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Legal:Wikimania 2024 Programming Application

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This privacy statement supplements the Wikimedia Foundation's Privacy Policy for Wikimania 2024 Programming Application participants. We describe how we collect, use, share, store, and delete the information we receive from participants.

Privacy Statement Summary
Wikimania 2024 Programming Application
From the Movement Communications team
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The data we collect will be used to find participants or applicants
Data Collected
ResponsesYes
Contact infoYes
Demographic dataYes
RecordingYes
Public Wikimedia activity dataYes
Data Published
Non-IdentifyingNo
IdentifyingYes
Data Access
Wikimedia FoundationYes
VolunteersYes
Service providersYes
Data Storage and Deletion
Raw Data RetentionIndefinitely
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 coordinate across stakeholders, support safety and inclusion, and invest in skills and leadership development. We will use the information you provide to:

  • Find applicants, participants, or nominations
  • Communicate with you further

For more information about this project, please email elappen@wikimedia.org.

How we collect your information

The event will be hosted on eventyay; 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
Media submissions
such as video, photo, slide decks
We will also collect the following using public information and the service(s) identified above:
Public Wikimedia activity information
such as user contributions or public logs

icon Sharing

How we share your information

Publishing: We will publish identifying data (such as direct quotes with attribution). To facilitate this publishing, you agree to license your copyrightable contributions under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 and 4.0.

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.

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 may be retained indefinitely. See our data retention guidelines for more information.

Who to contact

If you have questions, please email elappen@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.