Private not really private?

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  michellekthooft · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 3:47 am

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  My blog is private, and yet a friend of mine got an email saying I had blogged and read it. How do I keep a private blog private?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  starshining4ever · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 3:53 am

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  Was your friend invited to view the blog? http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/#invite-people-to-view-your-private-blog

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 9, 2013 at 4:20 am

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  Or did someone you invited to read your site then copy and paste it into an email or elsewhere, so another person (other folks) could read what you wrote?

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  michellekthooft · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 2:31 pm

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  Apparently she had subscribed to my blog – I have a few that are public and one private, and she got an email saying I had blogged and she went and read it. no harm done, but I still don’t want emails going out to subscribers telling them I’ve blogged on a private blog :)

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  starshining4ever · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 11:05 pm

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  She could only have been able to read your private blog if she had been invited as a viewer of it. I believe Staff can remove users, right?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 11:15 pm

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  We cannot block or delete subscribers from public blogs. However, please read this about public blogs that become private blogs > Blog Privacy and Subscribers > http://wpcommaven.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/blog-privacy-and-subscribers/