Privacy issues

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  commuterrant · Member · Mar 16, 2016 at 5:42 pm

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  Hi,

  I stopped blogging last year as I noticed some issues with privacy: ordering online I have seen my gravatar picture in some order confirmations + being contacted directly by other bloggers.

  Having noticed another one recently, I felt the need to contact you and request that my user and gravatar be deleted from your systems.

  I have deleted my blog but cannot delete my gravatar or user account. Please do this for me to satisfy my privacy concerns.

  I thank you in advance

  Regards
  Dean Johnson

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  timethief · Member · Mar 16, 2016 at 5:47 pm

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  I have deleted my blog but cannot delete my gravatar or user account.

  Every wordpress.COM account is a gravatar account. They are one in the same thing. The are both owned by Automattic Inc.
  https://automattic.com/

  Why Does Gravatar Say I Already Have an Account?
  http://en.gravatar.com/support/existing-account/

  How to Make Your Gravatar Profile Private
  http://en.gravatar.com/support/profile-privacy/

  We cannot do this for you.

  Accounts cannot be deleted so we cannot be impersonated by anyone registering and using the same username in the future. Also note that Automattic Inc. owns wordpress.COM and also many other products and services listed here https://automattic.com/ that do require a wordpress.COM account. Therefore, account deactivation is provided and account deletion is not provided.

  Registering an account here required
  (1) your consent to the Terms of Service http://wordpress.com/tos/ and all policies made under it found in the support docs like this one http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/,
  and
  (2) an email address.

  Any personal information you posted anywhere was posted voluntarily. Both the email address and personal information can be removed or replaced at any time.

  Here’s how to deactivate your account:
  Although username accounts are not deleted, so you cannot be impersonated and have your reputation affected by anyone registering the same username in the future, there are steps you can take that amount to removing all personal information and result in leaving only a throwaway email address behind. http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

  1. You can go to My Account->Edit Profile and remove all data except the account name and an email address. Create a throwaway email address and change the account email to that throwaway address. This only leaves the username behind.

  2. To unsubscribe from email sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block all subscription emails from WordPress.com”:
  https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/

  3. To ensure the account is locked up tightly, visit this site, generate a password of 15-20 characters, and change the account password to it:
  http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html

  4. To hide your Gravatar profile, login and on the bottom right hand corner of your Gravatar profile page you will find a “hide” button visible only to you that you can click. http://en.gravatar.com/support/profile-privacy