Donor policy: Difference between revisions

If you have questions about this Donor Privacy Policy or requests about the status and correctness

of your donor data, please email donate <at> wikimedia.org or write to:

If you want to make a donation by check, please send the check to:

We are committed to protecting donor personal information from unauthorized access, alteration,

disclosure, or destruction. Among other things, we undertake a range of security practices, including

measures to help secure web access to sensitive data and undertake efforts to address security

vulnerabilities for various tools and databases.

We may disclose information when required by law; when needed to protect our rights, privacy,

safety, property, donors, or users; and when necessary to enforce our terms of service.

We may change the Donor Privacy Policy from time to time. Any and all changes will be reflected

on this page. Substantive changes may also be announced through the standard mechanisms by

which we communicate with our users and community. You should periodically check this page for

any changes to the current policy.

Wikimedia is a worldwide organization. By donating, you consent to the transfer of the collected

information to the United States and other places as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and

objectives set out in this policy.

We seek to retain donor-related information only as needed to fulfill the purposes described in this

policy unless a longer retention period is required by law or regulations. For example, tax laws in

the United States and the State of Florida may require the Foundation to keep contact information

and contribution level of donors on file.

You have certain rights with respect to the information we collect about you. Upon request, we will

tell you what information we hold about you and correct any incorrect information. We will also

make reasonable efforts to delete your information if you ask us to do so, unless we are otherwise

required to keep it.

This particular policy applies to the entity that is posting it. If you visit the Wikimedia donation

page from a location that has a Chapter, you might be – though not necessarily -- redirected to that

This policy does not address data from sources other than donations, such as edits or content

contributions to projects or features.