What WordPress.com's terms say
WordPress.com's terms of service and privacy policy have 19 rated points: 2 serious, 3 bad, 8 worth knowing and 6 good. 15 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 4 only once you have an account.
Whenever you use WordPress.com
Serious 1
Your personal information may be collected, regardless of whether you interacted directly with the service or not
They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service
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Bad 2
This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates
Where it says this ↗You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting
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Worth knowing 7
The terms may be changed at any time, but you will receive notification of the changes
Where it says this ↗This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents
Where it says this ↗Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service
Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service
Where it says this ↗You are responsible for any risks, damages, or losses that may incur by downloading materials
Where it says this ↗The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk
Where it says this ↗Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header
Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header.
Where it says this ↗Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location
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Good 5
Archives of their agreements are provided so that changes can be viewed over time
Where it says this ↗Logs are deleted after a finite period of time
Where it says this ↗Information is provided about how your personal data is collected
Information is provided about how they collect personal data
Where it says this ↗Information is provided about how your personal data is used
Where it says this ↗The data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes
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If you have a WordPress.com account
Serious 1
This service holds onto content that you've deleted
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Bad 1
Your account can be deleted or permanently suspended without prior notice and without a reason
Your account can be deleted without prior notice and without a reason
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Worth knowing 1
This service is only available to users over a certain age
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Good 1
You can opt out of receiving promotional communications
You can opt out of promotional communications
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The documents
Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.