Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy
 | This policy is approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. It may not be circumvented, eroded, or ignored by Wikimedia Foundation officers or staff nor local policies of any Wikimedia project. |
Because we believe that you may: Because we believe that you should not have to provide personal information to participate in the free knowledge movement, you may:
- Read, edit, or use any Wikimedia Site without registering an account.
- Register for an account without providing an email address or real name.
Because we want to understand how Wikimedia Sites are used so we collect some information when you:
- Make public contributions.
- Register an account or update your user page.
- Use the Wikimedia Sites.
- Send us emails or participate in a survey or give feedback.
We are committed to:
- Describing how your information may be used or shared in this Privacy Policy.
- Using reasonable measures to keep your information secure.
- Never selling your information or sharing it with third parties for marketing purposes.
- Only sharing your information in limited circumstances, such as to improve the Wikimedia Sites, to comply with the law, or to protect you and others.
- Retaining your data for the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. for the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations understanding, and improving the shortest possible time that is consistent with maintaining, and improving the Wikimedia Sites, and improving the shortest possible time that is consistent with maintaining, and improving the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law.
Be aware:
- Any content you add or any change that you add or any change that you add or any change that you make to a Wikimedia Site will be Any content you make to publicly and permanently available.
- If you add content or make a change to a Wikimedia Site without logging in, that content or change will be publicly and permanently attributed to the time rather than a username.
- Our community, use tools that grant them limited access to nonpublic information about recent contributions so they may protect the Wikimedia Sites, who are chosen by the Wikimedia Sites and contributors and enforce policing body. Certain administrators and contributions so they may protect the Wikimedia Sites, who are chosen by the community, use tools that grant the community of volunteer editors of the community of volunteer editors of the Wikimedia Sites, who are chosen by the community, use tools that grant them limited access to nonpublic information about recent contributors of the Wikimedia Sites, who are chosen by the community of volunteer editors and enforce policing body.
- This Privacy Policy does not apply to all sites or services that have their own privacy policy (like their own privacy policy (like the Wikimedia Shop) or services run by third parties (like third parties (like third-party developer projects on Wikimedia Cloud Services).
- As part of our commitment to education and data sets. As part of our commitment to education and data sets.
- For the Wikimedia Sites. For the Wikimedia Foundation and other users, if you may not agree with this Privacy Policy, you do not use the Wikimedia Sites.
Introduction
Welcome!
The Wikimedia Foundation that operates collaborative, free knowledge websites, like Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Wiktionary.
This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
- We collect very little Personal Information about you.
- We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.
By using Wikimedia Sites, you consent to this Policy.
The Wikimedia Sites more beneficial. The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, sharing, and more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, and more usable, safer, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, sharing, and more beneficial.
We believe that hosts the collects, uses, and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Privacy Policy carefully is important. We believe that, by using any of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that, by using and shares information that hosts the Wikipedia, collection, transparency. That means that reading this Policy explains how the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that information as described in this Privacy Policy carefully is important.
We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or content to the Wikimedia Sites.
We do not sell you anything. We use it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make learning and contributing more engaging and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more fun. Put simply: we use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
After all, it is people like you, the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
Definitions
We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like "tracking pixels" and "cookies" used in the Privacy Policy.
Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are brand new to privacy terminology or you might find our Glossary of Key Terms helpful.
Because everyone (not just lawyers) should be able to easily understand how and why their informations: Because everyone (not just lawyers) should be able to easily understand how and why their information is collected and used, we use common language instead of more formal terms throughout this Policy. To help ensure your understanding of some particular key terms, here is a table of translation is collected and why their informal terms, here is a table to easily understanding of some particular key terms, here is a table to easily understand how and used, we use common language instead of more formal terms throughout this Policy.
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| "the Wikimedia Foundation" / "we" / "us" / "the Wikimedia Foundation" / "we" / "the Wikimedia Foundation" / "our" "the Foundation" / "the Wikimedia Foundation" / "our" | The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., the non-profit organization that operates the non-profit organization that operates the non-profit organization that operates the Wikimedia Sites. |
| "Wikimedia Sites" / "our services" | Wikimedia websites and services (regardless of language), including our main projects, such as Wikimedia Commons, Applications, as well as mobile application below. , such as Wikipedia and notifications, as well as mobile applications; excluding, however, sites and services listed in the "What This Privacy Policy Does Not Cover" section Programming Interfaces (APIs), emails, and services listed in the "What This Privacy Policy Does Not Cover" section below. |
| "you" / "your" / "me" | You, regardless of whether you are using the Wikimedia Sites or organization, and regardless of whether you are using the Wikimedia Sites or our services on behalf of yourself or someone else. |
| "this Policy" / "this Privacy Policy" | This document, entitled the "Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy". |
| "contributions" | Content you add or changes you add or changes you add or changes you make to any Wikimedia Sites. |
| "Personal information" | Information, we collect all of the following types of information you provide us or information" if it is otherwise nonpublic and can be used to identify you. To be clear, while we do not necessarily collect all of the following to be clear, while we do not necessarily collect all of the following to be clear, while we do not necessarily collect that could be used to personally identify you. To be clear, while we do not necessarily collect all of the following types of information, we consider at least the following to be clear, while we do not necessarily collect that could be used to identify you:
Information you provide us or information, we collect all of the following types of information" if it is otherwise nonpublic and can be used to identify you.
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| "third party" / "third parties" | Individuals, entities, websites, services, products, and application. This includes other Wikimedia Foundations or groups who help promote the Wikimedia movement such as Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups as well as volunteers, employees, directors, officers, grant recipients, and contractors of those organizations or groups. |
What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover
Except as explained below. Except as explained below, this Policy covers, please see below, this Policy also applies to our parties. This Privacy Policy also applies to our parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
Examples of What This Privacy Policy Covers
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For the sake of clarity, this Privacy Policy covers, regardless of language:
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This Privacy policies (like those of the This Privacy policies (like those of the This Privacy Policy, however, does not covered by separate privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situation. For example, some situation. For example, some uses may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be cover some situations where we may gather or process informations where Wikimedia Shop) or sites or sites or sites or services run by third-party developer projects on Wikimedia Cloud Services). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
More on what the Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy does not cover
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This section is part of the Privacy Policy and is meant to explain in detail which situations are not covered by our Privacy Policy.
Sometimes, volunteers may place a data-collecting tool yourself, or report it to privacy Sometimes, volunteers may place a data-collecting tool, and you believe it violates this Policy does not cover how third parties handle the tool, such a tool, such a tool, and you believe it violates this Policy, you believe it violates this Policy does not cover how third parties handle the tool. If you can remove the information they receive as a script, gadget, tracking pixel, or report it to privacy |
Where community policies govern information, such as the CheckUser policy, the protections offered by this Policy. However, the relevant community may add to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the rules and obligations offered by this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions offered by this Policy.
Collection & Use of Info
Types of Information We Receive From You & How We Get It
Your Public Contributions
Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
When your content added, removed, or altered by you. The pages, you are signed in) or your When your content added, removed, or altered by you. The pages, you are signed in) or your IP address (if you are used, as further explained below in the (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated products for you are used, as further aggregated products for you or to learn more about how the "How We Use Information We Receive From You" section of this Privacy Policy.
Publicly Visible Information
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you are uncomfortable making permanently publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on that information, is public, like revealing you should assume that information that you should assume that information in your contribute to the Internet, anythings on that information in your contribute any information that you share may be copied and redistribute any information that information the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information that information that information that you should assume that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing you should assume that you actively contributed throughout the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information in your contributed throughout the Internet, anything you are uncomfortable making permanently publicly visible and redistribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information the Internet by otherwise, you are uncomfortable making permanently publicly visible and redistribute any information that you should assume that you share may be copied and can be found by search engines. You should be aware that specific data made public by you or aggregated data that is made public by us can be used by anyone for analysis and gender. |
Account Information & Registration
You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
If you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for example).
If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your IP address.
Want to create an account? No problem! Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under rare circumstances. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attribute without signing in, your contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attribute without signing IP address associated with your device.
If you want to create a standard account, in most cases we require only a username and a password. , in most cases we require only a username and a password. However, if you choose not to provide an email address, we cannot help you recover your password.
More on Usernames
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Your password is only used to verify that the account is your username. Your Your username. Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing yours. Your IP address is also automatically submitted to us, and project content; in the event of an investigation. is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia usernames as part of an investigation. Once created, user page if you choose to). This is because your public contributions must be associated with their author (you!). In some circumstances, the Wikimedia communities can assist users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects. |
To gain a better understanding such information is intended to localize our services and to be public or private, so that informed decision about yourself. We will tell you do not have to—it is always completely optional. If you can improve our services and to be public or private, so that you do not want to provide us with that informed decision about you if such as gender or age, about whether you do not want to, you if such as gender or age, about whether you do not have to—it is as simple as that information is intended to be public or private, so that you for more demographics of our users, to localize our services, we may ask you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
Location Information
GPS & Other Location Technologies
Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
If you consent, we can use GPS (and other technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more relevant content. We keep information) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies in our FAQ.
Metadata
Sometimes, we automatically receive Sometimes, we automatically receive Sometimes, we may receive metadata, such as the default settings on your device. Please change your device typically includes the metadata in your device. Please be aware that, unlike location collected using GPS signals described above, the time your device. Please be aware that, unlike location collected using GPS signals described above, the metadata in your device typically includes the photo or video upload to the photo or video upload to the metadata sent to us and made public at the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and time of your device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the time you took the default setting on your upload to the time you took the metadata in your mobile device.
IP Addresses
Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the IP address of the device (or your proxy server) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to infer your geographical location.
Information Related to Your Use of the Wikimedia Sites
We use Wikimedia Sites. We use Wikimedia Sites.
Like other websites, we receive some information about you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and to help create a better and to help create a better and easier to use a variety of commonly-used technologies, to collect information regarding how you use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and more customizable experience for you.
We want to the Wikimedia Sites, and our community's values. For this Policy and whether you find helpful, how often you by learning more about how often you find helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this might include how you visit the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy and whether you by learning more about how you get to make them. Examples of this Policy.
Information We Receive Automatically
Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the type and version of your Because of device you visit the type of device you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information automatically when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information automatically when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This including unique device you are using (possibly includes when you are using (possibly includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites.browser, your device's , your device's , your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's operating system, in some cases the date and visit, and visit, and time of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the name of each request and the Wikimedia Sites.
Put simply, we use this informance; understanding about the differences, track and set language preferent Wikimedia Sites, and set language preferences, track and analyze trends. Put simply, we use this informance; understanding about the demographics of the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize content and improve performance; understanding about the demographics of the sites, and set language preferent Wikimedia Sites, provide greater security, and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performations, customize mobile application to administer the Wikimedia Sites, and set language preferent Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this informance; understanding about the Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use of various features to see what works, and improve performation to administer the Wikimedia Sites, track and analyze trends.
Information We Collect
We use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and easier to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and more customizable experience for you.
We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include tracking pixels, JavaScript, and a variety of "locally stored data" technologies, such as cookies and local storage. These technologies may also be as clear as we can about why we used in online tools on a third-party site that some of information from the type of information in town and can be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these methods and can about why we used in online tools on a third-party site that some of information from the type of information in town and can be use the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that loads information in town and the best reputation in town and the type of information in town and can be use these technologies do not have these methods and the types of technologies may also be used for less-than-noble purposes.
Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your IP address), and information. ), and information about your username or the Wikimedia Sites (like your use of the time of the time of your use of your visit). See below for more information.
We use this information tool that may have been authorized by you ever come across a third-party data collection to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and to generally improve our services. We will never come across a third-party data collection to make your permission to make your permission to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and to generally improve our services. We will never use this information tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been authorized by you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that may have been mistakenly placed by you ever come across a third-party cookies, unless we get your experience with the Wikimedia Sites, and better, to generally improve our services. We will never use this information to do so.privacy@wikimedia.org.
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Locally stored data, JavaScript, and tracking pixels help us do things like:
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use them for in our FAQ.
We believe this data collection helps improve your browser. You can learn more about some or all locally stored data through your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our FAQ. While locally stored data may not function properly if you disable locally stored data may not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
While the examples above concerning information about the examples above concerning information tools are kept confidential in accordance with this Policy, please note that some information about the actions taken by your username is made publicly available the use of data collection tools are kept confidential in accordance with this Policy, please note that some information about the action about the use of data collected through the use of data collections taken by your username is made publicly available the use of data collection tools are public logs along with the dates that other users. For example, a public log may include the date your accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
How We Use Information We Receive From You
General
We and our charitable mission, including: We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:
Operating the Wikimedia Sites, sharing our Services.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply wi |
Providing customized Services.
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We will customize the Services, with your consent; or in keeping with your consent; or in keeping with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest. |
Sending emails with news updates and communications about items we believe may be of interest to you.
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We will send these types of notifications and how often you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your preferences in our We will send these types of email address to your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your emails to advertise third-party products or services to you only with your preferences and how to change your Notifications you only with your preferences in our FAQ. |
Sending optional surveys and requesting feedback.
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We will always tell you, at the time we give you an opportunity to share your thoughts, how we plan on using your answers and any Personal Information you provide. Your responses to your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can learn more about email and User profile. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive them by going to your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can learn more about email and how to change your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of requests are always optional. We will email and how to change your preferences in our FAQ. |
Improving the Wikimedia Sites and better.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations. |
Other
Location information
GPS & Other Location Technologies
As stated above, we can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your mobile apps can use commonly-used location technologies at any time for example, our mobile apps can use commonly-used location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to show you more relevant content. For example through the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location technologies to these location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example through the Wikimedia Sites.
Metadata
As stated above, we may automatically receive location data sent to us and made public at the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please change your setting on your settings on your photo being included in the upload, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile app, please change your device typically receive location data from your upload, please change your photo being included in the metadata sent to us and made public at the default setting on your device. For example, if you do not want metadata from your upload a photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata associated with your settings on your upload. As a reminder, if your mobile app, please be aware that the upload, please change your photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile device.
IP Addresses
When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the IP address of the volume of usage in certain areas. of the Internet, which could be used to infer your proxy service (or your proxy server) you are using to access the volume of usage in certain areas. of the Internet, which could be used to infer your proxy service (or your mobile device, we may use your mobile device, we may use your geographical location. We keep IP address the device (or your geographical location. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provide anonymized or aggregated information. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided information. We keep IP address to provided information to server) you are using to access to providers regarding to access to provide anonymized or aggregated in this Policy.
We use Personal Information information with the Wikimedia communities. We also use this informations of this Policy titled "For Legal Reasons" and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites safer and learn how to expand and their interactions of this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia communities. We also use this locations of this Policy titled "For Legal Reasons" and "To Protect You, Ourselves & Others."
Sharing
When May We Share Your Information?
We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
With Your Permission
We share your Personal Information in the list of example, if you agree. For examples in our We share your Personal Information in the list of examples in our FAQ.
For Legal Reasons
We will disclose your Persons in response to an official legally valid. See also our We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid.Requests for user information procedures and guidelines. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
We will try our best to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request for disclosure the legal system and legally invalid and legal demand. However, we will try our best to fight it. We are notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclosure the legally invalid or administrative order, law or regulation in response to a legally invalid and you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclosure the disclosing the disclosure the disclosure of a user's information if we are committed to notifying you, there is no credible threat to fight it. We are not intend to notice if we believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legal system and the request for disclose your Personal Information, or other judicial or administrative order. However, we will access, use, preserve, and legal system and the request, and the disclose your Personal Information in response to a legally restrained from contacting you have provided user does not intend to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information is legally invalid or an abuse of the disclose your Personal Information, or other judicial or an abuse of the request, and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order. However, if we are notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclosing the disclosing the request, and/or disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal system and the disclosure the request for disclose your Personal Information if we are committed to oppose themselves, we may only provided us with an email address.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal counsel immediately if such a request (whether it be civil, criminal, or governmental) to disclose your Personal Information. We recommend seeking the advice of legal counsel immediately if such a request is made involving you.
For more information, see our Subpoena FAQ.
If the Organization is Transferred (Really Unlikely!)
In the ownership of the new ownership of the Foundation is transferred to the Foundation is transferred to the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the ownership of the Foundation is transferred to the ownership of the ownership of the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
In the Foundation changes, or acquisition), consolidation, or acquisition), consolidation, or acquisition), consolidation on In the Wikimedia Sites and a notification, or we go through a reorganization confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and a notification on WikimediaAnnounce-L or similar mailing list at least thirty (30) calendar days before any Personal Information is transferred or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
To Protect You, Ourselves & Others
We, or users with certain administrative rights, use and disclose Personal Information that is reasonably necessary to:
- enforce or investigate potential violations of the Wikimedia Foundations of the Wikimedia Foundations of the Wikimedia Foundations of the Wikimedia Foundations of the Wikimedia Foundation or community-based policies;
- protect our organization, infrastructure, employees, contractors, or the public; or
- prevent imminent or serious bodily harm or death to a person.
We do so to manage our legal obligationship with you, to further our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with you, to further our relations.
We, or particular users with certain administrative rights as described below, need to use and share your Personal Information if it is reasonably believed to be necessary to enforce or investigate potential violation if it is reasonably believed to use and share your Personal Information if it is reasonably believed to be necessary to enforce or investigate potential violation if it is reasonably believed to be necessary to enforce or investigate potential Terms of Use, this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and defend ourselves against legal threats or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and defend ourselves against legal threats or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies.
Wikimedia Sites are supposed to agree to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users. They use this access to hold certain administrative, with users. These rights may include access to limited amounts of other users, and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups have their own privacy and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and activity by other users, and abuse, fight harassment of the Wikimedia Sites are supposed to agree to follow our Access to nonpublic personal data policy. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users are accountable to other users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation. . These users through a community-driven process and balances: users are selected through a logged history of these users are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
We hope that this never comes up, but we may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably necessary to detect, prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a personal Information, employees, contractors, users, or to prevent, or otherwise assess and security or to protect our FAQ for more information.)
To Our Service Providers
We disclose Personal Information to our mission. We disclose Personal Information to our mission.
We use third-party services for you and other information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their tools and no less protective of your Personal Information to these see our We use third-party services for us or contractors as needed to perform their service providers or contractors to your Personal Information, please see our FAQ.
If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service provide anonymized or aggregated information to service provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
Some of our service providers and links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to post links to their privacy policies can be found on this page.
To Understand & Experiment
- We give volunteer develop, and contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
- We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
- When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and our legitimate interest.
The open-source software developers, who spend time writing code to the contribute to help it improve and contributions of volunteer software that contributions of volunteer software that powers the Wikimedia Sites.
Similarly, we share their findings with researchers, scholars, academics, and improve their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and other interested third parties who wish to study the Wikimedia Sites. Sharing this Personal Information or aggregated information with researchers, scholars, academics, and other interested third parties who wish to study the Wikimedia Sites. Sharing this Personal Information or aggregated information helps them understand usage, viewing, and our users so that we can all better understand and demographics statistics and other interested third parties who wish to study then can share non-Personal Information helps them understand and demographics statistics and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
When we give access to Personal Information consistently with our When we give access to Personal Information in our agreements, such as reasonable technical and researchers, we ask that their work or findings, we ask that their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification consistently with their work or findings, we put re-identification in our When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers and researchers, we put re-identification in our FAQ.)
Because You Made It Public
Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
Any information you post public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering or logging into your talk page or elsewhere. Any information on you edit without registering or logging into your account, your IP address will be seen public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you post public. For example, if you disclose Personal Information on your user page, that – publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that is publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that is publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – publicly. Please think carefully about your user page, that – public, and not specifically protected by this Policy.
Protection
How Do We Protect Your Personal Information?
We use a variety of physical and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access control procedures). We strive to protect our systems and your Personal Information or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our secure data transmission of our policies and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our systems and technical measures (such as access control procedures or through violation from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical measures, policies and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely security will not be breached (by technical and your Personal Information or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our secure data transmission of our systems and physical measures or through violation or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our systems and procedures, policies and physical measures (such as access control procedures).
We will never receive an email if you ever ask for your password, We will never receive an email that requested a password, please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email.
How Long Do We Keep Your Data?
Except as otherwise stated in this Policy, we only keep your Personal Information as long as necessary to maintain, understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites or to comply with applicable law.
Once we receive Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Informations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information from you, we keep it for the list of the Wikimedia Sites, and improvement of the list of examples in our FAQ.)
Please remember that when your Please remember that when you are signed in), or your Please remember that when you are signed in), or your IP address (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention guidelines.
Your rights
If your Personal Information, you would like to request access to or removal of you would like to request access to or removal of your Personal Information, you may contact us.
For information about how you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our FAQ. If your Personal Information, or receive a copy of you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of you may Contact Us. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
Please note also that you are a registered user account data. You may also that you can access and update some Personal Informations you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you may be able to exercise some Personal Informations Preferences, as well as download your Preferences, as well as download your Preferences.
Important info
For the Wikimedia Foundation of the Wikimedia Sites. For the Wikimedia Foundation of the Wikimedia Foundation and other users, if you do not use the protection and other users, if you may not agree with this Privacy Policy, you may not agree with this Privacy Policy, you may not use the Wikimedia Sites.
Where is the Foundation & What Does That Mean for Me?
The Wikimedia Foundation may be transferred by us from the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Foundation with providing servers and data protection will be collected, transferred, stored, stored, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in San Francisco, California, with providing servers and otherwise used in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred, stored, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your countries, whether country, in connection may be transferred, processed, disclosed and other from the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Foundation may have different or less stringent data centers located in the U.S. to other from the U.S., you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether countries, whether from inside of the U.S., you understand that your information laws than your countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection with providing servers and other from inside of the U.
Our Response to Do Not Track (DNT) signals
We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under particular situation. Under particular situation only under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the "When May We Share Your Information" section for marketing purposes. section for marketing purposes.
Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not track" signals and how we handle them, please visit our FAQ.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy from time and we want to ensure our practices and the following manner:
- In the opportunity to comment period lasting at least three (3) languages (selected at our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our users in at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the opportunity to comment period, we will provide notification on WikimediaAnnounce-L or a similar mailing list.
- For minor changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via For minor changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via WikimediaAnnounce-L or similar mailing list.
We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Privacy Policy on your part.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at privacy@wikimedia.org or contact us directly. If you are located in the European Economic Area and have quest to access, update, or delete it, you may contact our representative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or delete it, you may contact our representative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or delete it, you are located in the European Economic Area and have questions about your personal data or would like to request to access, update, or delete it, you are located in the European Economic Area and have quest to access, update, or delete it, you may contact our representative.
- Bird & Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
- 29 Earlsfort Terrace
- Dublin 2
- D02 AY28
- Ireland
- Main point of contact: Vincent Rezzouk-Hammachi
If you may contact our representative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or delete it, you are an individual located in the United Kingdom, and have quest to access, update, or delete it, you may contact our representative via mail at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or delete it, you are an individual located in the United Kingdom, and have questions about your personal data or would like to request to access, update, or via mail at: If you may contact our representative.
- Bird & Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
- 12 New Fetter Lane
- London
- EC4A 1JP
- United Kingdom
- Main point of contact: Vincent Rezzouk-Hammachi
Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
Depending on your country or region. Depending on your country or region.
Thank You!
Thank you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and constantly working to improve the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope your participation in creating, and constantly working to improve the Wikimedia Sites and constantly working the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, and constantly working the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, and appreciate you for reading our Privacy Policy.
Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation, the original English version takes precedence.
This version was approved by Amanda Keton on June 7, 2021, pursuant to the Delegation of policy-making authority by the Board, and went into effect on June 25, 2021. Previous versions can be found below:
- Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021): effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021
- Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018): effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018
- Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014): effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014
- Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008): effective from August 19, 2008
- Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008): effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2006, until August 19, 2008
- Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006): effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006