wordpress policy primer
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What is ? WordPress.com is a blog and web site hos;ng service created to bring the “open source Wordpress package to a larger audience”. (WordPress.com, 2011) Nearly everything on WordPress.com is free, but they offer paid upgrades for custom design and custom domains. WordPress is owned by AutomaIc Inc. A company “passionate about making the web a beKer place” (AutomaIc, n.d.)
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How many ;mes have you Read
the Terms of Service (TOS) agreement before accessing or signing
up to a website?
A website’s Terms of Service apply whether you sign up for a service or just visit.
Did You Know……..?
Please read this Agreement
carefully before accessing or using
this website. By accessing or using
any part of the website , you agree
to become bound by the terms and
condi;ons of this agreement. (WordPress.com, 2011)
The Terms of Service are usually more than one document.
The WordPress.com
Agreement includes
AutomaIc’s Privacy
Policy as well as all
other opera;ng rules,
policies and procedures
that may be published
from ;me to ;me.
That means that WordPress.com
will NOT be liable for any
consequences from material that
appears under your account
• must not contain any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destruc;ve content
• must not be pornographic nor contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or en;;es, and does not violate the privacy or publicity right of any third party.
• must not be named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company.
(WordPress.com, 2011)
Among other things your content :
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You also undertake that content appearing in your blog does not infringe the proprietary rights of any third party. You warrant that you have the appropriate permission to use that content.
AutomaIc has the right (though not the obliga;on) to, in AutomaIc’s sole discre;on : 1. Refuse or remove any content that violates
any AutomaIc policy or is harmful or objec;onable, or
2. Terminate or deny access to and use of the
Website to any individual or en;ty for any reason, in AutomaIc’s sole discre;on.
(WordPress.com, 2011)
AutomaIc has no obliga;on to refund any amounts of money that you may have paid to them.
And by the way
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The website is provided “as is”. Automa6c and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warran;es of any kind, express or implied, including, without limita;on, the warran;es of merchantability, fitness for a par;cular purpose and non-‐infringement. Neither do they warrant that the website will be free of errors or that access will be con;nuous or uninterrupted.
(WordPress.com, 2011)
If you have any issues with any of the condi;ons your only remedy is to
using the services provided.
PRIVACY
According to AutomaIc’s Privacy Policy preamble “Your Privacy is important to us.” They only collect personal informa;on that is needed. They do not share informa;on with anyone except to comply with the law. They do not store personal informa;on on their servers unless required for the on-‐going opera;on of your service. (AutomaIc, n.d)
• AutomaIc uses cookies to help iden;fy and track visitors, their usage and their website access preferences.
• certain features of
AutomaIc’s websites may not func;on properly without the aid of cookies (AutomaIc, n.d).
PRIVACY
But be aware that
A cookie is a string of informa;on that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each ;me the visitor returns. This informa;on may include login or registra;on data.
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PRIVACY Cookies
One Last Thing:
Your agreement with AutomaIc can change at any;me. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR ANY CHANGES
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