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Legal:Standard Privacy Statement for Event Scholarship Applications

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This privacy statement supplements the Wikimedia Foundation's Privacy Policy for Standard Privacy Statement for Event Scholarship Applications participants. We describe how we collect, use, share, store, and delete the information we receive from participants.

Privacy Statement Summary
Standard Privacy Statement for Event Scholarship Applications
From the Movement Communications Team
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The data we collect will be used to run the associated event
Data Collected
ResponsesYes
Contact infoYes
Demographic dataYes
RecordingYes
Public Wikimedia activity dataYes
Data Published
Non-IdentifyingYes
IdentifyingNo
Data Access
Wikimedia FoundationYes
VolunteersYes
CollaboratorWikimedia Portugal
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 increase the sustainability of our movement, support safety and inclusion, and invest in skills and leadership development. We will use the information you provide to:

  • Run the associated event or meeting
  • Find applicants, participants, or nominations
  • Communicate with you further

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

How we collect your information

LimeSurvey is 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
Contact information
such as name, username, email address
Demographic information
such as nationality, gender
We will also collect the following using public information and the service(s) identified above:
Recordings
such as video, audio, photo
Public Wikimedia activity information
such as user contributions or public logs

icon Sharing

How we share your information

Publishing: Contact information submitted during event registration will not be shared publicly. Recordings taken or live-streamed during the event will be published. Please turn your camera off and use a display name if you do not wish to be recorded. We will only publish non-identifying data (such as anonymous quotes, statistics, or other aggregate data). 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, service providers, and volunteers who need to process this information and are subject to non-disclosure obligations. Please note that we are collaborating with Wikimedia Portugal, who is also bound by contractual obligations to treat your information consistently with the principles of our Privacy Policy.

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.

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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 uwercon@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.