Those updates should be allowd by the owner of WP installation, and not be “automatic”.
wallyvianna: Thank for this post. I agree with you 100% on on this point.
Your site remains your responsibility and you do have full control over your site.
Jan Dembowski: I just completed the process you suggested and I’m hoping that your quoted words represent the official WP policy on auto-updates and updates in general. In any case, thanks for your reply.