Automattic Privacy Policy changes — 20100614_rev01

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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** 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 WordPress.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 accessing or correcting your personal data please contact our [support team](http://support.wordpress.com/).

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Automattic Inc. ("**Automattic**") operates several websites including [automattic.com](http://www.automattic.com/), [wordpress.com](http://www.wordpress.com/), [gravatar.com](http://www.gravatar.com/), [intensedebate.com](http://www.intensedebate.com/), and [akismet.com](http://www.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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Like most website operators, Automattic collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Automattic's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Automattic's visitors use its website. From time to time, Automattic may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

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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.
 - We don't store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services.
 - 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.
 Below is our privacy policy which incorporates these goals: (Note, we've decided to make this privacy policy available under a **Creative Commons Sharealike** 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 WordPress.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.)
+If you have questions about accessing or correcting your personal data please contact our [support team](http://support.wordpress.com/).
 Automattic Inc. ("**Automattic**") operates several websites including [automattic.com](http://www.automattic.com/), [wordpress.com](http://www.wordpress.com/), [gravatar.com](http://www.gravatar.com/), [intensedebate.com](http://www.intensedebate.com/), and [akismet.com](http://www.akismet.com/). It is Automattic's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
 ### Website Visitors
 Like most website operators, Automattic collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Automattic's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Automattic's visitors use its website. From time to time, Automattic may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
 Comments and other content submitted to our Akismet anti-spam service are not saved on our servers unless they were marked as false positives, in which case we store them long enough to use them to improve the service to avoid future false positives.
 ### Privacy Policy Changes
 Although most changes are likely to be minor, Automattic may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Automattic's sole discretion. Automattic encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a WordPress.com account, you should also check your blog's dashboard for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
+Last updated: 10/2009
+**Change log:**
+If you have questions about accessing or correcting your personal data please contact our [support team](http://support.wordpress.com/).
+October 29, 2009: Added Comments paragraph to explain Akismet comment storage policy
+March 10, 2009: Added Ads paragraph to alert users that ads from third parties may use cookies

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