diff --git a/footer.php b/footer.php
index b65e115d3..05e52e2bd 100644
--- a/footer.php
+++ b/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/style.css b/style.css
index 9c4dce365..6f1253999 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/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