Privacy Policy

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1111### Who We Are and What This Policy Covers
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1313Howdy! We are the folks behind a variety of products and services designed to allow anyone - from bloggers, to photographers, small business owners, and enterprises - to take full advantage of the power and promise of the open web. Our mission is to democratize publishing and commerce so that anyone with a story can tell it, and anyone can turn their great idea into a livelihood. We believe in powering the open internet with code that is open source and are proud to say that the vast majority of our work is available under the General Public License ("GPL"). Unlike most other services, because our GPL code is public, you can actually download and take a look at that code to see how it works.
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1515This Privacy Policy applies to information that we collect about you when you use:
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17- Our websites (including automattic.com, wordpress.com, vip.wordpress.com, jetpack.com, woocommerce.com, crowdsignal.com, gravatar.com, intensedebate.com, vaultpress.com, akismet.com, simplenote.com, simperium.com, leandomainsearch.com, cloudup.com, longreads.com, atavist.com, mailpoet.com, automatewoo.com, jetpackcrm.com, happy.tools, wpcourses.com, wpscan.com, newspack.pub, and wp.cloud);
17- Our websites (including automattic.com, wordpress.com, jetpack.com, woocommerce.com, crowdsignal.com, gravatar.com, intensedebate.com, vaultpress.com, akismet.com, simplenote.com, simperium.com, leandomainsearch.com, cloudup.com, longreads.com, atavist.com, mailpoet.com, automatewoo.com, jetpackcrm.com, happy.tools, wpcourses.com, wpscan.com, newspack.pub, and wp.cloud);
1818- Our mobile applications (including the WordPress mobile app for Android and iOS);
19- Our other Automattic products, services, and features that are available on or through our websites (for example, WordPress.com plans, the Payments feature, the Pay with PayPal block, WordPress.com VIP, Jetpack, the WooCommerce Shipping & Tax extension, Gravatar, the IntenseDebate comment management system, Akismet plans, Simplenote, Simperium, Cloudup, Longreads, MailPoet, AutomateWoo, Jetpack CRM, Happy Tools, WordPress.com Courses, WPScan and Newspack); and
19- Our other Automattic products, services, and features that are available on or through our websites (for example, WordPress.com plans, the Payments feature, the Pay with PayPal block, WordPress.com, Jetpack, the WooCommerce Shipping & Tax extension, Gravatar, the IntenseDebate comment management system, Akismet plans, Simplenote, Simperium, Cloudup, Longreads, MailPoet, AutomateWoo, Jetpack CRM, Happy Tools, WordPress.com Courses, WPScan and Newspack); and
2020- Other users' websites that use our Services, while you are logged in to your account with us.
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2222This Privacy Policy also applies to information we collect when you apply for a job at Automattic or one of our subsidiaries.
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2424Throughout this Privacy Policy we'll refer to our websites, mobile applications, and other products and services collectively as "Services." And if you'd like to learn more about which Automattic company is the controller of information about you, take a look at the section below on [Controllers and Responsible Companies](https://automattic.com/privacy/).
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300300In the event of a conflict between a translated version of our Privacy Policy and the English version, the English version will control.
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302302That's it! Thanks for reading.
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304304### Change log
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306- _March 17, 2023:_ Remove references to WPVIP.
306307- _December 30, 2022:_ Updated the California rights section to apply to additional US states.
307308- _October 18, 2022_: Added wp.cloud to the list of our websites.
308309- _April 26, 2022:_ Included information regarding WooPay.
309310- _November 22, 2021:_ Included information for WPScan.
310311- _October 8, 2021:_ Included information for WordPress.com Courses and Newspack. Updated the "Information we Collect from Other Sources" section with new examples.
311312- _January 1, 2021_: Included information for AutomateWoo and Jetpack CRM. Updated the "Controllers and Responsible Companies" section to reflect changes affecting WooCommerce users.