Title: https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/
Last modified: May 30, 2018

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# https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/

 *  [ChangeAgent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/changeagent/)
 * (@changeagent)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-wordfence-com-privacy-policy/)
 * Hi Folks,
 * Today opening the plugin, I am being send to your privacy page. Reading it, it
   is not clear to me if it relates to the plugin or if I visit your website, or?
 * Said differently I do not know what relates to what on this page.
 * Could tell me which it is?
 * Thanks.
 * PS I am in the EU so important to understand this.

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 *  [Kerry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kboyte/)
 * (@kboyte)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-wordfence-com-privacy-policy/#post-10319897)
 * Hello,
 * Our privacy page covers the use of our website and the Wordfence plugin and site
   cleaning service.
 * -Kerry
    -  This reply was modified 8 years ago by [Kerry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kboyte/).
 *  Thread Starter [ChangeAgent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/changeagent/)
 * (@changeagent)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-wordfence-com-privacy-policy/#post-10321328)
 * Thanks Kerry.
 * To me, reading it, it is unclear what relates to the plugin itself, and what 
   to your website or services. Part of the question is, does the **plugin** complies
   with the GDPR?
 * This means for example:
    – Does it use Google Fonts? – Does it track any personal
   data, like IP address, location, browser type etc.? – If so also from visitors
   to the site? – Is there any other type of tracking happening? – Do you have a
   Privacy Shield certification (if you are outside the EU and in the US, I ask 
   as I do not know where you are based)? – Do you have a Data Processing Agreement
   for EU customers? – Do you have a supervisory authority (if you don’t have a 
   presence in the EU? – Does it ‘phone home’? – Etc.
 * All this is important to know in regards to the new European data protection 
   laws.
 * Thanks again for engaging.
 *  [Kerry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kboyte/)
 * (@kboyte)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-wordfence-com-privacy-policy/#post-10339231)
 * There are lots of questions here but they can best be answered by reviewing our
   data processing agreement. We are in the process of getting certified for Privacy
   Shield but there is a backlog. In the meantime, we implemented a lawful solution
   for data transfer by using Standard Contractual Clauses along with our data processing
   agreement. If you review our dpa found here: [https://www.wordfence.com/help/general-data-protection-regulation/#data-processing-agreement](https://www.wordfence.com/help/general-data-protection-regulation/#data-processing-agreement)
   
   scroll down to Categories of Data to see what data is collected from site visitors
   on your site when the Wordfence plugin is installed. We don’t keep data as long
   we feel like and I’m not sure how what we have stated could be interpreted as
   such. We keep the data collected per our dpa until it’s no longer useful. Most
   attack data is no longer useful after 90 days and is deleted. If the data is 
   still associated with malicious behavior, we keep that malicious data until it’s
   no longer attacking then delete it. It would not be possible to set a firm deletion
   date for all attack data as attackers would wait until the following day to start
   up again. That’s why we word the dpa as deleting data when it’s no longer useful
   because it’s not possible to know when attack data stops being malicious. I hope
   that provides the answers needed.
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-wordfence-com-privacy-policy/#post-10340259)
 * I’ve removed the replies from people who are a) not helping the original poster
   and b) got into a side conversation.
 * These are support forums not discussion forums and this is not a topic about 
   the software on this site. I’m closing this topic, please follow Kerry’s advice.

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