Archive:January 2018 Fundraising Banner 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 SurveyMonkey, which means SurveyMonkey's use of your information is governed by their Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Purpose of Survey

We appreciate your participation! This survey will collect your feedback on our annual year-end fundraising campaign.

What Information We Collect

This survey collects 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 data about the defined-response questions, and a sample of anonymized raw answers to the free-form response questions, may be published at meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising or in other public communications from the Advancement team. For that reason, we strongly suggest that you do not provide your username, email address, or other personal information in response to any questions. Raw data will only be shared with the Wikimedia staff and contractors who need to process this information and are subject to non-disclosure obligations, with the exception of the circumstances described below.

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.

Important Information

Wikimedia is a global organization committed to promoting free and open knowledge. By completing the survey, you agree to the collection, transfer, storage, processing and use of the collected information in the United States and other places as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives discussed above. You also consent to the transfer of information 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. The results of this survey may be retained indefinitely, both the raw responses and the aggregated data. See our Data retention guidelines for more information.

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.