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Legal:Global Readers Survey Privacy Statement

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This privacy statement supplements the Wikimedia Foundation's Privacy Policy for Global Readers Survey participants. We describe how we collect, use, share, store, and delete the information we receive from participants.

Privacy Statement Summary
Global Readers Survey
From the Research team
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The data we collect will be used to review or improve our services
Data Collected
ResponsesYes
Demographic dataYes
RecordingNo
Device dataYes
Nonpublic Wikimedia session dataYes
Data Published
Non-IdentifyingYes
IdentifyingNo
Data Access
Wikimedia FoundationYes
VolunteersNo
Other
  • LimeSurvey
Data Storage and Deletion
Raw Data Retention180 days
Data LocationU.S. and others
Please read the full Privacy Statement


icon Collection & Use of Info

Why we collect your information

This project will help us innovate in free knowledge, support safety and inclusion, and manage internal knowledge. We will use the information you provide to:

  • Improve our projects, tools, and services
  • Advance knowledge through open research and study

For more information about this project, please read its related page.

How we collect your information

QuickSurveys is used to collect survey responses; please read its pages on Meta-Wiki and MediaWiki. To help us understand how and why our users visit the Wikimedia projects, we will link your survey responses to the additional data QuickSurveys collects, which is detailed below. LimeSurvey is also used to collect responses or registrations; please read their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

What information we collect

If you choose to participate, we will ask you to provide the following types of information:

Responses to questions
such as defined and free-form responses
Demographic information
such as nationality, gender
We will also collect the following using the service(s) identified above:
Device information
such as IP address, user agent
icon Nonpublic Wikimedia session information
such as page viewed, login status

icon Sharing

How we share your information

Publishing: We will only publish non-identifying data (such as anonymous quotes, statistics, or other aggregate data). For an example, please review what we have published previously. To facilitate this publishing, you agree to donate your copyrightable contributions to the public domain under the terms of Creative Commons Zero 1.0.

Access: Raw data will only be shared with Wikimedia staff, contractors, and service providers who need to process this information and are subject to non-disclosure obligations.

Other sharing: We may disclose any collected information when required by law, when we have your permission, when needed to protect our rights, privacy, safety, users, or the general public, and when necessary to enforce our Terms of Use or any other Wikimedia policy.

icon Protection

How long we keep your information

The raw data we collect will be deleted, de-identified, or aggregated within 180 days. See our data retention guidelines for more information.

Who to contact

If you have questions, please email research-wmf@lists.wikimedia.org. Participants who wish to change, access, or delete information they provided should contact us with their requests.


Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this Privacy Statement and a translation, the original English version takes precedence.