Wikimedia Foundation Non-wiki Privacy Policy (July 2018 – June 2021)
Welcome! This is the non-wiki privacy policy of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). This privacy policy applies to WMF’s non-wiki sites, unless stated otherwise on a specific site. Some of our non-wiki sites may be hosted by third-party service providers. In these cases, we will provide a link to that service provider’s privacy policy. The Wikimedia Foundation’s main….
DMCA takedown notices
The Wikimedia community is made up of creators, collectors, and consumers of free knowledge. While most material appearing on Wikimedia projects is in the public domain or freely licensed, on occasion, copyrighted material makes its way onto the projects. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor provision requires us to remove infringing material if….
Requests for content alteration and takedown
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. The Wikimedia projects make up one of the world’s largest repositories of human knowledge. With that much information, someone is bound to get upset by some of the content from time to time. While the vast majority….
Leadership
“Wikipedia is only as powerful as the people who participate. It’s not just about the knowledge recorded on Wikipedia’s pages, but about who writes it.” Janeen Uzzell, Chief Operating Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
Requests for user information
Freedom of speech is essential to the Wikimedia movement—the projects cannot flourish in an ecosystem where individuals cannot speak freely. Our users trust us to protect their identities against unlawful disclosure, and we take this responsibility seriously. However, every year, governments, individuals, and corporations ask us to disclose user data. Often, we have no nonpublic….
Transparency report
Twice a year, the Wikimedia Foundation reports on requests we receive to alter or remove content from the projects, and to provide nonpublic information about users. This Transparency Report includes charts and graphs that give details such as the origin of the requests and the projects targeted. We also tell stories of interesting or notable….
Contact us
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