Legal:Wikimedia Cloud Services Annual Survey Privacy Statement

This statement describes how and when Wikimedia collects, uses, and shares the information we receive from survey participants.

Please note that this survey is powered by Google Forms, which means Google's use of your information is governed by their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

The 2018 edition of this survey was powered by Qualtrics; if you participated in 2018, Qualtrics' use of your information is governed by their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Purpose of Survey

We appreciate your participation! This survey will allow us to learn about users' experiences with Cloud Services, in order to make improvements.

What Information We Collect

This survey collects the responses you provide to the questions asked. There are two types of answers: defined responses and free-form responses.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

The results of this survey will be shared publicly in the following manner: aggregate or anonymous responses will be published on meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Cloud_Services_Annual_Survey. With the exception of the circumstances described below, raw data will only be available to the Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors who need to process this information and are subject to non-disclosure obligations.

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.

Licensing of Survey Responses

By answering the free-form response questions, you agree that we may record your answers, and agree to donate them to the public domain under the terms of Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (full text available at creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

Important Information

Wikimedia Foundation is a global organization committed to promoting free and open knowledge. In submitting your response, you understand that the information transferred to Wikimedia Foundation will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in the U.S. as described in this Privacy Statement. You also understand that the information may be transferred by us from the U.S. to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in order to carry out the aforementioned purposes and objectives.

Wikimedia understands the importance of user privacy. For this reason, we work to protect our users from the unauthorized disclosure or use of information we maintain. Information collected in this survey may be retained indefinitely. See our data retention guidelines for more information. Public questions about this survey may be sent to cloud@lists.wikimedia.org. To ask a question privately, or to request the deletion of your responses, please contact bd808@wikimedia.org.

Thanks again for your feedback!

The Wikimedia Foundation

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.