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Policies
These are all official policies of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikimedia wikis
These policies or legal guidelines apply to all Wikimedia wikis.
- Access to nonpublic personal data policy (passed April 2014; updated November 2018)
- Underage exemptions (approved November 2017)
- Access to temporary account IP addresses (adopted March 2023)
- Cookie statement (adopted July 2015)
- Data retention guidelines (adopted January 2014)
- Data publication guidelines (adopted August 2023)
- Donor privacy policy (first passed October 2007; updated June 2021)
- General disclaimer
- Human rights policy (approved December 2021)
- Licensing policy (passed March 2007)
- Terms of use (adopted 2009; updated 2012, 2014, and 2023)
- Maps terms of use (adopted December 2016)
- Privacy policy (last revised June 2021)
- Trademark policy (last revised February 2014)
- Universal code of conduct (passed December 2020)
- Enforcement guidelines (approved March 2023)
Board and staff members
These policies apply to Board and staff members and are maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation Board and staff. They usually regulate activities of the whole staff itself in its autonomy, or are logical or necessary consequence of other norms.
- Code of conduct policy (passed October 2007)
- Code of conduct of the Board of Trustees (passed April 2016)
- Conflict of interest policy (passed September 2006, updated June 2016)
- Confidentiality agreement of the Board of Trustees (passed April 2016)
- Credit card usage policy (adopted February 2008)
- Delegation of authority policy (adopted July 2012, updated March 2016)
- Duty entertainment guidelines policy (adopted June 2008)
- FCPA Policy (adopted March 2016)
- Gift policy (updated and passed May 2016)
- Non-discrimination policy (passed January 2006)
- Travel policy (adopted July 2007)
- Travel approval policy (adopted October 2007)
- Whistleblower policy (passed June 2007)
Other
Other documents provide more information on how some Wikimedia Foundation activities are conducted and are usually maintained by the staff who conduct those activities.
- Requests for user information procedures & guidelines (adopted April 2014)
- Bugzilla administrator rights policy (adopted June 2013)
- Policy:Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy (posted January 2014)
- Expense reimbursement (posted September 2015)
- Feedback privacy statement (adopted October 2011)
- Friendly space policy (adopted January 2012)
- Funds dissemination principles (adopted January 2012)
- Legal policies (adopted July 2011)
- Non-wiki privacy policy (adopted August 2018)
- Purchasing and disbursements procedures (adopted November 2010)
- Open access policy (adopted March 2015)
- Office actions policy (adopted February 2016)
- Procedures (adopted June 2017)
- Peering (adopted December 2007)
- Service provider travel guidance (adopted January 2023)
- Terrorist and violent extremist content procedures and guidelines (adopted June 2022)
- Wikimedia Phabricator Terms of Use
Charters
- Audit Committee (adopted October 2012)
- Governance Committee (adopted April 2013)
- Human Resources Committee (adopted October 2012)