Private User Data

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• IP Addresses
• Mature Content
• Prevent Content Theft
• Private Information
• Recycling Blog Addresses (URLs)
• Report Mature or Spam Blogs
• Selecting a Strong Password
• Self-Harm and Online Safety
• Suspended Blogs

In general, we keep the following private data about WordPress.com sites and users (we may have additional information for premium users as set forth in our privacy policy):

• The email address used to create a blog
• The IP address from which the blog was created
• The date and time when a blog was created
• The IP addresses from which blog posts have been published
• The email and IP addresses of anyone who has left a comment on a blog
• Other information disclosed in our privacy policy

This is a small amount of data compared to other internet service providers (we generally do not keep access logs, user names and addresses, etc). This data is covered by our privacy policy, which means that it is accessible to our employees and contractors, and to lawyers, courts, and government agencies – provided they comply with our policies for requesting such information (which may be found in our Legal Guidelines). If you are a blogger looking for a completely anonymous blogging service, or if the fact that the above data could be revealed in court proceedings, etc. bothers you, please do NOT use WordPress.com for your blogging. If you are in a dispute with an anonymous WordPress.com blogger and are looking for data about them, please see our Legal Guidelines.