- Privacy Settings
The Privacy Settings control who can and cannot view your blog. You can make your site public, private, or block it from search engines.
- Cookie & Privacy Banner Widget
When browsing sites hosted on WordPress.com, you may see a cookie & privacy banner appear across the bottom of the screen: The banner links by default to a page with details on the information we at WordPress.com collect and may store, including an explanation of personalized advertisements. For visitors from the European Union, we will […]
- Domain Registrations and Privacy
Please note that the information below pertains to domain registrations only. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy. Information We Collect and Why When you register a domain, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) requires us to collect certain data: An additional email address (although it could be the same as […]
- Your WordPress.com Site and the GDPR
We care a lot about your privacy and that of your site’s visitors. WordPress.com is committed to operating in accordance with the GDPR, as well as giving you tools and resources to help you better understand and comply with the law, for your own site. This guide is designed to aid you in your efforts […]
- Tracking & Opt Outs
As part of our commitment to your privacy and security we are transparent about the data we collect about you and how we use that data. Additionally, we offer you the option to opt out of some of our tracking, and to provide tracking opt-out options to your site’s visitors. Opt Your User Account Out […]
- Private Information
We consider publication of certain information to be a privacy violation. Information that we consider to be private include: Social Security or national ID numbers (e.g. passport). Credit card numbers. IP addresses. Unlisted/non-public physical addresses, email addresses, or phone numbers. Birth dates. Passwords. Unauthorized, private nude images. If you find private information published on a WordPress.com blog, […]
- Account Settings
You can review and edit basic account information in Account Settings. To go to Account Settings, click on your Gravatar in the upper right-hand corner of your admin bar. Here is a direct link to Account Settings: https://wordpress.com/me/account Account Settings Username Your WordPress.com username must be unique. You can change your username by typing in a new one into […]
- Update Email Address
The email address registered with your WordPress.com account is your unique identifier. You will notice that when you sign up, we do not require any other information. As such, this is how we are able to verify ownership of blogs and accounts; it is very important to remember and update it as necessary.
- TaxJar
Tax calculations in a WordPress.com Store are provided by a third party service, TaxJar. In order to calculate sales tax, TaxJar needs to have the cost of the order, your address, and your customer’s address. TaxJar retains this information in their logs for up to 60 days, and it will be treated in accordance with TaxJar’s Privacy […]
- IP Addresses
An IP address is your address on the internet and is used to route all traffic between your computer and the websites and other internet services that you use. When you use WordPress.com we record your IP address, whether you are adding a post, a comment, or just reading an article. Please read our privacy […]
