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This page is the Data Catalogue relating to Wikipedia, for the purposes of [//eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065#art_40 European Union (&quot;EU&quot;) Digital Services Act (&quot;DSA&quot;) Article 40(4)] and Article 6(4) of the [//digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/delegated-act-data-access-under-digital-services-act-dsa EU Delegated Act on Research Access, C(2025)4340] (&quot;DARA&quot;). These provisions govern access by vetted researchers to nonpublic data for the sole purpose of conducting research that contributes to the detection, identification and understanding of systemic risks in the European Union/European Economic Area (&quot;EEA&quot;) and how the adequacy, efficiency and impacts of those risks' mitigations, for Wikipedia.
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Contact details for the Wikimedia Foundation's designated point of contact for these purposes is {{email|eu-dsa-art-40-4-contact|wikimedia.org}}. The EU's Data Access Portal and help pages can be found at https://data-access.dsa.ec.europa.eu/home .
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'''The Wikimedia Foundation prides itself on the very high degree of open data and tooling already available for researchers, and we also welcome voluntary collaborations with our own Research team for more advanced projects.'''
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'''Therefore before researchers go through the process set up by the DSA and DARA, we would strongly encourage you to examine the publicly available [[:m:Research:Data|data]], or [//research.wikimedia.org/contact.html contact] the Wikimedia Foundation's Research team. If your research concerns artificial intelligence or machine learning models, we are pleased to say that at the time of writing, the Wikimedia Foundation has made all training datasets that are available to the organization publicly available. The datasets are linked from the corresponding [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Machine learning models#Production_models|model cards]].'''
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'''If you do make a data access request through the DSA Art. 40(4)/DARA procedure, please ensure that it is Wikipedia- and EU- specific. We further ask that you limit your requests to support research questions into systemic risks, as envisaged by DSA Art. 40(4).'''
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'''We further encourage the following:'''
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''Create a Meta:Research page about your project, as described here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Projects ;'''&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''Upon completion of your research project, we encourage you to publish your output as described in https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Open_Access_Policy'''&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''Familiarize yourselves with our guidance around Research and Privacy on Wikipedia: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/uyxnf_v1'''&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''Join the public Wikimedia research mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wiki-research-l.lists.wikimedia.org/'''&lt;/span&gt;

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== Data Catalogue ==
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=== MediaWiki Content History ===
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When a MediaWiki page is edited (for example, on Wikipedia), the previous version(s) of that page (its &quot;revisions&quot;) can normally still be viewed, allowing the page's evolution (e.g., its moderation) to be publicly audited over time. Under special circumstances, according to policies often [[wikidata:Q4656800|documented]] for the specific Wikipedia language, Wikipedia communities may disable access to (i.e., &quot;remove&quot;; sometimes - depending on the circumstances - also called &quot;revdel&quot;, &quot;oversight&quot; or &quot;suppress&quot;) specific revisions in the page history. This ensures that neither the current version of the page ''nor'' the Page History function are publicly disseminating inappropriate content. For example, if a young person recklessly posts their own telephone number to a page, it would be conventional for other users to not only remove it from the page, but then also remove the older page revisions that contain it . The Wikimedia Foundation, as the website host/platform operator, may also do this, pursuant to our Office Actions policy.
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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|public documentation]] for the schema.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History data is not guaranteed to contain all removed revisions. It is generated from an event-based, [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1#Pipeline|eventually consistent system]] that retrieves revision information from the public [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Action API|Wikipedia APIs]] after a revision has been created. Depending on nondeterministic factors such as event ordering or transient infrastructure errors, a revision may be processed before or after it has been removed, and in the latter case, its contents will not be preserved in the MediaWiki Content History private data.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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=== Editors Daily ===
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The [//dumps.wikimedia.org/other/geoeditors/readme.html Geoeditors] public data dump offers monthly aggregate editor activity per country.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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=== Zendesk Support Ticket data ===
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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408827693594-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Support
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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Tickets may also have custom fields (which vary according to reporting channel/ticket purpose, and may evolve over time); please enquire in order to confirm what relevant ticket fields may be available for your research.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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It is possible to run queries and export aggregate statistics using the Zendesk Explore tool, through the creation of custom &quot;reports&quot;.
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The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
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For privacy/confidentiality and licensing limitation reasons, direct researcher access to the Zendesk Explore tool might not be possible. Where reasonable, and subject to confirmation, the Wikimedia Foundation may instead be able to generate Zendesk Explore reports (i.e., run Explore queries) on researchers' behalf. Researchers should so far as possible supply the exact query to be run; see https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408845804314-Formula-writing-resources
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The Wikimedia Foundation already produces detailed 6-monthly reports containing these sorts of statistics: see https://wikimediafoundation.org/who-we-are/transparency/ . Their production includes a manual review/cleanup exercise to ensure tickets handled during the relevant reporting period (the previous 6 months) are appropriately tagged/classified and therefore reported accordingly. Tickets that have not yet been through that exercise may have less reliable tagging. Researchers are encouraged to confine their analysis to tickets that have been through this review process. For example, if at the time of your research, our most recent published Transparency Report was for the January-June 2025 period, we advise you to limit your research to tickets that were handled up to June 30, 2025.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Please do not request access to sensitive data e.g. (i) the content of freetext fields (including the content of tickets themselves), or (ii) data identifying the correspondents and handlers of a ticket (e.g., who submitted it, and which Wikimedia Foundation staff members handled it).&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To achieve EU specificity, we recommend limiting analysis to tickets that have an EU Member State listed as the relevant country (if we have been able to determine/estimate this).&lt;/span&gt;

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== Disclaimer ==
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The Wikimedia Foundation does not warrant the constant availability or correctness of data listed on this page or of the good functioning of its access modalities, nor does the Foundation make any representations concerning the lawfulness of third parties' access to it as a matter of applicable laws around the world. The [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Wikimedia Foundation Terms of Use (&quot;TOU&quot;)]] apply. Please note, in particular (but without limitation), the TOU's &quot;Disclaimers&quot; and &quot;Limitation of Liability&quot; sections. The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization. All costs of access (such as the purchasing of additional licenses to use non-free tools) are to be borne by those demanding the access.
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Diese Seite ist der Datenkatalog für Wikipedia im Sinne von [//eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065#art_40 Artikel 40(4) des Gesetzes über digitale Dienste (&quot;GdD&quot;) der Europäischen Union (&quot;EU&quot;)] und Artikel 6(4) des [//digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/delegated-act-data-access-under-digital-services-act-dsa Delegierten Rechtsakts der EU über den Zugang zu Forschungsdaten, C(2025)4340] (&quot;DARA&quot;). Diese Bestimmungen regeln den Zugang geprüfter Forscher zu nicht-öffentlichen Daten ausschließlich zum Zweck der Forschung, die zur Erkennung, Identifizierung und zum Verständnis systemischer Risiken in der Europäischen Union / im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (&quot;EWR&quot;) beiträgt und die Angemessenheit, Effizienz und Auswirkungen der Risikominderungsmaßnahmen für Wikipedia untersucht.

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Contact details for the Wikimedia Foundation's designated point of contact for these purposes is {{email|eu-dsa-art-40-4-contact|wikimedia.org}}. The EU's Data Access Portal and help pages can be found at https://data-access.dsa.ec.europa.eu/home .
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'''The Wikimedia Foundation prides itself on the very high degree of open data and tooling already available for researchers, and we also welcome voluntary collaborations with our own Research team for more advanced projects.'''
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'''Therefore before researchers go through the process set up by the DSA and DARA, we would strongly encourage you to examine the publicly available [[:m:Research:Data|data]], or [//research.wikimedia.org/contact.html contact] the Wikimedia Foundation's Research team. If your research concerns artificial intelligence or machine learning models, we are pleased to say that at the time of writing, the Wikimedia Foundation has made all training datasets that are available to the organization publicly available. The datasets are linked from the corresponding [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Machine learning models#Production_models|model cards]].'''
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'''If you do make a data access request through the DSA Art. 40(4)/DARA procedure, please ensure that it is Wikipedia- and EU- specific. We further ask that you limit your requests to support research questions into systemic risks, as envisaged by DSA Art. 40(4).'''
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'''We further encourage the following:'''
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''Create a Meta:Research page about your project, as described here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Projects ;'''&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''Upon completion of your research project, we encourage you to publish your output as described in https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Open_Access_Policy'''&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''Familiarize yourselves with our guidance around Research and Privacy on Wikipedia: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/uyxnf_v1'''&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''Join the public Wikimedia research mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wiki-research-l.lists.wikimedia.org/'''&lt;/span&gt;

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== Data Catalogue ==
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=== MediaWiki Content History ===
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When a MediaWiki page is edited (for example, on Wikipedia), the previous version(s) of that page (its &quot;revisions&quot;) can normally still be viewed, allowing the page's evolution (e.g., its moderation) to be publicly audited over time. Under special circumstances, according to policies often [[wikidata:Q4656800|documented]] for the specific Wikipedia language, Wikipedia communities may disable access to (i.e., &quot;remove&quot;; sometimes - depending on the circumstances - also called &quot;revdel&quot;, &quot;oversight&quot; or &quot;suppress&quot;) specific revisions in the page history. This ensures that neither the current version of the page ''nor'' the Page History function are publicly disseminating inappropriate content. For example, if a young person recklessly posts their own telephone number to a page, it would be conventional for other users to not only remove it from the page, but then also remove the older page revisions that contain it . The Wikimedia Foundation, as the website host/platform operator, may also do this, pursuant to our Office Actions policy.
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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|public documentation]] for the schema.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History data is not guaranteed to contain all removed revisions. It is generated from an event-based, [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1#Pipeline|eventually consistent system]] that retrieves revision information from the public [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Action API|Wikipedia APIs]] after a revision has been created. Depending on nondeterministic factors such as event ordering or transient infrastructure errors, a revision may be processed before or after it has been removed, and in the latter case, its contents will not be preserved in the MediaWiki Content History private data.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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=== Editors Daily ===
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The [//dumps.wikimedia.org/other/geoeditors/readme.html Geoeditors] public data dump offers monthly aggregate editor activity per country.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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=== Zendesk Support Ticket data ===
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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408827693594-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Support
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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Tickets may also have custom fields (which vary according to reporting channel/ticket purpose, and may evolve over time); please enquire in order to confirm what relevant ticket fields may be available for your research.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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It is possible to run queries and export aggregate statistics using the Zendesk Explore tool, through the creation of custom &quot;reports&quot;.
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The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
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For privacy/confidentiality and licensing limitation reasons, direct researcher access to the Zendesk Explore tool might not be possible. Where reasonable, and subject to confirmation, the Wikimedia Foundation may instead be able to generate Zendesk Explore reports (i.e., run Explore queries) on researchers' behalf. Researchers should so far as possible supply the exact query to be run; see https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408845804314-Formula-writing-resources
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The Wikimedia Foundation already produces detailed 6-monthly reports containing these sorts of statistics: see https://wikimediafoundation.org/who-we-are/transparency/ . Their production includes a manual review/cleanup exercise to ensure tickets handled during the relevant reporting period (the previous 6 months) are appropriately tagged/classified and therefore reported accordingly. Tickets that have not yet been through that exercise may have less reliable tagging. Researchers are encouraged to confine their analysis to tickets that have been through this review process. For example, if at the time of your research, our most recent published Transparency Report was for the January-June 2025 period, we advise you to limit your research to tickets that were handled up to June 30, 2025.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Please do not request access to sensitive data e.g. (i) the content of freetext fields (including the content of tickets themselves), or (ii) data identifying the correspondents and handlers of a ticket (e.g., who submitted it, and which Wikimedia Foundation staff members handled it).&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To achieve EU specificity, we recommend limiting analysis to tickets that have an EU Member State listed as the relevant country (if we have been able to determine/estimate this).&lt;/span&gt;

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== Disclaimer ==
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The Wikimedia Foundation does not warrant the constant availability or correctness of data listed on this page or of the good functioning of its access modalities, nor does the Foundation make any representations concerning the lawfulness of third parties' access to it as a matter of applicable laws around the world. The [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Wikimedia Foundation Terms of Use (&quot;TOU&quot;)]] apply. Please note, in particular (but without limitation), the TOU's &quot;Disclaimers&quot; and &quot;Limitation of Liability&quot; sections. The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization. All costs of access (such as the purchasing of additional licenses to use non-free tools) are to be borne by those demanding the access.
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'''The Wikimedia Foundation prides itself on the very high degree of open data and tooling already available for researchers, and we also welcome voluntary collaborations with our own Research team for more advanced projects.'''
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'''Therefore before researchers go through the process set up by the DSA and DARA, we would strongly encourage you to examine the publicly available [[:m:Research:Data|data]], or [//research.wikimedia.org/contact.html contact] the Wikimedia Foundation's Research team. If your research concerns artificial intelligence or machine learning models, we are pleased to say that at the time of writing, the Wikimedia Foundation has made all training datasets that are available to the organization publicly available. The datasets are linked from the corresponding [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Machine learning models#Production_models|model cards]].'''
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'''If you do make a data access request through the DSA Art. 40(4)/DARA procedure, please ensure that it is Wikipedia- and EU- specific. We further ask that you limit your requests to support research questions into systemic risks, as envisaged by DSA Art. 40(4).'''
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''Familiarize yourselves with our guidance around Research and Privacy on Wikipedia: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/uyxnf_v1'''&lt;/span&gt;
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== Data Catalogue ==
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=== MediaWiki Content History ===
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When a MediaWiki page is edited (for example, on Wikipedia), the previous version(s) of that page (its &quot;revisions&quot;) can normally still be viewed, allowing the page's evolution (e.g., its moderation) to be publicly audited over time. Under special circumstances, according to policies often [[wikidata:Q4656800|documented]] for the specific Wikipedia language, Wikipedia communities may disable access to (i.e., &quot;remove&quot;; sometimes - depending on the circumstances - also called &quot;revdel&quot;, &quot;oversight&quot; or &quot;suppress&quot;) specific revisions in the page history. This ensures that neither the current version of the page ''nor'' the Page History function are publicly disseminating inappropriate content. For example, if a young person recklessly posts their own telephone number to a page, it would be conventional for other users to not only remove it from the page, but then also remove the older page revisions that contain it . The Wikimedia Foundation, as the website host/platform operator, may also do this, pursuant to our Office Actions policy.
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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|public documentation]] for the schema.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History data is not guaranteed to contain all removed revisions. It is generated from an event-based, [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1#Pipeline|eventually consistent system]] that retrieves revision information from the public [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Action API|Wikipedia APIs]] after a revision has been created. Depending on nondeterministic factors such as event ordering or transient infrastructure errors, a revision may be processed before or after it has been removed, and in the latter case, its contents will not be preserved in the MediaWiki Content History private data.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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=== Editors Daily ===
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The [//dumps.wikimedia.org/other/geoeditors/readme.html Geoeditors] public data dump offers monthly aggregate editor activity per country.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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=== Zendesk Support Ticket data ===
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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408827693594-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Support
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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Tickets may also have custom fields (which vary according to reporting channel/ticket purpose, and may evolve over time); please enquire in order to confirm what relevant ticket fields may be available for your research.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
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For privacy/confidentiality and licensing limitation reasons, direct researcher access to the Zendesk Explore tool might not be possible. Where reasonable, and subject to confirmation, the Wikimedia Foundation may instead be able to generate Zendesk Explore reports (i.e., run Explore queries) on researchers' behalf. Researchers should so far as possible supply the exact query to be run; see https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408845804314-Formula-writing-resources
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==== Additional remarks ====
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== Disclaimer ==
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'''Die Wikimedia Foundation ist stolz auf den sehr hohen Anteil an offenen Daten und Werkzeugen, die Forschern bereits zur Verfügung stehen, und wir begrüßen auch freiwillige Kooperationen mit unserem eigenen Forschungsteam für fortgeschrittenere Projekte.'''  

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== Data Catalogue ==
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=== MediaWiki Content History ===
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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
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'''Die Wikimedia Foundation ist stolz auf den sehr hohen Anteil an offenen Daten und Werkzeugen, die Forschern bereits zur Verfügung stehen, und wir begrüßen auch freiwillige Kooperationen mit unserem eigenen Forschungsteam für fortgeschrittenere Projekte.'''  

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=== MediaWiki Content History ===
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When a MediaWiki page is edited (for example, on Wikipedia), the previous version(s) of that page (its &quot;revisions&quot;) can normally still be viewed, allowing the page's evolution (e.g., its moderation) to be publicly audited over time. Under special circumstances, according to policies often [[wikidata:Q4656800|documented]] for the specific Wikipedia language, Wikipedia communities may disable access to (i.e., &quot;remove&quot;; sometimes - depending on the circumstances - also called &quot;revdel&quot;, &quot;oversight&quot; or &quot;suppress&quot;) specific revisions in the page history. This ensures that neither the current version of the page ''nor'' the Page History function are publicly disseminating inappropriate content. For example, if a young person recklessly posts their own telephone number to a page, it would be conventional for other users to not only remove it from the page, but then also remove the older page revisions that contain it . The Wikimedia Foundation, as the website host/platform operator, may also do this, pursuant to our Office Actions policy.
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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|public documentation]] for the schema.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History data is not guaranteed to contain all removed revisions. It is generated from an event-based, [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1#Pipeline|eventually consistent system]] that retrieves revision information from the public [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Action API|Wikipedia APIs]] after a revision has been created. Depending on nondeterministic factors such as event ordering or transient infrastructure errors, a revision may be processed before or after it has been removed, and in the latter case, its contents will not be preserved in the MediaWiki Content History private data.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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=== Editors Daily ===
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The [//dumps.wikimedia.org/other/geoeditors/readme.html Geoeditors] public data dump offers monthly aggregate editor activity per country.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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=== Zendesk Support Ticket data ===
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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408827693594-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Support
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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Tickets may also have custom fields (which vary according to reporting channel/ticket purpose, and may evolve over time); please enquire in order to confirm what relevant ticket fields may be available for your research.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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It is possible to run queries and export aggregate statistics using the Zendesk Explore tool, through the creation of custom &quot;reports&quot;.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
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For privacy/confidentiality and licensing limitation reasons, direct researcher access to the Zendesk Explore tool might not be possible. Where reasonable, and subject to confirmation, the Wikimedia Foundation may instead be able to generate Zendesk Explore reports (i.e., run Explore queries) on researchers' behalf. Researchers should so far as possible supply the exact query to be run; see https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408845804314-Formula-writing-resources
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The Wikimedia Foundation already produces detailed 6-monthly reports containing these sorts of statistics: see https://wikimediafoundation.org/who-we-are/transparency/ . Their production includes a manual review/cleanup exercise to ensure tickets handled during the relevant reporting period (the previous 6 months) are appropriately tagged/classified and therefore reported accordingly. Tickets that have not yet been through that exercise may have less reliable tagging. Researchers are encouraged to confine their analysis to tickets that have been through this review process. For example, if at the time of your research, our most recent published Transparency Report was for the January-June 2025 period, we advise you to limit your research to tickets that were handled up to June 30, 2025.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Please do not request access to sensitive data e.g. (i) the content of freetext fields (including the content of tickets themselves), or (ii) data identifying the correspondents and handlers of a ticket (e.g., who submitted it, and which Wikimedia Foundation staff members handled it).&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To achieve EU specificity, we recommend limiting analysis to tickets that have an EU Member State listed as the relevant country (if we have been able to determine/estimate this).&lt;/span&gt;

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== Disclaimer ==
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The Wikimedia Foundation does not warrant the constant availability or correctness of data listed on this page or of the good functioning of its access modalities, nor does the Foundation make any representations concerning the lawfulness of third parties' access to it as a matter of applicable laws around the world. The [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Wikimedia Foundation Terms of Use (&quot;TOU&quot;)]] apply. Please note, in particular (but without limitation), the TOU's &quot;Disclaimers&quot; and &quot;Limitation of Liability&quot; sections. The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization. All costs of access (such as the purchasing of additional licenses to use non-free tools) are to be borne by those demanding the access.
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'''Die Wikimedia Foundation ist stolz auf den sehr hohen Anteil an offenen Daten und Werkzeugen, die Forschern bereits zur Verfügung stehen, und wir begrüßen auch freiwillige Kooperationen mit unserem eigenen Forschungsteam für fortgeschrittenere Projekte.'''  

'''Bevor Forscher den von dem GdD und dem DARA festgelegten Prozess durchlaufen, empfehlen wir dringend, die öffentlich verfügbaren [[:m:Research:Data|Daten]] einzusehen oder das Forschungsteam der Wikimedia Foundation zu [//research.wikimedia.org/contact.html kontaktieren]. Falls deine Forschung künstliche Intelligenz oder Modelle des maschinellen Lernens betrifft, freuen wir uns, dir mitteilen zu können, dass die Wikimedia Foundation zum Zeitpunkt der Veröffentlichung dieses Textes alle der Organisation zur Verfügung stehenden Trainingsdatensätze öffentlich zugänglich gemacht hat. Die Datensätze sind über die entsprechenden [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Machine learning models#Production_models|Modellkarten]] verlinkt.'''

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== Data Catalogue ==
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=== MediaWiki Content History ===
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When a MediaWiki page is edited (for example, on Wikipedia), the previous version(s) of that page (its &quot;revisions&quot;) can normally still be viewed, allowing the page's evolution (e.g., its moderation) to be publicly audited over time. Under special circumstances, according to policies often [[wikidata:Q4656800|documented]] for the specific Wikipedia language, Wikipedia communities may disable access to (i.e., &quot;remove&quot;; sometimes - depending on the circumstances - also called &quot;revdel&quot;, &quot;oversight&quot; or &quot;suppress&quot;) specific revisions in the page history. This ensures that neither the current version of the page ''nor'' the Page History function are publicly disseminating inappropriate content. For example, if a young person recklessly posts their own telephone number to a page, it would be conventional for other users to not only remove it from the page, but then also remove the older page revisions that contain it . The Wikimedia Foundation, as the website host/platform operator, may also do this, pursuant to our Office Actions policy.
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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|public documentation]] for the schema.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History data is not guaranteed to contain all removed revisions. It is generated from an event-based, [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1#Pipeline|eventually consistent system]] that retrieves revision information from the public [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Action API|Wikipedia APIs]] after a revision has been created. Depending on nondeterministic factors such as event ordering or transient infrastructure errors, a revision may be processed before or after it has been removed, and in the latter case, its contents will not be preserved in the MediaWiki Content History private data.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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=== Editors Daily ===
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The [//dumps.wikimedia.org/other/geoeditors/readme.html Geoeditors] public data dump offers monthly aggregate editor activity per country.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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=== Zendesk Support Ticket data ===
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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408827693594-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Support
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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Tickets may also have custom fields (which vary according to reporting channel/ticket purpose, and may evolve over time); please enquire in order to confirm what relevant ticket fields may be available for your research.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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It is possible to run queries and export aggregate statistics using the Zendesk Explore tool, through the creation of custom &quot;reports&quot;.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
&lt;/div&gt;

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For privacy/confidentiality and licensing limitation reasons, direct researcher access to the Zendesk Explore tool might not be possible. Where reasonable, and subject to confirmation, the Wikimedia Foundation may instead be able to generate Zendesk Explore reports (i.e., run Explore queries) on researchers' behalf. Researchers should so far as possible supply the exact query to be run; see https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408845804314-Formula-writing-resources
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==== Additional remarks ====
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Diese Seite ist der Datenkatalog für Wikipedia im Sinne von [//eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065#art_40 Artikel 40(4) des Gesetzes über digitale Dienste (&quot;GdD&quot;) der Europäischen Union (&quot;EU&quot;)] und Artikel 6(4) des [//digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/delegated-act-data-access-under-digital-services-act-dsa Delegierten Rechtsakts der EU über den Zugang zu Forschungsdaten, C(2025)4340] (&quot;DARA&quot;). Diese Bestimmungen regeln den Zugang geprüfter Forscher zu nicht-öffentlichen Daten ausschließlich zum Zweck der Forschung, die zur Erkennung, Identifizierung und zum Verständnis systemischer Risiken in der Europäischen Union / im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (&quot;EWR&quot;) beiträgt und die Angemessenheit, Effizienz und Auswirkungen der Risikominderungsmaßnahmen für Wikipedia untersucht.

Die Kontaktdaten der von der Wikimedia Foundation benannten Kontaktperson für diese Zwecke sind {{email|eu-dsa-art-40-4-contact|wikimedia.org}}. Das Datenzugangsportal der EU und die Hilfeseiten finden sich unter https://data-access.dsa.ec.europa.eu/home.

'''Die Wikimedia Foundation ist stolz auf den sehr hohen Anteil an offenen Daten und Werkzeugen, die Forschern bereits zur Verfügung stehen, und wir begrüßen auch freiwillige Kooperationen mit unserem eigenen Forschungsteam für fortgeschrittenere Projekte.'''  

'''Bevor Forscher den von dem GdD und dem DARA festgelegten Prozess durchlaufen, empfehlen wir dringend, die öffentlich verfügbaren [[:m:Research:Data|Daten]] einzusehen oder das Forschungsteam der Wikimedia Foundation zu [//research.wikimedia.org/contact.html kontaktieren]. Falls deine Forschung künstliche Intelligenz oder Modelle des maschinellen Lernens betrifft, freuen wir uns, dir mitteilen zu können, dass die Wikimedia Foundation zum Zeitpunkt der Veröffentlichung dieses Textes alle der Organisation zur Verfügung stehenden Trainingsdatensätze öffentlich zugänglich gemacht hat. Die Datensätze sind über die entsprechenden [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Machine learning models#Production_models|Modellkarten]] verlinkt.'''

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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|public documentation]] for the schema.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The [//dumps.wikimedia.org/other/geoeditors/readme.html Geoeditors] public data dump offers monthly aggregate editor activity per country.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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=== Zendesk Support Ticket data ===
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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408827693594-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Support
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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Tickets may also have custom fields (which vary according to reporting channel/ticket purpose, and may evolve over time); please enquire in order to confirm what relevant ticket fields may be available for your research.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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It is possible to run queries and export aggregate statistics using the Zendesk Explore tool, through the creation of custom &quot;reports&quot;.
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The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
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For privacy/confidentiality and licensing limitation reasons, direct researcher access to the Zendesk Explore tool might not be possible. Where reasonable, and subject to confirmation, the Wikimedia Foundation may instead be able to generate Zendesk Explore reports (i.e., run Explore queries) on researchers' behalf. Researchers should so far as possible supply the exact query to be run; see https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408845804314-Formula-writing-resources
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The Wikimedia Foundation already produces detailed 6-monthly reports containing these sorts of statistics: see https://wikimediafoundation.org/who-we-are/transparency/ . Their production includes a manual review/cleanup exercise to ensure tickets handled during the relevant reporting period (the previous 6 months) are appropriately tagged/classified and therefore reported accordingly. Tickets that have not yet been through that exercise may have less reliable tagging. Researchers are encouraged to confine their analysis to tickets that have been through this review process. For example, if at the time of your research, our most recent published Transparency Report was for the January-June 2025 period, we advise you to limit your research to tickets that were handled up to June 30, 2025.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Please do not request access to sensitive data e.g. (i) the content of freetext fields (including the content of tickets themselves), or (ii) data identifying the correspondents and handlers of a ticket (e.g., who submitted it, and which Wikimedia Foundation staff members handled it).&lt;/span&gt;
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Diese Seite ist der Datenkatalog für Wikipedia im Sinne von [//eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065#art_40 Artikel 40(4) des Gesetzes über digitale Dienste (&quot;GdD&quot;) der Europäischen Union (&quot;EU&quot;)] und Artikel 6(4) des [//digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/delegated-act-data-access-under-digital-services-act-dsa Delegierten Rechtsakts der EU über den Zugang zu Forschungsdaten, C(2025)4340] (&quot;DARA&quot;). Diese Bestimmungen regeln den Zugang geprüfter Forscher zu nicht-öffentlichen Daten ausschließlich zum Zweck der Forschung, die zur Erkennung, Identifizierung und zum Verständnis systemischer Risiken in der Europäischen Union / im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (&quot;EWR&quot;) beiträgt und die Angemessenheit, Effizienz und Auswirkungen der Risikominderungsmaßnahmen für Wikipedia untersucht.

Die Kontaktdaten der von der Wikimedia Foundation benannten Kontaktperson für diese Zwecke sind {{email|eu-dsa-art-40-4-contact|wikimedia.org}}. Das Datenzugangsportal der EU und die Hilfeseiten finden sich unter https://data-access.dsa.ec.europa.eu/home.

'''Die Wikimedia Foundation ist stolz auf den sehr hohen Anteil an offenen Daten und Werkzeugen, die Forschern bereits zur Verfügung stehen, und wir begrüßen auch freiwillige Kooperationen mit unserem eigenen Forschungsteam für fortgeschrittenere Projekte.'''  

'''Bevor Forscher den von dem GdD und dem DARA festgelegten Prozess durchlaufen, empfehlen wir dringend, die öffentlich verfügbaren [[:m:Research:Data|Daten]] einzusehen oder das Forschungsteam der Wikimedia Foundation zu [//research.wikimedia.org/contact.html kontaktieren]. Falls deine Forschung künstliche Intelligenz oder Modelle des maschinellen Lernens betrifft, freuen wir uns, dir mitteilen zu können, dass die Wikimedia Foundation zum Zeitpunkt der Veröffentlichung dieses Textes alle der Organisation zur Verfügung stehenden Trainingsdatensätze öffentlich zugänglich gemacht hat. Die Datensätze sind über die entsprechenden [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Machine learning models#Production_models|Modellkarten]] verlinkt.'''

'''Wenn du einen Datenzugriffsantrag gemäß Art. 40(4) des GdD/DARA stellst, stelle bitte sicher, dass dieser sich speziell auf Wikipedia und die EU bezieht. Wir bitten dich außerdem, deine Anträge auf die Unterstützung von Forschungsfragen zu systemischen Risiken im Sinne von Art. 40(4) GdD zu beschränken.'''

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=== MediaWiki Content History ===
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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History data is not guaranteed to contain all removed revisions. It is generated from an event-based, [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1#Pipeline|eventually consistent system]] that retrieves revision information from the public [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Action API|Wikipedia APIs]] after a revision has been created. Depending on nondeterministic factors such as event ordering or transient infrastructure errors, a revision may be processed before or after it has been removed, and in the latter case, its contents will not be preserved in the MediaWiki Content History private data.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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=== Editors Daily ===
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The [//dumps.wikimedia.org/other/geoeditors/readme.html Geoeditors] public data dump offers monthly aggregate editor activity per country.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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=== Zendesk Support Ticket data ===
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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408827693594-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Support
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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Tickets may also have custom fields (which vary according to reporting channel/ticket purpose, and may evolve over time); please enquire in order to confirm what relevant ticket fields may be available for your research.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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It is possible to run queries and export aggregate statistics using the Zendesk Explore tool, through the creation of custom &quot;reports&quot;.
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The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
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For privacy/confidentiality and licensing limitation reasons, direct researcher access to the Zendesk Explore tool might not be possible. Where reasonable, and subject to confirmation, the Wikimedia Foundation may instead be able to generate Zendesk Explore reports (i.e., run Explore queries) on researchers' behalf. Researchers should so far as possible supply the exact query to be run; see https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408845804314-Formula-writing-resources
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The Wikimedia Foundation already produces detailed 6-monthly reports containing these sorts of statistics: see https://wikimediafoundation.org/who-we-are/transparency/ . Their production includes a manual review/cleanup exercise to ensure tickets handled during the relevant reporting period (the previous 6 months) are appropriately tagged/classified and therefore reported accordingly. Tickets that have not yet been through that exercise may have less reliable tagging. Researchers are encouraged to confine their analysis to tickets that have been through this review process. For example, if at the time of your research, our most recent published Transparency Report was for the January-June 2025 period, we advise you to limit your research to tickets that were handled up to June 30, 2025.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Please do not request access to sensitive data e.g. (i) the content of freetext fields (including the content of tickets themselves), or (ii) data identifying the correspondents and handlers of a ticket (e.g., who submitted it, and which Wikimedia Foundation staff members handled it).&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To achieve EU specificity, we recommend limiting analysis to tickets that have an EU Member State listed as the relevant country (if we have been able to determine/estimate this).&lt;/span&gt;

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Diese Seite ist der Datenkatalog für Wikipedia im Sinne von [//eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065#art_40 Artikel 40(4) des Gesetzes über digitale Dienste (&quot;GdD&quot;) der Europäischen Union (&quot;EU&quot;)] und Artikel 6(4) des [//digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/delegated-act-data-access-under-digital-services-act-dsa Delegierten Rechtsakts der EU über den Zugang zu Forschungsdaten, C(2025)4340] (&quot;DARA&quot;). Diese Bestimmungen regeln den Zugang geprüfter Forscher zu nicht-öffentlichen Daten ausschließlich zum Zweck der Forschung, die zur Erkennung, Identifizierung und zum Verständnis systemischer Risiken in der Europäischen Union / im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (&quot;EWR&quot;) beiträgt und die Angemessenheit, Effizienz und Auswirkungen der Risikominderungsmaßnahmen für Wikipedia untersucht.

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== Data Catalogue ==
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=== MediaWiki Content History ===
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When a MediaWiki page is edited (for example, on Wikipedia), the previous version(s) of that page (its &quot;revisions&quot;) can normally still be viewed, allowing the page's evolution (e.g., its moderation) to be publicly audited over time. Under special circumstances, according to policies often [[wikidata:Q4656800|documented]] for the specific Wikipedia language, Wikipedia communities may disable access to (i.e., &quot;remove&quot;; sometimes - depending on the circumstances - also called &quot;revdel&quot;, &quot;oversight&quot; or &quot;suppress&quot;) specific revisions in the page history. This ensures that neither the current version of the page ''nor'' the Page History function are publicly disseminating inappropriate content. For example, if a young person recklessly posts their own telephone number to a page, it would be conventional for other users to not only remove it from the page, but then also remove the older page revisions that contain it . The Wikimedia Foundation, as the website host/platform operator, may also do this, pursuant to our Office Actions policy.
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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|public documentation]] for the schema.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History data is not guaranteed to contain all removed revisions. It is generated from an event-based, [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1#Pipeline|eventually consistent system]] that retrieves revision information from the public [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Action API|Wikipedia APIs]] after a revision has been created. Depending on nondeterministic factors such as event ordering or transient infrastructure errors, a revision may be processed before or after it has been removed, and in the latter case, its contents will not be preserved in the MediaWiki Content History private data.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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=== Editors Daily ===
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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=== Zendesk Support Ticket data ===
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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408827693594-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Support
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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Tickets may also have custom fields (which vary according to reporting channel/ticket purpose, and may evolve over time); please enquire in order to confirm what relevant ticket fields may be available for your research.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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It is possible to run queries and export aggregate statistics using the Zendesk Explore tool, through the creation of custom &quot;reports&quot;.
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The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
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For privacy/confidentiality and licensing limitation reasons, direct researcher access to the Zendesk Explore tool might not be possible. Where reasonable, and subject to confirmation, the Wikimedia Foundation may instead be able to generate Zendesk Explore reports (i.e., run Explore queries) on researchers' behalf. Researchers should so far as possible supply the exact query to be run; see https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408845804314-Formula-writing-resources
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The Wikimedia Foundation already produces detailed 6-monthly reports containing these sorts of statistics: see https://wikimediafoundation.org/who-we-are/transparency/ . Their production includes a manual review/cleanup exercise to ensure tickets handled during the relevant reporting period (the previous 6 months) are appropriately tagged/classified and therefore reported accordingly. Tickets that have not yet been through that exercise may have less reliable tagging. Researchers are encouraged to confine their analysis to tickets that have been through this review process. For example, if at the time of your research, our most recent published Transparency Report was for the January-June 2025 period, we advise you to limit your research to tickets that were handled up to June 30, 2025.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Please do not request access to sensitive data e.g. (i) the content of freetext fields (including the content of tickets themselves), or (ii) data identifying the correspondents and handlers of a ticket (e.g., who submitted it, and which Wikimedia Foundation staff members handled it).&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To achieve EU specificity, we recommend limiting analysis to tickets that have an EU Member State listed as the relevant country (if we have been able to determine/estimate this).&lt;/span&gt;

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The Wikimedia Foundation does not warrant the constant availability or correctness of data listed on this page or of the good functioning of its access modalities, nor does the Foundation make any representations concerning the lawfulness of third parties' access to it as a matter of applicable laws around the world. The [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Wikimedia Foundation Terms of Use (&quot;TOU&quot;)]] apply. Please note, in particular (but without limitation), the TOU's &quot;Disclaimers&quot; and &quot;Limitation of Liability&quot; sections. The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization. All costs of access (such as the purchasing of additional licenses to use non-free tools) are to be borne by those demanding the access.
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Diese Seite ist der Datenkatalog für Wikipedia im Sinne von [//eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065#art_40 Artikel 40(4) des Gesetzes über digitale Dienste (&quot;GdD&quot;) der Europäischen Union (&quot;EU&quot;)] und Artikel 6(4) des [//digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/delegated-act-data-access-under-digital-services-act-dsa Delegierten Rechtsakts der EU über den Zugang zu Forschungsdaten, C(2025)4340] (&quot;DARA&quot;). Diese Bestimmungen regeln den Zugang geprüfter Forscher zu nicht-öffentlichen Daten ausschließlich zum Zweck der Forschung, die zur Erkennung, Identifizierung und zum Verständnis systemischer Risiken in der Europäischen Union / im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (&quot;EWR&quot;) beiträgt und die Angemessenheit, Effizienz und Auswirkungen der Risikominderungsmaßnahmen für Wikipedia untersucht.

Die Kontaktdaten der von der Wikimedia Foundation benannten Kontaktperson für diese Zwecke sind {{email|eu-dsa-art-40-4-contact|wikimedia.org}}. Das Datenzugangsportal der EU und die Hilfeseiten finden sich unter https://data-access.dsa.ec.europa.eu/home.

'''Die Wikimedia Foundation ist stolz auf den sehr hohen Anteil an offenen Daten und Werkzeugen, die Forschern bereits zur Verfügung stehen, und wir begrüßen auch freiwillige Kooperationen mit unserem eigenen Forschungsteam für fortgeschrittenere Projekte.'''  

'''Bevor Forscher den von dem GdD und dem DARA festgelegten Prozess durchlaufen, empfehlen wir dringend, die öffentlich verfügbaren [[:m:Research:Data|Daten]] einzusehen oder das Forschungsteam der Wikimedia Foundation zu [//research.wikimedia.org/contact.html kontaktieren]. Falls deine Forschung künstliche Intelligenz oder Modelle des maschinellen Lernens betrifft, freuen wir uns, dir mitteilen zu können, dass die Wikimedia Foundation zum Zeitpunkt der Veröffentlichung dieses Textes alle der Organisation zur Verfügung stehenden Trainingsdatensätze öffentlich zugänglich gemacht hat. Die Datensätze sind über die entsprechenden [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Machine learning models#Production_models|Modellkarten]] verlinkt.'''

'''Wenn du einen Datenzugriffsantrag gemäß Art. 40(4) des GdD/DARA stellst, stelle bitte sicher, dass dieser sich speziell auf Wikipedia und die EU bezieht. Wir bitten dich außerdem, deine Anträge auf die Unterstützung von Forschungsfragen zu systemischen Risiken im Sinne von Art. 40(4) GdD zu beschränken.'''

'''Wir ermutigen außerdem zu Folgendem:'''
# '''Erstelle eine Meta:Research-Seite zu deinem Projekt, wie hier beschrieben: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Projects ;'''
# '''Nach Abschluss deines Forschungsprojekts empfehlen wir dir, deine Ergebnisse wie in https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Open_Access_Policy beschrieben zu veröffentlichen'''
# '''Mache dich mit unseren Richtlinien zum Thema Forschung und Datenschutz in Wikipedia vertraut: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/uyxnf_v1'''
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''Join the public Wikimedia research mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wiki-research-l.lists.wikimedia.org/'''&lt;/span&gt;

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== Data Catalogue ==
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=== MediaWiki Content History ===
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When a MediaWiki page is edited (for example, on Wikipedia), the previous version(s) of that page (its &quot;revisions&quot;) can normally still be viewed, allowing the page's evolution (e.g., its moderation) to be publicly audited over time. Under special circumstances, according to policies often [[wikidata:Q4656800|documented]] for the specific Wikipedia language, Wikipedia communities may disable access to (i.e., &quot;remove&quot;; sometimes - depending on the circumstances - also called &quot;revdel&quot;, &quot;oversight&quot; or &quot;suppress&quot;) specific revisions in the page history. This ensures that neither the current version of the page ''nor'' the Page History function are publicly disseminating inappropriate content. For example, if a young person recklessly posts their own telephone number to a page, it would be conventional for other users to not only remove it from the page, but then also remove the older page revisions that contain it . The Wikimedia Foundation, as the website host/platform operator, may also do this, pursuant to our Office Actions policy.
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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|public documentation]] for the schema.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History data is not guaranteed to contain all removed revisions. It is generated from an event-based, [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1#Pipeline|eventually consistent system]] that retrieves revision information from the public [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Action API|Wikipedia APIs]] after a revision has been created. Depending on nondeterministic factors such as event ordering or transient infrastructure errors, a revision may be processed before or after it has been removed, and in the latter case, its contents will not be preserved in the MediaWiki Content History private data.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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=== Editors Daily ===
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The [//dumps.wikimedia.org/other/geoeditors/readme.html Geoeditors] public data dump offers monthly aggregate editor activity per country.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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=== Zendesk Support Ticket data ===
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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408827693594-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Support
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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Tickets may also have custom fields (which vary according to reporting channel/ticket purpose, and may evolve over time); please enquire in order to confirm what relevant ticket fields may be available for your research.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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It is possible to run queries and export aggregate statistics using the Zendesk Explore tool, through the creation of custom &quot;reports&quot;.
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The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
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For privacy/confidentiality and licensing limitation reasons, direct researcher access to the Zendesk Explore tool might not be possible. Where reasonable, and subject to confirmation, the Wikimedia Foundation may instead be able to generate Zendesk Explore reports (i.e., run Explore queries) on researchers' behalf. Researchers should so far as possible supply the exact query to be run; see https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408845804314-Formula-writing-resources
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The Wikimedia Foundation already produces detailed 6-monthly reports containing these sorts of statistics: see https://wikimediafoundation.org/who-we-are/transparency/ . Their production includes a manual review/cleanup exercise to ensure tickets handled during the relevant reporting period (the previous 6 months) are appropriately tagged/classified and therefore reported accordingly. Tickets that have not yet been through that exercise may have less reliable tagging. Researchers are encouraged to confine their analysis to tickets that have been through this review process. For example, if at the time of your research, our most recent published Transparency Report was for the January-June 2025 period, we advise you to limit your research to tickets that were handled up to June 30, 2025.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Please do not request access to sensitive data e.g. (i) the content of freetext fields (including the content of tickets themselves), or (ii) data identifying the correspondents and handlers of a ticket (e.g., who submitted it, and which Wikimedia Foundation staff members handled it).&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To achieve EU specificity, we recommend limiting analysis to tickets that have an EU Member State listed as the relevant country (if we have been able to determine/estimate this).&lt;/span&gt;

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== Disclaimer ==
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The Wikimedia Foundation does not warrant the constant availability or correctness of data listed on this page or of the good functioning of its access modalities, nor does the Foundation make any representations concerning the lawfulness of third parties' access to it as a matter of applicable laws around the world. The [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Wikimedia Foundation Terms of Use (&quot;TOU&quot;)]] apply. Please note, in particular (but without limitation), the TOU's &quot;Disclaimers&quot; and &quot;Limitation of Liability&quot; sections. The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization. All costs of access (such as the purchasing of additional licenses to use non-free tools) are to be borne by those demanding the access.
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Diese Seite ist der Datenkatalog für Wikipedia im Sinne von [//eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065#art_40 Artikel 40(4) des Gesetzes über digitale Dienste (&quot;GdD&quot;) der Europäischen Union (&quot;EU&quot;)] und Artikel 6(4) des [//digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/delegated-act-data-access-under-digital-services-act-dsa Delegierten Rechtsakts der EU über den Zugang zu Forschungsdaten, C(2025)4340] (&quot;DARA&quot;). Diese Bestimmungen regeln den Zugang geprüfter Forscher zu nicht-öffentlichen Daten ausschließlich zum Zweck der Forschung, die zur Erkennung, Identifizierung und zum Verständnis systemischer Risiken in der Europäischen Union / im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (&quot;EWR&quot;) beiträgt und die Angemessenheit, Effizienz und Auswirkungen der Risikominderungsmaßnahmen für Wikipedia untersucht.

Die Kontaktdaten der von der Wikimedia Foundation benannten Kontaktperson für diese Zwecke sind {{email|eu-dsa-art-40-4-contact|wikimedia.org}}. Das Datenzugangsportal der EU und die Hilfeseiten finden sich unter https://data-access.dsa.ec.europa.eu/home.

'''Die Wikimedia Foundation ist stolz auf den sehr hohen Anteil an offenen Daten und Werkzeugen, die Forschern bereits zur Verfügung stehen, und wir begrüßen auch freiwillige Kooperationen mit unserem eigenen Forschungsteam für fortgeschrittenere Projekte.'''  

'''Bevor Forscher den von dem GdD und dem DARA festgelegten Prozess durchlaufen, empfehlen wir dringend, die öffentlich verfügbaren [[:m:Research:Data|Daten]] einzusehen oder das Forschungsteam der Wikimedia Foundation zu [//research.wikimedia.org/contact.html kontaktieren]. Falls deine Forschung künstliche Intelligenz oder Modelle des maschinellen Lernens betrifft, freuen wir uns, dir mitteilen zu können, dass die Wikimedia Foundation zum Zeitpunkt der Veröffentlichung dieses Textes alle der Organisation zur Verfügung stehenden Trainingsdatensätze öffentlich zugänglich gemacht hat. Die Datensätze sind über die entsprechenden [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Machine learning models#Production_models|Modellkarten]] verlinkt.'''

'''Wenn du einen Datenzugriffsantrag gemäß Art. 40(4) des GdD/DARA stellst, stelle bitte sicher, dass dieser sich speziell auf Wikipedia und die EU bezieht. Wir bitten dich außerdem, deine Anträge auf die Unterstützung von Forschungsfragen zu systemischen Risiken im Sinne von Art. 40(4) GdD zu beschränken.'''

'''Wir ermutigen außerdem zu Folgendem:'''
# '''Erstelle eine Meta:Research-Seite zu deinem Projekt, wie hier beschrieben: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Projects ;'''
# '''Nach Abschluss deines Forschungsprojekts empfehlen wir dir, deine Ergebnisse wie in https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Open_Access_Policy beschrieben zu veröffentlichen'''
# '''Mache dich mit unseren Richtlinien zum Thema Forschung und Datenschutz in Wikipedia vertraut: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/uyxnf_v1'''
# '''Trete der öffentlichen Wikimedia-Forschungsmailingliste bei: https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wiki-research-l.lists.wikimedia.org/'''

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== Data Catalogue ==
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=== MediaWiki Content History ===
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When a MediaWiki page is edited (for example, on Wikipedia), the previous version(s) of that page (its &quot;revisions&quot;) can normally still be viewed, allowing the page's evolution (e.g., its moderation) to be publicly audited over time. Under special circumstances, according to policies often [[wikidata:Q4656800|documented]] for the specific Wikipedia language, Wikipedia communities may disable access to (i.e., &quot;remove&quot;; sometimes - depending on the circumstances - also called &quot;revdel&quot;, &quot;oversight&quot; or &quot;suppress&quot;) specific revisions in the page history. This ensures that neither the current version of the page ''nor'' the Page History function are publicly disseminating inappropriate content. For example, if a young person recklessly posts their own telephone number to a page, it would be conventional for other users to not only remove it from the page, but then also remove the older page revisions that contain it . The Wikimedia Foundation, as the website host/platform operator, may also do this, pursuant to our Office Actions policy.
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The functionality allowing this is called [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]]. Once a revision is removed, it is neither generally visible on Wikipedia, nor included in subsequent (post-removal) public Wikipedia content history XML [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ dumps].
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However, the private copy of [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|MediaWiki Content History]] includes the majority of the removed information. This includes the removed revision, together with the  corresponding editor username and the edit summary they provided when originally posting the edit which created that revision.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1|public documentation]] for the schema.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History data is not guaranteed to contain all removed revisions. It is generated from an event-based, [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Content/Mediawiki content history v1#Pipeline|eventually consistent system]] that retrieves revision information from the public [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Action API|Wikipedia APIs]] after a revision has been created. Depending on nondeterministic factors such as event ordering or transient infrastructure errors, a revision may be processed before or after it has been removed, and in the latter case, its contents will not be preserved in the MediaWiki Content History private data.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;MediaWiki Content History includes a large amount of data that is already publicly available. Researchers are invited to rely as far as possible on that public data, and should not request access to it using the DSA Article 40(4) mechanism.&lt;/span&gt;
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=== Editors Daily ===
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The location from which an edit to Wikipedia was made, whether exact or approximate, is not publicly available. [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|Editors Daily]] is an internal dataset, updated monthly, that contains this more sensitive individual information. The location in this dataset is estimated via IP-based geolocation.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please see the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/Geoeditors#Editors_daily|public documentation]] for the schema. In line with our data retention policy, Editors Daily may only contain information for the past two months, as historical information is continuously removed.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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For privacy and confidentiality reasons, direct researcher access might not be possible. We request researchers, so far as possible, to supply the exact query to be run.
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The [//dumps.wikimedia.org/other/geoeditors/readme.html Geoeditors] public data dump offers monthly aggregate editor activity per country.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Historical editor activity information, not including geolocation, is available in the [[:wikitech:Special:MyLanguage/Data Platform/Data Lake/Edits/MediaWiki history dumps|MediaWiki History]] public dataset.&lt;/span&gt;

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=== Zendesk Support Ticket data ===
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People contact us for help (e.g. to report illegal content under DSA Article 16), and authorities contact us (for DSA Article 9 and 10 purposes), by emailing us. We use the Zendesk Support ticketing system to handle these emails; each new email chain is created as a &quot;ticket&quot; on our system where it can be triaged, handled and tagged. Data about these tickets is used to compile our periodic Transparency Reports.
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==== Data structure and metadata ====
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Please refer to https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408827693594-Metrics-and-attributes-for-Zendesk-Support
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As noted above, we have different reporting channels for different types of matters; see in particular those mentioned [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Wikimedia Foundation European Union Compliance#Contacting_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_with_legal_complaints_and_questions|on this page]].
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Tickets may also have custom fields (which vary according to reporting channel/ticket purpose, and may evolve over time); please enquire in order to confirm what relevant ticket fields may be available for your research.
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==== Suggested access modalities ====
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It is possible to run queries and export aggregate statistics using the Zendesk Explore tool, through the creation of custom &quot;reports&quot;.
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The documentation here explains what the Explore tool can do: https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/search?content_tags=01H41B6Y9VDNEGDFSDQZGESE9F&amp;amp%3Butf8=%E2%9C%93 .
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For privacy/confidentiality and licensing limitation reasons, direct researcher access to the Zendesk Explore tool might not be possible. Where reasonable, and subject to confirmation, the Wikimedia Foundation may instead be able to generate Zendesk Explore reports (i.e., run Explore queries) on researchers' behalf. Researchers should so far as possible supply the exact query to be run; see https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408845804314-Formula-writing-resources
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==== Additional remarks ====
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# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;The Wikimedia Foundation already produces detailed 6-monthly reports containing these sorts of statistics: see https://wikimediafoundation.org/who-we-are/transparency/ . Their production includes a manual review/cleanup exercise to ensure tickets handled during the relevant reporting period (the previous 6 months) are appropriately tagged/classified and therefore reported accordingly. Tickets that have not yet been through that exercise may have less reliable tagging. Researchers are encouraged to confine their analysis to tickets that have been through this review process. For example, if at the time of your research, our most recent published Transparency Report was for the January-June 2025 period, we advise you to limit your research to tickets that were handled up to June 30, 2025.&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Please do not request access to sensitive data e.g. (i) the content of freetext fields (including the content of tickets themselves), or (ii) data identifying the correspondents and handlers of a ticket (e.g., who submitted it, and which Wikimedia Foundation staff members handled it).&lt;/span&gt;
# &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To achieve EU specificity, we recommend limiting analysis to tickets that have an EU Member State listed as the relevant country (if we have been able to determine/estimate this).&lt;/span&gt;

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== Disclaimer ==
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The Wikimedia Foundation does not warrant the constant availability or correctness of data listed on this page or of the good functioning of its access modalities, nor does the Foundation make any representations concerning the lawfulness of third parties' access to it as a matter of applicable laws around the world. The [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Wikimedia Foundation Terms of Use (&quot;TOU&quot;)]] apply. Please note, in particular (but without limitation), the TOU's &quot;Disclaimers&quot; and &quot;Limitation of Liability&quot; sections. The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization. All costs of access (such as the purchasing of additional licenses to use non-free tools) are to be borne by those demanding the access.
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Introduction
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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates collaborative, free knowledge websites, like [[{{lwp|Main Page}}|Wikipedia]], [[:c:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]], and [[:wikt:Wiktionary:Main Page|Wiktionary]].
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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF chart.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Collection &amp; Use of Info&lt;/span&gt;==
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Types of Information We Receive From You &amp; How We Get It&lt;/span&gt;===

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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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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 to infer further information, such as which country a user is from, political affiliation and gender.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Location Information&lt;/span&gt;====
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=====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;GPS &amp; Other Location Technologies&lt;/span&gt;=====
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Information Related to Your Use of the Wikimedia Sites&lt;/span&gt;===
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:&lt;/span&gt;

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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates collaborative, free knowledge websites, like [[{{lwp|Main Page}}|Wikipedia]], [[:c:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]], and [[:wikt:Wiktionary:Main Page|Wiktionary]].
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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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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 to infer further information, such as which country a user is from, political affiliation and gender.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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==== &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;If the Organization is Transferred (Really Unlikely!)&lt;/span&gt; ====
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others&lt;/span&gt;====
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Understand &amp; Experiment&lt;/span&gt;====
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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==== &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Because You Made It Public&lt;/span&gt; ====
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF safe.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Protection&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Where is the Foundation &amp; What Does That Mean for Me?&lt;/span&gt;===
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our Response to Do Not Track (DNT) signals&lt;/span&gt;===
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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'''&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this Privacy Policy and a translation, the original English version takes precedence.&lt;/span&gt;'''

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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
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Introduction
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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates collaborative, free knowledge websites, like [[{{lwp|Main Page}}|Wikipedia]], [[:c:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]], and [[:wikt:Wiktionary:Main Page|Wiktionary]].
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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Information Related to Your Use of the Wikimedia Sites&lt;/span&gt;===
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates collaborative, free knowledge websites, like [[{{lwp|Main Page}}|Wikipedia]], [[:c:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]], and [[:wikt:Wiktionary:Main Page|Wiktionary]].
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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Official Wikimedia Foundation mobile applications.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Emails, SMS, and notifications from us or sent to us from you.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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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 to infer further information, such as which country a user is from, political affiliation and gender.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others&lt;/span&gt;====
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Understand &amp; Experiment&lt;/span&gt;====
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our Response to Do Not Track (DNT) signals&lt;/span&gt;===
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates collaborative, free knowledge websites, like [[{{lwp|Main Page}}|Wikipedia]], [[:c:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]], and [[:wikt:Wiktionary:Main Page|Wiktionary]].
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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 Foundation or community-based policies;
* protect our organization, infrastructure, employees, contractors, or the public; or
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Introduction
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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates collaborative, free knowledge websites, like [[{{lwp|Main Page}}|Wikipedia]], [[:c:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]], and [[:wikt:Wiktionary:Main Page|Wiktionary]].
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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others&lt;/span&gt;====
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates collaborative, free knowledge websites, like [[{{lwp|Main Page}}|Wikipedia]], [[:c:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]], and [[:wikt:Wiktionary:Main Page|Wiktionary]].
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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:&lt;/span&gt;

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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates collaborative, free knowledge websites, like [[{{lwp|Main Page}}|Wikipedia]], [[:c:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]], and [[:wikt:Wiktionary:Main Page|Wiktionary]].
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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our Response to Do Not Track (DNT) signals&lt;/span&gt;===
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates collaborative, free knowledge websites, like [[{{lwp|Main Page}}|Wikipedia]], [[:c:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]], and [[:wikt:Wiktionary:Main Page|Wiktionary]].
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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:&lt;/span&gt;

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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your Personal Information.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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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 translations:
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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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==== &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;If the Organization is Transferred (Really Unlikely!)&lt;/span&gt; ====
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others&lt;/span&gt;====
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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'''&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For the protection of the Wikimedia Foundation and other users, if you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you may not use the Wikimedia Sites.&lt;/span&gt;'''

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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Where is the Foundation &amp; What Does That Mean for Me?&lt;/span&gt;===
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Official Wikimedia Foundation mobile applications.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Emails, SMS, and notifications from us or sent to us from you.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Where is the Foundation &amp; What Does That Mean for Me?&lt;/span&gt;===
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We collect very little Personal Information about you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

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* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'en Bâ'na.
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to third parties.&lt;/span&gt;

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:&lt;/span&gt;

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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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==== &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;If the Organization is Transferred (Really Unlikely!)&lt;/span&gt; ====
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others&lt;/span&gt;====
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;If you would like to request access to or removal of your Personal Information, you may contact us.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ ngajhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Where is the Foundation &amp; What Does That Mean for Me?&lt;/span&gt;===
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF open door.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; Kabidhân==

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===Bâ'na la ḍâpa'!===
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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

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By using Wikimedia Sites, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF chart.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Collection &amp; Use of Info&lt;/span&gt;==
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Types of Information We Receive From You &amp; How We Get It&lt;/span&gt;===

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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Your Public Contributions&lt;/span&gt;====
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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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 to infer further information, such as which country a user is from, political affiliation and gender.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Account Information &amp; Registration&lt;/span&gt;====
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Location Information&lt;/span&gt;====
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=====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;GPS &amp; Other Location Technologies&lt;/span&gt;=====
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Information Related to Your Use of the Wikimedia Sites&lt;/span&gt;===
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:&lt;/span&gt;

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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Where is the Foundation &amp; What Does That Mean for Me?&lt;/span&gt;===
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

Bhâreng ngangghuy Situs Wikimèḍia riya, bâ'na ngasaroju' jhâ' bâ'na la maca bân ngèḍhâbhi Gher-ogher riya.
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The Wikimedia movement is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make the Wikimedia Sites more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others&lt;/span&gt;====
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Understand &amp; Experiment&lt;/span&gt;====
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF safe.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Protection&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Where is the Foundation &amp; What Does That Mean for Me?&lt;/span&gt;===
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our Response to Do Not Track (DNT) signals&lt;/span&gt;===
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF open door.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; Kabidhân==

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===Bâ'na la ḍâpa'!===
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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

Bhâreng ngangghuy Situs Wikimèḍia riya, bâ'na ngasaroju' jhâ' bâ'na la maca bân ngèḍhâbhi Gher-ogher riya.
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Parghuliân Wikimèḍia ariya èbhângon atas lèngghâ jhimet kèng abhâreng pangaterro-pangatèrro sè tegghu: Bâ'-abâ'ân kakabbhi kennèng ngalakonè bânnya'an parkara polè sacara areng-bhâreng katèmbhânga pan-bârâmpan ḍâri bâ'-âbâ'ân ngalakonèna bi'-kadhibi'. Apolong, patang abherri', bân aèḍhâbhi pangetaowan abhâreng arobâaghi ḍhâsar èghâbâyya situs Wikimèḍia ariya. Pagghun ngalakonè bhâreng cara  sè anyar bhâkal abhânto bâ'-abâ' kakabbhi kaangghuy ajhâr bârâmma ghâbây abeccè' sè bhâghusân.

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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Definitions&lt;/span&gt;====
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Emails, SMS, and notifications from us or sent to us from you.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF chart.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Collection &amp; Use of Info&lt;/span&gt;==
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Types of Information We Receive From You &amp; How We Get It&lt;/span&gt;===

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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Your Public Contributions&lt;/span&gt;====
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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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 to infer further information, such as which country a user is from, political affiliation and gender.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Account Information &amp; Registration&lt;/span&gt;====
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Location Information&lt;/span&gt;====
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=====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;GPS &amp; Other Location Technologies&lt;/span&gt;=====
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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=====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;IP Addresses&lt;/span&gt;=====
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Information Related to Your Use of the Wikimedia Sites&lt;/span&gt;===
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Information We Receive Automatically&lt;/span&gt;====
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Where is the Foundation &amp; What Does That Mean for Me?&lt;/span&gt;===
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

Bhâreng ngangghuy Situs Wikimèḍia riya, bâ'na ngasaroju' jhâ' bâ'na la maca bân ngèḍhâbhi Gher-ogher riya.
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Lalampaan Wikimèḍia ariya èbhângon atas ḍhâsar jhimet sakèngnga èbhârengè ro-pangatèrro sè tegghu: Bâ'-abâ'ân kakabbhi kennèng ngalakonè anya'-bânnya'an lalampaan mon areng-bhâreng katèmbhânga pan-bârâmpan ḍâri bâ'-âbâ'ân ngalakonèna bi'-kadhibi'. Along-polong, patang abherri', bân aèḍhâbhi pangetaowan abhâreng arobâaghi ḍhâsar èghâbâyya situs Wikimèḍia ariya. Pagghun ngalakonè bân cara sè anyar bhâkal abhânto bâ'-abâ' kakabbhi kaangghuy ajhâr bârâmma ghâbây abeccè' sè bhâghusân.

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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).&lt;/span&gt;
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Emails, SMS, and notifications from us or sent to us from you.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Types of Information We Receive From You &amp; How We Get It&lt;/span&gt;===

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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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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 to infer further information, such as which country a user is from, political affiliation and gender.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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==== &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;If the Organization is Transferred (Really Unlikely!)&lt;/span&gt; ====
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others&lt;/span&gt;====
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Our Service Providers&lt;/span&gt;====
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Understand &amp; Experiment&lt;/span&gt;====
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Where is the Foundation &amp; What Does That Mean for Me?&lt;/span&gt;===
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our Response to Do Not Track (DNT) signals&lt;/span&gt;===
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Changes to This Privacy Policy&lt;/span&gt;===
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF open door.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; Kabidhân==

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===Bâ'na la ḍâpa'!===
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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

Bhâreng ngangghuy Situs Wikimèḍia riya, bâ'na ngasaroju' jhâ' bâ'na la maca bân ngèḍhâbhi Gher-ogher riya.
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Lalampaan Wikimèḍia ariya èbhângon attas ḍhâsar jhimet sakèngnga èbhârengè ro-pangatèrro sè tegghu: Bâ'-abâ'ân kakabbhi kennèng ngalakonè anya'-bânnya'an lalampaan mon areng-bhâreng katèmbhânga pan-bârâmpan ḍâri bâ'-âbâ'ân ngalakonèna bi'-kadhibi'. Along-polong, patang abherri', bân aèḍhâbhi pangetaowan abhâreng arobâaghi ḍhâsar èghâbâyya situs Wikimèḍia ariya. Pagghun ngalakonè bân cara sè anyar bhâkal abhânto bâ'-abâ' kakabbhi kaangghuy ajhâr bârâmma ghâbây abeccè' sè bhâghusân.

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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Definitions&lt;/span&gt;====
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For the sake of clarity, this Privacy Policy covers, regardless of language:&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).&lt;/span&gt;
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Emails, SMS, and notifications from us or sent to us from you.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF chart.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Collection &amp; Use of Info&lt;/span&gt;==
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Types of Information We Receive From You &amp; How We Get It&lt;/span&gt;===

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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Your Public Contributions&lt;/span&gt;====
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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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 to infer further information, such as which country a user is from, political affiliation and gender.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Account Information &amp; Registration&lt;/span&gt;====
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Location Information&lt;/span&gt;====
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=====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;GPS &amp; Other Location Technologies&lt;/span&gt;=====
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Information Related to Your Use of the Wikimedia Sites&lt;/span&gt;===
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Information We Receive Automatically&lt;/span&gt;====
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Information We Collect&lt;/span&gt;====
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

Bhâreng ngangghuy Situs Wikimèḍia riya, bâ'na ngasaroju' jhâ' bâ'na la maca bân ngèḍhâbhi Gher-ogher riya.
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Lalampaan Wikimèḍia ariya èbhângon attas ḍhâsar jhimet sakèngnga èbhârengè ro-pangatèrro sè tegghu: Bâ'-abâ'ân kakabbhi kennèng ngalakonè anya'-bânnya'an lalampaan mon areng-bhâreng katèmbhânga pan-bârâmpan ḍâri bâ'-âbâ'ân ngalakonèna bi'-kadhibi'. Along-polong, patang abherri', bân aèḍhâbhi pangetaowan abhâreng arobâaghi ḍhâsar èghâbâyya situs Wikimèḍia ariya. Pagghun ngalakonè bân cara sè anyar bhâkal abhânto bâ'-abâ'na kakabbhi kaangghuy ajhâr bârâmma ghâbây abeccè' sè bhâghusân.

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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Official Wikimedia Foundation mobile applications.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Emails, SMS, and notifications from us or sent to us from you.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:&lt;/span&gt;

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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others&lt;/span&gt;====
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Understand &amp; Experiment&lt;/span&gt;====
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF safe.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Protection&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Where is the Foundation &amp; What Does That Mean for Me?&lt;/span&gt;===
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our Response to Do Not Track (DNT) signals&lt;/span&gt;===
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

Bhâreng ngangghuy Situs Wikimèḍia riya, bâ'na ngasaroju' jhâ' bâ'na la maca bân ngèḍhâbhi Gher-ogher riya.
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Lalampaan Wikimèḍia ariya èbhângon attas ḍhâsar jhimet sakèngnga èbhârengè ro-pangatèrro sè tegghu: Bâ'-abâ'ân kakabbhi kennèng ngalakonè anya'-bânnya'an lalampaan mon areng-bhâreng katèmbhânga pan-bârâmpan ḍâri bâ'-âbâ'ân ngalakonèna bi'-kadhibi'. Along-polong, patang abherri', bân aèḍhâbhi pangetaowan abhâreng arobâaghi ḍhâsar èghâbâyya situs Wikimèḍia ariya. Pagghun ngalakonè bân cara sè anyar bhâkal abhânto bâ'-abâ' kakabbhi kaangghuy ajhâr bârâmma ghâbây abeccè' sè bhâghusân.

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We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts the Wikimedia Sites, like Wikipedia, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the Wikimedia Sites. It is essential to understand that when you use any of the Wikimedia Sites, we collect, transfer, process, store, disclose, and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.
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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 Foundation or community-based policies;
* protect our organization, infrastructure, employees, contractors, or the public; or
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

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Lalampaan Wikimèḍia ariya èbhângon attas ḍhâsar jhimet sakèngnga èbhârengè ro-pangatèrro sè tegghu: Bâ'-abâ'ân kakabbhi kennèng ngalakonè anya'-bânnya'an lalampaan mon areng-bhâreng katèmbhânga pan-bârâmpan ḍâri bâ'-âbâ'ân ngalakonèna bi'-kadhibi'. Along-polong, patang abherri', bân aèḍhâbhi pangetaowan abhâreng arobâaghi ḍhâsar èghâbâyya situs Wikimèḍia ariya. Pagghun ngalakonè bân cara sè anyar bhâkal abhânto bâ'-abâ' kakabbhi kaangghuy ajhâr bârâmma ghâbây abeccè' sè bhâghusân.

Bâ'-abâ' Wikipèḍia neng ḍiyâ parcajâ jhâ' sakèngnga cara molong bâng ngangghuy pratèla abâ'na kodhu sajhâlân bân kennèng trabâng. Gher-ogher Privasi riya ajhârbâaghi bârâmmana Yayasan Wikimèḍia riya, organisasi ta' ngala' bhâtè sè ngaobhi Situs-situs Wikimèḍia, marana Wikipèḍia, mapolong, maangghuy, bân mabâgi pratèla sè bâ'-abâ'  tarèma ḍâri bâ'na ngalèbâdhi pangangghuyân bâ'na ka Situs-situs Wikimèḍia. Pentèng ghâbây èeḍhâbhi jhâ' è bâjâ bâ'na mapolong Situs-situs Wikimèḍia, bâ'-abâ' Wikimèḍia mapolong, mekèrèm, maghârâp, masèmpen, ngongka', bân ngangghuy pratèla bâ'na saènga'na èjhârbâaghi è ḍâlem Gher-ogher Privasi riya. karana rowa, maca Gher-ogher riya bân tètèn ghu-ongghu pentèng.

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We believe that you should not have to provide nonpublic Personal Information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to the Wikimedia Sites.
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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others&lt;/span&gt;====
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

Bhâreng ngangghuy Situs Wikimèḍia riya, bâ'na ngasaroju' jhâ' bâ'na la maca bân ngèḍhâbhi Gher-ogher riya.
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Lalampaan Wikimèḍia ariya èbhângon attas ḍhâsar jhimet sakèngnga èbhârengè ro-pangatèrro sè tegghu: Bâ'-abâ'ân kakabbhi kennèng ngalakonè anya'-bânnya'an lalampaan mon areng-bhâreng katèmbhânga pan-bârâmpan ḍâri bâ'-âbâ'ân ngalakonèna bi'-kadhibi'. Along-polong, patang abherri', bân aèḍhâbhi pangetaowan abhâreng arobâaghi ḍhâsar èghâbâyya situs Wikimèḍia ariya. Pagghun ngalakonè bân cara sè anyar bhâkal abhânto bâ'-abâ' kakabbhi kaangghuy ajhâr bârâmma ghâbây abeccè' sè bhâghusân.

Bâ'-abâ' Wikipèḍia neng ḍiyâ parcajâ jhâ' sakèngnga cara molong bâng ngangghuy pratèla abâ'na kodhu sajhâlân bân kennèng trabâng. Gher-ogher Privasi riya ajhârbâaghi bârâmmana Yayasan Wikimèḍia riya, organisasi ta' ngala' bhâtè sè ngaobhi Situs-situs Wikimèḍia, marana Wikipèḍia, mapolong, maangghuy, bân mabâgi pratèla sè bâ'-abâ'  tarèma ḍâri bâ'na ngalèbâdhi pangangghuyân bâ'na ka Situs-situs Wikimèḍia. Pentèng ghâbây èeḍhâbhi jhâ' è bâjâ bâ'na mapolong Situs-situs Wikimèḍia, bâ'-abâ' Wikimèḍia mapolong, mekèrèm, maghârâp, masèmpen, ngongka', bân ngangghuy pratèla bâ'na saènga'na èjhârbâaghi è ḍâlem Gher-ogher Privasi riya. karana rowa, maca Gher-ogher riya bân tètèn ghu-ongghu pentèng.

Wikipèḍia parcajâ jhâ' bâ'na ta' parlo abherri' pratèla takaè' abâ'na dhibi' sè ''nonpublik'' kaangghuy adhurrun ḍâlem ghuliyân pangetaowan bhibhâs riya. Bâ'na ta' parlo abherri' pratèla marana nyama sokkla, lamat, otabâ tangghâl rèmbi' abâ'na kaangghuy aḍaftar akun standar otabâna adhurrun kontèn ka Situs Wikimèḍia.

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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Official Wikimedia Foundation mobile applications.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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Whatever you post on Wikimedia Sites can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:&lt;/span&gt;

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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

Bhâreng ngangghuy Situs Wikimèḍia riya, bâ'na ngasaroju' jhâ' bâ'na la maca bân ngèḍhâbhi Gher-ogher riya.
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Lalampaan Wikimèḍia ariya èbhângon attas ḍhâsar jhimet sakèngnga èbhârengè ro-pangatèrro sè jhekjhek: Bâ'-abâ'ân kakabbhi kennèng ngalakonè anya'-bânnya'an lalampaan mon areng-bhâreng katèmbhânga pan-bârâmpan ḍâri bâ'-âbâ'ân ngalakonèna bi'-kadhibi'. Along-polong, patang abherri', bân aèḍhâbhi pangetaowan abhâreng arobâaghi ḍhâsar èghâbâyya situs Wikimèḍia ariya. Pagghun ngalakonè bân cara sè anyar bhâkal abhânto bâ'-abâ' kakabbhi kaangghuy ajhâr bârâmma ghâbây abeccè' sè bhâghusân.

Bâ'-abâ' Wikipèḍia neng ḍiyâ parcajâ jhâ' sakèngnga cara molong bâng ngangghuy pratèla abâ'na kodhu sajhâlân bân kennèng trabâng. Gher-ogher Privasi riya ajhârbâaghi bârâmmana Yayasan Wikimèḍia riya, organisasi ta' ngala' bhâtè sè ngaobhi Situs-situs Wikimèḍia, marana Wikipèḍia, mapolong, maangghuy, bân mabâgi pratèla sè bâ'-abâ'  tarèma ḍâri bâ'na ngalèbâdhi pangangghuyân bâ'na ka Situs-situs Wikimèḍia. Pentèng ghâbây èeḍhâbhi jhâ' è bâjâ bâ'na mapolong Situs-situs Wikimèḍia, bâ'-abâ' Wikimèḍia mapolong, mekèrèm, maghârâp, masèmpen, ngongka', bân ngangghuy pratèla bâ'na saènga'na èjhârbâaghi è ḍâlem Gher-ogher Privasi riya. karana rowa, maca Gher-ogher riya bân tètèn ghu-ongghu pentèng.

Wikipèḍia parcajâ jhâ' bâ'na ta' parlo abherri' pratèla takaè' abâ'na dhibi' sè ''nonpublik'' kaangghuy adhurrun ḍâlem ghuliyân pangetaowan bhibhâs riya. Bâ'na ta' parlo abherri' pratèla marana nyama sokkla, lamat, otabâ tangghâl rèmbi' abâ'na kaangghuy aḍaftar akun standar otabâna adhurrun kontèn ka Situs Wikimèḍia.

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We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the Wikimedia Sites more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you.
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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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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 translations:
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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your 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 [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting Wikimedia issues and events in your area.&lt;/span&gt;
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Make the Wikimedia Sites more functional and convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in, to maintain your temporary account session when you edit logged out, or to remember your username in the login field.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:&lt;/span&gt;

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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF share.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Sharing&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;With Your Permission&lt;/span&gt;====
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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==== &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;If the Organization is Transferred (Really Unlikely!)&lt;/span&gt; ====
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/28670|Privacy policy (August 2008 - November 2008)]]: effective from August 19, 2008, until November 25, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/14088|Privacy policy (June 2006 - August 2008)]]: effective from June 21, 2006, until August 19, 2008'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/4834|Privacy policy (April 2005 to June 2006)]]: effective from April 2005 until June 21, 2006'''&lt;/span&gt;

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===Bâ'na la ḍâpa'!===
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Wikimèḍia Foundation iyâ ariya organisasi ta' bhâtè sè aghârâp situs wèb ta' majâr bân abâtek ghutong rojhung ènga'na [[wikipedia:Halaman utama|Wikipèḍia]], [[commons:Halaman Utama|Wikimèḍia Commons]], bân [[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Halaman Utama|$WikipèḍiaWiktionary]].

Gher-ogher bârâmma Wikipèḍia mapolong, ngangghuy bân maghi'i informasi bi'-dhibi' abâ'na.

* Wikipèḍia mapolong cè' sakonè'na pratèla dhibi'na Bâ'na.
* Wikipèḍia ta' matoro' otabâ majhuwâl pratèla sè takaè' abâ'na ḍâ' ka ghlumpo' ka tello'.

Bhâreng ngangghuy Situs Wikimèḍia riya, bâ'na ngasaroju' jhâ' bâ'na la maca bân ngèḍhâbhi Gher-ogher riya.
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Lalampaan Wikimèḍia ariya èbhângon attas ḍhâsar jhimet sakèngnga èbhârengè ro-pangatèrro sè jhekjhek: Bâ'-abâ'ân kakabbhi kennèng ngalakonè anya'-bânnya'an lalampaan mon areng-bhâreng katèmbhânga pan-bârâmpan ḍâri bâ'-âbâ'ân ngalakonèna bi'-kadhibi'. Along-polong, patang abherri', bân aèḍhâbhi pangetaowan abhâreng arobâaghi ḍhâsar èghâbâyya situs Wikimèḍia ariya. Pagghun ngalakonè bân cara sè anyar bhâkal abhânto bâ'-abâ' kakabbhi kaangghuy ajhâr bârâmma ghâbây abeccè' sè bhâghusân.

Bâ'-abâ' Wikipèḍia neng ḍiyâ parcajâ jhâ' sakèngnga cara molong bâng ngangghuy pratèla abâ'na kodhu sajhâlân bân kennèng trabâng. Gher-ogher Privasi riya ajhârbâaghi bârâmmana Yayasan Wikimèḍia riya, organisasi ta' ngala' bhâtè sè ngaobhi Situs-situs Wikimèḍia, marana Wikipèḍia, mapolong, maangghuy, bân mabâgi pratèla sè bâ'-abâ'  tarèma ḍâri bâ'na ngalèbâdhi pangangghuyân bâ'na ka Situs-situs Wikimèḍia. Pentèng ghâbây èeḍhâbhi jhâ' è bâjâ bâ'na mapolong Situs-situs Wikimèḍia, bâ'-abâ' Wikimèḍia mapolong, mekèrèm, maghârâp, masèmpen, ngongka', bân ngangghuy pratèla bâ'na saènga'na èjhârbâaghi è ḍâlem Gher-ogher Privasi riya. karana rowa, maca Gher-ogher riya bân tètèn ghu-ongghu pentèng.

Wikipèḍia parcajâ jhâ' bâ'na ta' parlo abherri' pratèla takaè' abâ'na dhibi' sè ''nonpublik'' kaangghuy adhurrun ḍâlem ghuliyân pangetaowan bhibhâs riya. Bâ'na ta' parlo abherri' pratèla marana nyama sokkla, lamat, otabâ tangghâl rèmbi' abâ'na kaangghuy aḍaftar akun standar otabâna adhurrun kontèn ka Situs Wikimèḍia.

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After all, it is people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for the Wikimedia Sites to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like &quot;tracking pixels&quot; and &quot;cookies&quot; used in the Privacy Policy.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.&lt;/span&gt;}}

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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 translations:
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;What This Privacy Policy Does and Does Not Cover&lt;/span&gt;====

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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;All of our major sites (found at [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Official Wikimedia Foundation mobile applications.&lt;/span&gt;
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//shop.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [//labs.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Cloud Services]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[:m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
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When you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your temporary account username (if you are not signed in). We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used, as further explained below in the [[#infowereceive|&quot;How We Use Information We Receive From You&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to the Wikimedia Sites, including Personal Information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address (although you can if you choose to, such as for the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature for example).
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your temporary account.
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Want to create an account? Great! Do not want to create an account? No problem!
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy/Frequently_asked_questions#standardaccount|temporary account]] associated with your browser.
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If you want to create a [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#standardaccount|standard account]], 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.
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Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about revealing your real name or other Personal Information in your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily. This is to protect Wikimedia users and project content; in the event of abuse, IP addresses may be associated with usernames as part of an investigation. No other Personal Information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, and no credit card information.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you do not want to, you do not have to—it is as simple as that.
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#gps|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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Sometimes, we automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, we may receive [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to the Wikimedia Sites. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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Finally, when you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#proxy-servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites.
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We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This includes when you use an online tool on a third-party site that loads information coming from the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#operating-system|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#javascript|JavaScript]], which is used to enhance the security of our sites, provide analytic data, deliver our services, and ensure site reliability,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#cookies|Cookies]], which are used to enhance the security of our sites and to deliver our services,&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;[[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#tracking-pixel|Tracking pixels]], which are used to deliver our services as requested and for analytic purposes, and&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;A variety of &quot;locally stored data&quot; technologies, such as [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#local-storage|local storage]] and session storage, which are used to deliver our services as requested.&lt;/span&gt; 
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These types of technologies may also be used in online tools on a third-party site that loads information from the Wikimedia Sites. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data may include text, Personal Information (like your [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|IP address]]), and information about your use of the Wikimedia Sites (like your username or the time of your visit). See below for more information.
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We use this information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorized by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org].
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites across different devices, so that we can make our varied Wikimedia Sites more efficient and effective for you.&lt;/span&gt;
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].
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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.
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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection 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 through [[Privacy policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:&lt;/span&gt;

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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the &quot;Email this user&quot; feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Wikimedia Foundation systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.
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We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with the Wikimedia Sites.
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We will customize the Services, in some instances, with your consent; or in keeping with our legitimate interest.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with the Wikimedia Foundation, the Wikimedia Sites or the Wikimedia movement.
* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.
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We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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.
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Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional. We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent except as otherwise permitted by applicable law. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences and User profile. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how the Wikimedia Sites are used.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.
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We engage in these activities to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content. For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location. As a reminder, you can consent to and/or deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time for example through the native OS functionalities on your mobile device, and still use the Wikimedia Sites.
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo using the Wikimedia Commons mobile app, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload. As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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When you visit any Wikimedia Site, we automatically receive the [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#ip-address|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. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with the Wikimedia Sites, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled &quot;For Legal Reasons&quot; and &quot;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others.&quot;
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We use and share your Personal Information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below.
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We share your Personal Information for a particular purpose, if you agree. For example, if you receive a scholarship and we ask permission to share your Personal Information with a local chapter. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For Legal Reasons&lt;/span&gt;====
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We will disclose your Personal Information to public authorities or other persons in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. See also our [[Requests for user information procedures &amp; guidelines|Requests for user information procedures and guidelines]]. We will notify you of such requests when possible. We do so to further our legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third-party's 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.
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For more information, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Subpoena frequently asked questions|Subpoena FAQ]].
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of the Foundation changes, we will provide you 30 days' notice before any Personal Information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of the Foundation changes, or we go through a reorganization (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), consistent with our legitimate interest, we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the Wikimedia Sites and a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l 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.
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Protect You, Ourselves &amp; Others&lt;/span&gt;====
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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 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.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We do so to manage our relationship with you, to further our legitimate interest, and/or to comply with our legal obligations.&lt;/span&gt;
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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 violations of our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Wikimedia Foundation or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share Personal Information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.
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Wikimedia Sites are collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on the Wikimedia Sites. These various user-selected administrative groups have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy|Access to nonpublic personal data policy]] or similarly protective agreements. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.)
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We disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites and provide services in support of our mission.
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We use third-party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the Wikimedia Sites for you and other users. The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_Privacy_Policy/Select_Service_Providers%27_Information|Select Service Providers' Information]] page. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. For further information, please see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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Some of our service providers ask us to post links to their privacy policies; a list of these service providers and links to their policies can be found [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Supplement|on this page]].
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====&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;To Understand &amp; Experiment&lt;/span&gt;====
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your Personal Information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying the Wikimedia Sites.
* When we share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your Personal Information consistent with this Policy and our legitimate interest.
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The open-source software that powers the Wikimedia Sites depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, we give some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Similarly, we share non-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 helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve the Wikimedia Sites.
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When we give access to Personal Information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your Personal Information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your Personal Information. Please note that, despite the obligations we impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Information that you post is public and can be seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on the Wikimedia Sites is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not specifically protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering, logging into your account, or using a temporary account, then your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of privacy before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF safe.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Protection&lt;/span&gt;==

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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we cannot guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).
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We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, &lt;u&gt;please let us know by sending it to privacy@wikimedia.org, so we can investigate the source of the email&lt;/u&gt;.
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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.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of the Wikimedia Sites, and our obligations under applicable law. In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days. Non-Personal Information may be retained indefinitely as appropriate. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)
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Please remember that when you make a contribution to any Wikimedia Site, the page history will show when your contribution was made, your username (if you are signed in), or your temporary account username (if you edit while not logged in). The transparency of the projects' contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see our [[Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines|data retention guidelines]].
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For information about how you may request removal of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]]. If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may [[Privacy policy#contact-us|Contact Us]]. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
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Please note also that you may be able to exercise some of these rights without our intervention. For example, if you are a registered user, you can access and update some Personal Information in your Preferences, as well as download your user account data. You may also manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.
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==&lt;span class=&quot;nomobile&quot;&gt;[[File:WMF sign.png|60px]]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Important info&lt;/span&gt;==

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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Where is the Foundation &amp; What Does That Mean for Me?&lt;/span&gt;===
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S. If you decide to use Wikimedia Sites, whether from inside or outside of the U.S., you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Our Response to Do Not Track (DNT) signals&lt;/span&gt;===
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We are strongly committed to protecting users' Personal Information. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the [[#sharing|&quot;When May We Share Your Information&quot;]] section of this Privacy Policy. In particular, we do not share your Personal Information for marketing purposes.
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&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Because we protect all users in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's &quot;do not track&quot; signal.
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For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy/Frequently asked questions#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
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* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users in at least three (3) languages (selected at our discretion) for an open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the Wikimedia Sites, and via a notification on [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or a similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice via [//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l WikimediaAnnounce-L] or similar mailing list.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Wikimedia Sites after any effective date of a subsequent version of this Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part.&lt;/span&gt;
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If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@wikimedia.org privacy@wikimedia.org] or [[{{foundationsite|1=about/contact/}}|contact us]] directly. If 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 may contact our representative via email at EUrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Ireland
: 29 Earlsfort Terrace
: Dublin 2
: D02 AY28
: Ireland

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If 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 delete it, you may contact our representative via email at UKrepresentative.Wikimedia@twobirds.com, or via mail at:
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: Bird &amp; Bird GDPR Representative Services UK
: 12 New Fetter Lane
: London
: EC4A 1JP
: United Kingdom

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Our European Economic Area and United Kingdom Representative can only be contacted for queries in relation to data protection.
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Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;Thank You!&lt;/span&gt;===

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Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using the Wikimedia Sites and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve the largest repository of free knowledge in the world.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;This version was approved by [[:m:User:Slaporte (WMF)|Stephen LaPorte]] on September 3, 2025, pursuant to the [[Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Delegation of policy-making authority|Delegation of policy-making authority]] by the Board, and went into effect on October 6, 2025. Previous versions can be found below:&lt;/span&gt;

* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/518090|Privacy Policy (June 2021 - October 2025)]]: effective from June 24, 2021, until October 6, 2025'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/126409|Privacy Policy (May 2018 - June 2021)]]: effective from May 24, 2018, until June 24, 2021'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/113231|Privacy policy (June 2014 - May 2018)]]: effective from June 6, 2014, until May 24, 2018'''&lt;/span&gt;
* &lt;span lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;'''[[special:permalink/80023|Privacy policy (November 2008 - June 2014)]]: effective from November 25, 2008, until June 6, 2014'''&lt;/span&gt;
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