration Agreement](https://opensrs.com/wp-content/uploads/Tucows_ExhibitA.html), or [this Domain Name Registration Agreement](https://www.secureserver.net/legal-agreement), in addition to these Terms. When you register a domain, you are presented with and agree to the relevant domain registration agreement. If you didn't make a note of it, you can look it up at any time at WordPress.com. Please see [this support page](http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-registration-agreements) for instructions on how to determine which domain registration agreement(s) apply to you and your domains. These registrar terms are incorporated by reference into these Terms.

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**Domain Names.** We act as a registrar and also work with third party registrars in order to provide domain name services. When you register a domain name on WordPress.com or transfer an existing domain name to WordPress.com, the [policies of the respective registry apply](https://en.support.wordpress.com/registry-policies/), and you become bound by the relevant registrar's terms and conditions, either the [Automattic Domain Name Registration Agreement](https://wordpress.com/automattic-domain-name-registration-agreement/), [Key-Systems GmbH Registration Agreement](https://www.rrpproxy.net/Legal/Registration_Agreement), [Tucows Domain Inc. Registration Agreement](https://opensrs.com/wp-content/uploads/Tucows_ExhibitA.html), or [this Domain Name Registration Agreement](https://www.secureserver.net/legal-agreement), in addition to these Terms. When you register a domain, you're presented with and agree to the relevant domain registration agreement. If you didn't make a note of it, you can look it up at any time. Please see [this page](http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-registration-agreements) for instructions on how to determine which domain registration agreement(s) apply to you and your domains. These registrar terms are incorporated by reference into these Terms.

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Further, your use of the domain name is also subject to the policies of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"). You can read about [your rights and responsibilities as a domain name registrant](http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/registrant-rights/benefits) under ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Agreement and about [domain name registration generally](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/educational-2012-02-25-en).

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Your use of your domain name is also subject to the policies of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"). You can read about [your rights and responsibilities as a domain name registrant](http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/registrant-rights/benefits) under ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Agreement and about [domain name registration generally](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/educational-2012-02-25-en).

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For details about what happens during the domain expiration process, and how we may notify you of domain expiration, please see the [Domain Expiration support page](https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-expiration/).

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For details about what happens during the domain expiration process and how we may notify you of domain expiration, please see the [Domain Expiration page](https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-expiration/).

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Please refer to the [domain pricing and available TLDs page](https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-pricing-and-available-tlds/) for details about fees associated with domain registrations, renewals, and redemptions.

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When you register a domain name, you're required to provide complete and accurate registration information. In most cases, the contact information you provide as part of the registration process will be used as your administrative contact, technical contact, and billing contact. This contact information can be [updated at any time](https://en.support.wordpress.com/update-contact-information/).

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If the domain name registration information you've provided differs from the WordPress.com account holder's information, we consider the administrative contact in the domain's WHOIS records (the contact information provided on WordPress.com as part of the domain registration process) to be the owner of the domain, with full authority to manage the domain.

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Jetpack is a plugin that connects your self-hosted WordPress website to WordPress.com's infrastructure to give you powerful WordPress.com features.

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**Jetpack Content.** You're fully responsible for the content of any website you own that runs Jetpack ("Jetpack Content").

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**Features.** Jetpack includes various features, and you can visit Jetpack.com to learn more about them. Some features, like Enhanced Distribution, when activated, will include your Jetpack Content in [Firehose](https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/firehose/). By activating these features, you grant us permission to display your Jetpack Content on WordPress.com for the purpose of distributing and promoting your website. Some features are on by default and others you need to enable manually. You can see which features are active, and activate and deactivate features, on your dashboard.

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**License.** By using Jetpack, you grant us access to your website's servers for the purpose of backing up and securing your Jetpack Content, and restoring files and database information (which may include access details for multiple servers or accounts for each website that we backup). Jetpack may temporarily install extra software on your website to backup your website and scan it for security vulnerabilities. In order to address security vulnerabilities, we may push an upgrade to your website or access your website to remove malicious code.

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**License.** By using Jetpack, you grant us access to your website's servers for the purpose of backing up and securing your Jetpack Content, and restoring files and database information (which may include access details for multiple servers or accounts for each website that we backup). Jetpack may temporarily install extra software on your website to backup your website and scan it for security vulnerabilities. In order to address security vulnerabilities, we may push an upgrade to your website or access your website to remove malicious code. We may also manually access your site if there's an emergency or to troubleshoot your support requests.

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You agree that we may scan your website, and compile aggregated/anonymized statistics for our internal use to optimize Jetpack's performance. By submitting Content to Automattic for inclusion on your website, you grant Automattic a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt, and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing, and promoting your website. This license also allows Automattic to make any publicly-posted Content available to third parties selected by Automattic (through [Firehose](https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/firehose/), for example) so that these third parties can analyze and distribute (but not publicly display) the Content through their services.

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**Storage of Information.** Certain Jetpack features rely on WordPress.com servers to function, such as those that allow you to send email, publish links, relate posts to each other, or resize images. To take advantage of the performance boosting features of Jetpack, certain information about the Content, settings, and setup of your website are synced with our servers, as described on our [What Data Does Jetpack Sync? support page](https://jetpack.com/support/what-data-does-jetpack-sync/).

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**Prohibited Uses.** Your website and Jetpack Content must comply with [Jetpack's Service Guidelines](https://jetpack.com/service-guidelines/).

 **Advertisements.** We reserve the right to display advertisements on your website unless you have purchased a plan that includes the removal of ads.
 **Attribution.** We reserve the right to display attribution text or links in your website footer or toolbar, attributing WordPress.com or the theme author, for example. Some of these attributions may not be altered or removed. For more details about what these attributions might look like, and under which circumstances (if any) they may be altered or removed, please see our [Admin and Action Bars support page](https://en.support.wordpress.com/admin-bar/).
 **Friends of WP.com Themes.** By activating a partner theme from the Friends of WP.com section of our themes directory, you agree to that partner's terms of service. You can decline the terms of service at any time by deactivating the partner theme.
+**Domain Names.** We act as a registrar and also work with third party registrars in order to provide our users with domain name services. When you register a domain name on WordPress.com, or when you transfer an existing domain name to WordPress.com, you become bound by the relevant registrar's terms and conditions, either the [Automattic Domain Name Registration Agreement](https://wordpress.com/automattic-domain-name-registration-agreement/), [Tucows Domain Inc. Registration Agreement](https://opensrs.com/wp-content/uploads/Tucows_ExhibitA.html), or [this Domain Name Registration Agreement](https://www.secureserver.net/legal-agreement), in addition to these Terms. When you register a domain, you are presented with and agree to the relevant domain registration agreement. If you didn't make a note of it, you can look it up at any time at WordPress.com. Please see [this support page](http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-registration-agreements) for instructions on how to determine which domain registration agreement(s) apply to you and your domains. These registrar terms are incorporated by reference into these Terms.
+**Domain Names.** We act as a registrar and also work with third party registrars in order to provide domain name services. When you register a domain name on WordPress.com or transfer an existing domain name to WordPress.com, the [policies of the respective registry apply](https://en.support.wordpress.com/registry-policies/), and you become bound by the relevant registrar's terms and conditions, either the [Automattic Domain Name Registration Agreement](https://wordpress.com/automattic-domain-name-registration-agreement/), [Key-Systems GmbH Registration Agreement](https://www.rrpproxy.net/Legal/Registration_Agreement), [Tucows Domain Inc. Registration Agreement](https://opensrs.com/wp-content/uploads/Tucows_ExhibitA.html), or [this Domain Name Registration Agreement](https://www.secureserver.net/legal-agreement), in addition to these Terms. When you register a domain, you're presented with and agree to the relevant domain registration agreement. If you didn't make a note of it, you can look it up at any time. Please see [this page](http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-registration-agreements) for instructions on how to determine which domain registration agreement(s) apply to you and your domains. These registrar terms are incorporated by reference into these Terms.
+Further, your use of the domain name is also subject to the policies of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"). You can read about [your rights and responsibilities as a domain name registrant](http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/registrant-rights/benefits) under ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Agreement and about [domain name registration generally](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/educational-2012-02-25-en).
+Your use of your domain name is also subject to the policies of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"). You can read about [your rights and responsibilities as a domain name registrant](http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/registrant-rights/benefits) under ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Agreement and about [domain name registration generally](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/educational-2012-02-25-en).
+For details about what happens during the domain expiration process, and how we may notify you of domain expiration, please see the [Domain Expiration support page](https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-expiration/).
+For details about what happens during the domain expiration process and how we may notify you of domain expiration, please see the [Domain Expiration page](https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-expiration/).
 Please refer to the [domain pricing and available TLDs page](https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-pricing-and-available-tlds/) for details about fees associated with domain registrations, renewals, and redemptions.
+When you register a domain name, you're required to provide complete and accurate registration information. In most cases, the contact information you provide as part of the registration process will be used as your administrative contact, technical contact, and billing contact. This contact information can be [updated at any time](https://en.support.wordpress.com/update-contact-information/).
+If the domain name registration information you've provided differs from the WordPress.com account holder's information, we consider the administrative contact in the domain's WHOIS records (the contact information provided on WordPress.com as part of the domain registration process) to be the owner of the domain, with full authority to manage the domain.
 ### b. Jetpack
 Jetpack is a plugin that connects your self-hosted WordPress website to WordPress.com's infrastructure to give you powerful WordPress.com features.
 **Jetpack Content.** You're fully responsible for the content of any website you own that runs Jetpack ("Jetpack Content").
 **Features.** Jetpack includes various features, and you can visit Jetpack.com to learn more about them. Some features, like Enhanced Distribution, when activated, will include your Jetpack Content in [Firehose](https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/firehose/). By activating these features, you grant us permission to display your Jetpack Content on WordPress.com for the purpose of distributing and promoting your website. Some features are on by default and others you need to enable manually. You can see which features are active, and activate and deactivate features, on your dashboard.
+**License.** By using Jetpack, you grant us access to your website's servers for the purpose of backing up and securing your Jetpack Content, and restoring files and database information (which may include access details for multiple servers or accounts for each website that we backup). Jetpack may temporarily install extra software on your website to backup your website and scan it for security vulnerabilities. In order to address security vulnerabilities, we may push an upgrade to your website or access your website to remove malicious code.
+**License.** By using Jetpack, you grant us access to your website's servers for the purpose of backing up and securing your Jetpack Content, and restoring files and database information (which may include access details for multiple servers or accounts for each website that we backup). Jetpack may temporarily install extra software on your website to backup your website and scan it for security vulnerabilities. In order to address security vulnerabilities, we may push an upgrade to your website or access your website to remove malicious code. We may also manually access your site if there's an emergency or to troubleshoot your support requests.
 You agree that we may scan your website, and compile aggregated/anonymized statistics for our internal use to optimize Jetpack's performance. By submitting Content to Automattic for inclusion on your website, you grant Automattic a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt, and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing, and promoting your website. This license also allows Automattic to make any publicly-posted Content available to third parties selected by Automattic (through [Firehose](https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/firehose/), for example) so that these third parties can analyze and distribute (but not publicly display) the Content through their services.
 **Storage of Information.** Certain Jetpack features rely on WordPress.com servers to function, such as those that allow you to send email, publish links, relate posts to each other, or resize images. To take advantage of the performance boosting features of Jetpack, certain information about the Content, settings, and setup of your website are synced with our servers, as described on our [What Data Does Jetpack Sync? support page](https://jetpack.com/support/what-data-does-jetpack-sync/).
 **Prohibited Uses.** Your website and Jetpack Content must comply with [Jetpack's Service Guidelines](https://jetpack.com/service-guidelines/).
 ## 22\. Miscellaneous
 The Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Automattic and you concerning the subject matter hereof. If any part of the Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties' original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of the Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof.
 You may assign your rights under the Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; Automattic may assign its rights under the Agreement without condition. The Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
+[Print friendly version](https://en-support.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/wordpress.com-tos-november-2019.pdf)
+[Print friendly version](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/wordpress.com-tos-01-30-2020.pdf)
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