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  • 8. Freedom of expression restrictions Must adhere to copyright Infringe on others copyright Use your content as Spam Freedom of expression restrictions must not violate privacy or publicity rights Must not be pornographic in nature Must not be violent in nature
  • 9. What happens if operating rules, procedures and policies are not met? Automattic Inc: can deny access to anyone for any reason can terminate your page at any time without reason or notice can change or remove content it considers inappropriate or unlawful provides a Dispute Resolution and Reporting procedure
  • 10. What happens to your data on Wordpress? You Automattic Inc consent to personal-identifying data being shared with third parties who do work for Wordpress.org. collects data of a non-personal nature to understand usage can set browser to reject cookies if unwanted collects personal information to interact with users agree to Automattic Inc collecting and keeping your personalidentifying data supplies personal data confidentially to third parties who do work for Wordpress.org. Discloses personal-identifying data when required to do so by law Uses cookies to identify and track users and their preferences
  • 11. To be able to use Wordpress you need to read their policies, restrictions and procedures. • You need to understand that whilst you own the content Wordpress controls who has access and how its used. • The Wordpress Privacy Policy is very transparent about keeping and using your personal data for their own means. • In all the policies, restrictions and procedures Automattic Inc is very clear that they will not accept liability for content on their site. This makes you liable for anything that is on your site and the effect it has. Once the terms of use are clear you either agree with them or not. If not there is only one option, do not use Wordpress!
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