diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php
index b14ba70a24..53fa696ee4 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@
 
 			<div id="site-generator">
 				<?php do_action( 'twentyeleven_credits' ); ?>
-				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentyeleven' ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyeleven' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+				<?php
+				if ( function_exists( 'the_privacy_policy_link' ) ) {
+					the_privacy_policy_link( '', '<span role="separator" aria-hidden="true"></span>' );
+				}
+				?>
+				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?>" class="imprint" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentyeleven' ); ?>">
+					<?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyeleven' ), 'WordPress' ); ?>
+				</a>
 			</div>
 	</footer><!-- #colophon -->
 </div><!-- #page -->
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css
index 83e6f7a522..194f6b0db5 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css
@@ -2352,6 +2352,12 @@ p.comment-form-comment {
 	color: #555;
 	font-weight: bold;
 }
+#site-generator span[role=separator] {
+	padding: 0 0.25em 0 0.5em
+}
+#site-generator span[role=separator]::before {
+	content: '\007c';
+}
 
 
 /* =Responsive Structure
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/footer.php
index e57b5f583a..6447da0e1d 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/footer.php
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@
 				 */
 				do_action( 'twentyfifteen_credits' );
 			?>
-			<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyfifteen' ) ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyfifteen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+			<?php
+			if ( function_exists( 'the_privacy_policy_link' ) ) {
+				the_privacy_policy_link( '', '<span role="separator" aria-hidden="true"></span>' );
+			}
+			?>
+			<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyfifteen' ) ); ?>" class="imprint">
+				<?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyfifteen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?>
+			</a>
 		</div><!-- .site-info -->
 	</footer><!-- .site-footer -->
 
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/style.css b/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/style.css
index 77c731163b..70b65265a0 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/style.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/style.css
@@ -2434,6 +2434,13 @@ a.post-thumbnail:focus {
 	color: #333;
 }
 
+.site-info span[role=separator] {
+	padding: 0 0.25em 0 0.5em;
+}
+
+.site-info span[role=separator]::before {
+	content: '\002f';
+}
 
 /**
  * 14.0 Media
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/footer.php
index 0193c64777..d1016eb96a 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/footer.php
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@
 
 			<div class="site-info">
 				<?php do_action( 'twentyfourteen_credits' ); ?>
-				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyfourteen' ) ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyfourteen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+				<?php
+				if ( function_exists( 'the_privacy_policy_link' ) ) {
+					the_privacy_policy_link( '', '<span role="separator" aria-hidden="true"></span>' );
+				}
+				?>
+				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyfourteen' ) ); ?>" class="imprint">
+					<?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyfourteen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?>
+				</a>
 			</div><!-- .site-info -->
 		</footer><!-- #colophon -->
 	</div><!-- #page -->
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/rtl.css b/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/rtl.css
index 5ff7312cbe..d765ee425f 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/rtl.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/rtl.css
@@ -355,6 +355,14 @@ td {
 	margin: -1px 0 0 18px;
 }
 
+/**
+ * 8.0 Footer
+ * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+.site-info span[role=separator] {
+	padding: 0 0.5em;
+}
 
 /**
  * 9.0 Featured Content
@@ -855,4 +863,4 @@ td {
 		margin-left: -18%;
 		margin-right: auto;
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/style.css b/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/style.css
index 32ed8373ae..800cf1ec64 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/style.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/style.css
@@ -2916,6 +2916,13 @@ a.post-thumbnail:hover {
 	color: #41a62a;
 }
 
+.site-info span[role=separator] {
+	padding: 0 0.25em 0 0.5em;
+}
+
+.site-info span[role=separator]::before {
+	content: '\002f';
+}
 
 /**
  * 9.0 Featured Content
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css b/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css
index beafdee296..fc9c306b3f 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css
@@ -2378,6 +2378,14 @@ body:not(.twentyseventeen-front-page) .entry-header {
 	width: 100%;
 }
 
+.site-info span[role=separator] {
+	padding: 0 0.2em 0 0.4em;
+}
+
+.site-info span[role=separator]::before {
+	content: '\002f';
+}
+
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------
 14.0 Comments
 --------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/template-parts/footer/site-info.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/template-parts/footer/site-info.php
index 8455dc4235..2f528efb1b 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/template-parts/footer/site-info.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/template-parts/footer/site-info.php
@@ -10,5 +10,12 @@
 
 ?>
 <div class="site-info">
-	<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyseventeen' ) ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyseventeen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+	<?php
+	if ( function_exists( 'the_privacy_policy_link' ) ) {
+		the_privacy_policy_link( '', '<span role="separator" aria-hidden="true"></span>' );
+	}
+	?>
+	<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyseventeen' ) ); ?>" class="imprint">
+		<?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyseventeen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?>
+	</a>
 </div><!-- .site-info -->
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/footer.php
index 037633a98d..5fff3bd91a 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/footer.php
@@ -52,7 +52,14 @@
 					do_action( 'twentysixteen_credits' );
 				?>
 				<span class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></span>
-				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentysixteen' ) ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentysixteen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+				<?php
+				if ( function_exists( 'the_privacy_policy_link' ) ) {
+					the_privacy_policy_link( '', '<span role="separator" aria-hidden="true"></span>' );
+				}
+				?>
+				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentysixteen' ) ); ?>" class="imprint">
+					<?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentysixteen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?>
+				</a>
 			</div><!-- .site-info -->
 		</footer><!-- .site-footer -->
 	</div><!-- .site-inner -->
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/rtl.css b/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/rtl.css
index f88041a2c3..8e91190da9 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/rtl.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/rtl.css
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ textarea,
 .site-footer .site-title,
 .site-footer .site-title:after,
 .widecolumn label,
-.widecolumn .mu_register label {
+.widecolumn .mu_register label,
+.site-footer span[role=separator] {
 	font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;
 }
 
@@ -400,16 +401,6 @@ body:not(.search-results) .entry-summary .alignleft {
 }
 
 
-/**
- * 8.4 - Footer
- */
-
-.site-footer .site-title:after {
-	padding-right: 0.538461538em;
-	padding-left: 0.307692308em;
-}
-
-
 /**
  * 9.0 - Multisites
  */
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/style.css b/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/style.css
index ed22828698..0b615fd947 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/style.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/style.css
@@ -2443,6 +2443,16 @@ body.search-no-results .page-header {
 	padding: 0 0.307692308em 0 0.538461538em;
 }
 
+.site-footer span[role=separator] {
+	font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;
+	opacity: 0.7;
+	padding: 0 0.307692308em 0 0.538461538em;
+}
+
+.site-footer span[role=separator]::before {
+	content: '\002f';
+}
+
 
 /**
  * 12.0 - Media
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/footer.php
index bb32687930..4763e99abd 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/footer.php
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home">
 					<?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?>
 				</a>
+				<?php
+				if ( function_exists( 'the_privacy_policy_link' ) ) {
+					the_privacy_policy_link( '<span role="separator" aria-hidden="true"></span>', '' );
+				}
+				?>
 			</div><!-- #site-info -->
 
 			<div id="site-generator">
@@ -38,7 +43,9 @@
 				 */
 				do_action( 'twentyten_credits' );
 				?>
-				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentyten' ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s.', 'twentyten' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>" class="imprint" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentyten' ); ?>">
+					<?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s.', 'twentyten' ), 'WordPress' ); ?>
+				</a>
 			</div><!-- #site-generator -->
 
 		</div><!-- #colophon -->
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css
index d73dadd075..01654382f4 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css
@@ -1318,6 +1318,12 @@ img#wpstats {
 	display: block;
 	margin: 0 auto 10px;
 }
+#site-info span[role=separator] {
+	padding: 0 0.6em 0 0.3em;
+}
+#site-info span[role=separator]::before {
+	content: '\007c';
+}
 
 
 /* =Mobile Safari ( iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch )
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/footer.php
index 37eef9b332..858f110b5a 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/footer.php
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@
 
 			<div class="site-info">
 				<?php do_action( 'twentythirteen_credits' ); ?>
-				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentythirteen' ) ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentythirteen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+				<?php
+				if ( function_exists( 'the_privacy_policy_link' ) ) {
+					the_privacy_policy_link( '', '<span role="separator" aria-hidden="true"></span>' );
+				}
+				?>
+				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentythirteen' ) ); ?>" class="imprint">
+					<?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentythirteen' ), 'WordPress' ); ?>
+				</a>
 			</div><!-- .site-info -->
 		</footer><!-- #colophon -->
 	</div><!-- #page -->
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/rtl.css b/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/rtl.css
index 5c5657649f..1cafc3d27d 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/rtl.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/rtl.css
@@ -567,6 +567,9 @@ div.nav-menu > ul {
 	margin-right: auto;
 }
 
+.site-footer span[role=separator] {
+	padding: 0 0.5em;
+}
 
 /**
  * 8.0 Media Queries
@@ -769,4 +772,4 @@ div.nav-menu > ul {
 		margin-left: 0;
 		margin-right: auto;
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/style.css b/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/style.css
index 1506934978..135a7090d2 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/style.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/style.css
@@ -2705,6 +2705,13 @@ footer.entry-meta {
 	margin: -10px auto 0;
 }
 
+.site-footer span[role=separator] {
+	padding: 0 0.25em 0 0.5em;
+}
+
+.site-footer span[role=separator]::before {
+	content: '\002f';
+}
 
 /**
  * 8.0 Media Queries
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/footer.php
index b65e115d34..05e52e2bd8 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/footer.php
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@
 	<footer id="colophon" role="contentinfo">
 		<div class="site-info">
 			<?php do_action( 'twentytwelve_credits' ); ?>
-			<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentytwelve' ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentytwelve' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+			<?php
+			if ( function_exists( 'the_privacy_policy_link' ) ) {
+				the_privacy_policy_link( '', '<span role="separator" aria-hidden="true"></span>' );
+			}
+			?>
+			<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?>" class="imprint" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentytwelve' ); ?>">
+				<?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentytwelve' ), 'WordPress' ); ?>
+			</a>
 		</div><!-- .site-info -->
 	</footer><!-- #colophon -->
 </div><!-- #page -->
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css b/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css
index 9c4dce365b..6f12539997 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css
@@ -694,6 +694,12 @@ footer[role="contentinfo"] a {
 footer[role="contentinfo"] a:hover {
 	color: #21759b;
 }
+.site-info span[role=separator] {
+	padding: 0 0.3em 0 0.6em;
+}
+.site-info span[role=separator]::before {
+	content: '\002f';
+}
 
 
 /* =Main content and comment content
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index db1bf691ac..a541c4660d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.0-alpha-43050';
+$wp_version = '5.0-alpha-43051';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.