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This privacy statement supplements the Wikimedia Foundation's
for Coolest Tool Award 2026 participants. We describe how we collect, use, share, store, and delete the information we receive from participants.
Privacy Statement Summary
Coolest Tool Award 2026
From the Developer Outreach team
The data we collect will be used to find participants or applicants
Data Collected
Responses
Yes
Recording
No
Data Published
Non-Identifying
Yes
Identifying
Yes
Data Access
Wikimedia Foundation
Yes
Volunteers
No
Other
LimeSurvey
Data Storage and Deletion
Raw Data Retention
90 days
Data Location
U.S. and others
Please read the full Privacy Statement
Collection & Use of Info
Why we collect your information
This project will help us
improve user experience
and
innovate in free knowledge
. We will use the information you provide to:
Find applicants, participants, or nominations
Support community development efforts
For more information about this project, please read its
related page
How we collect your information
LimeSurvey is used to collect responses or registrations; please read their
and
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
Sharing
How we share your information
Publishing:
We will publish identifying data (such as direct quotes with attribution or the recorded event) and non-identifying data (such as anonymous quotes, statistics, or other aggregate data). To facilitate this publishing, you agree to donate your copyrightable contributions to the public domain under the terms of
Creative Commons Zero 1.0
Access:
Raw data will only be shared with Wikimedia staff, contractors, and service providers 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
or any other Wikimedia policy.
Protection
How long we keep your information
The raw data we collect will be deleted, de-identified, or aggregated within 90 days. See our
data retention guidelines
for more information.
Who to contact
If you have questions, please email
lgoto
wikimedia.org
. Participants who wish to change, access, or delete information they provided should
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.
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