Wikimedia privacy & data

your real name, address, phone number, email address, password, identification number on government-issued ID, IP address, user-agent information, payment account number

the IP address of the device (or your proxy server) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to infer your geographical location

the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications)

which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites

Operating the Wikimedia Sites, sharing your contributions and administering our Services.

To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites and analyze trends.

In most instances, Personal Information is deleted, aggregated or de-identified after 90 days.

The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, with servers and data centers located in the U.S.

your 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

The privacy policies of some of these third-party service providers or contractors can be found on our Select Service Providers' Information page.

Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your user page if you choose to).

If you would like to request to access, update or restrict/object to the processing of Personal Information, or receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another organization, you may Contact Us .

If you would like to request access to or removal of your Personal Information, you may contact us.

We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything.