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Imprint, privacy & cookie compliance — found from sitemap — WordPress.com
Checked for WordPress.com on 28 Oct 2026
- Page
- https://wordpress.com/support/your-site-and-the-gdpr/
- Checked
- 28 Oct 2026, 15:38 UTC
- How we may use it
- Public page, crawling permitted
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- page
- http status
- 200
- content hash
- sha256:15c787c949370b73cfadc90bc34a5e02b7d384836c0efac83fe058c377c0d68c
- permission
- robots_ok
- screenshot
- Screenshot on file (internal exhibit, not published)
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Facts read from this source
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GDPR commitment Report an error
“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.”
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Not legal advice Report an error
“This guide is not intended as a replacement for legal counsel; if you have concerns about whether your site is GDPR-compliant, we encourage you to seek the advice of a qualified attorney.”
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Cookie consent block Report an error
“The Cookie Consent block displays a cookie consent banner on your website, letting the visitors know the site uses cookies. This block is available on sites with Site Editor-supported themes.”
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Cookie banner widget Report an error
“Sites with themes that do not support the Site Editor can use the Cookies & Consents Banner Widget. Our Cookies widget has been updated with new functionality. When you enable it on your site, it allows you to share links to your site’s Privacy Policy and notifies your site’s visitors about the tracking cookies your site is using.”
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Cookie banner automatic free plans Report an error
“This widget and banner notice is automatically enabled on all sites utilizing our free plan level, but for sites on WordPress.com paid plans, you can enable or disable it on your site.”
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Third party plugin GDPR responsibility Report an error
“This section of the guide applies to sites with our WordPress.com Personal, Premium, Business, and Commerce plans. For free sites, upgrade your plan to access this feature.”
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DPA available Report an error
“We include the Standard Contractual Clauses for such data transfers in our Data Processing Agreement. If you are interested in having a DPA with us, you can request one from the Privacy Settings page in your dashboard at https://my.wordpress.com/me/privacy.”
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Data locations Report an error
“WordPress.com servers store personal data on servers located both in the US and in the EU. It is not possible to restrict the data associated with your site to a single geographic location.”
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Core privacy tools disabled Report an error
“On most WordPress.com sites, we have disabled these features because they weren’t designed for a shared hosting environment like WordPress.com.”
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Plugin enabled core privacy tools Report an error
“Note that all WordPress.com plugin-enabled sites have access to the core WordPress privacy features.”
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Google fonts served locally Report an error
“All requests to serve Google Fonts used in WordPress.com themes are served through WordPress.com’s servers and no longer use Google’s CDN/FDN. This change was made in December 2022.”
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Privacy policy shareable license Report an error
“We release our Privacy Policy under a Creative Commons ShareAlike license, which means you’re more than welcome to copy it, adapt it, and repurpose it for your own use.”
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Privacy resources Report an error
“https://automattic.com/privacy-notice/ https://automattic.com/cookies/”
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Access deletion help Report an error
“If you receive a request for either access or deletion, and you aren’t sure how to honor it, you can reach out to us for help at https://wordpress.com/support/contact/.”
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Paid plans 24 7 Report an error
“Get answers from our AI assistant, with access to 24/7 expert human support on paid plans.”
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Copyright entity Report an error
“© Automattic Inc. 2026”
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