COMPANY PROFILE
Automattic
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States · Founded: 2005
What it does and how it makes money
Automattic, founded by Matt Mullenweg, is the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Tumblr, Gravatar, Day One and Pocket Casts: tools for building and hosting websites, online shops and blogs.
It sells paid hosting plans and related services (WordPress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce extensions) and subscriptions to its apps. [1]
What data it collects about you
According to its privacy notice for visitors to its users' sites, it collects IP address, browser, device identifiers, referring site, approximate location and data the visitor enters (comments, email, orders), and uses cookies and pixels to track site use and show targeted ads where ads are enabled. [2]
Money
Fines and sanctions
We found no published fines or sanctions when we checked it on October 12, 2026.
Data breaches and hacks
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Its website
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Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic
- https://automattic.com/privacy-notice
- https://haveibeenpwned.com/breach/gravatar
What this profile does NOT say
- It does not say this company does anything illegal. The only thing it states about anyone’s legality is what a regulator or a court has already decided, with the date and the link to the source.
- It does not say what data of yours it holds: only the company knows, which is why you have the right to ask it.
- If you are this company and a fact is wrong, write to hola@guardianagroup.com and it will be corrected, with its date.
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