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More on what this Privacy Policy doesn’t cover

This section is part of the Privacy Policy and is meant to explain in detail which situations are not covered by our Privacy Policy.

Wikimedia Sites and Tools with alternative policies

Some Wikimedia Foundation websites or tools have alternative privacy policies or provisions that differ from this Privacy Policy. These websites include:

Wikimedia Shop (covered by the shop's policy);
donate.wikimedia.org, including the donation process, such as clicking on a donation banner (covered by the Donor Privacy Policy); and
the Wikipedia Reading Lists Browser Extension, which is governed by a separate Privacy Policy. This separate policy will also be made available where the Extension can be downloaded.

If a Wikimedia Foundation website is governed by an alternative privacy policy, it will link to such policy. When a Wikimedia Foundation tool is governed by an alternative privacy policy, the page where the tool may be downloaded or enabled will include a link to that policy.

Community members

The Wikimedia Sites are collaborative labors of love that are constantly maintained and updated by a global community of volunteers. As a result, some volunteers have access to certain Personal Information, and use of that Personal Information may not be governed by this Privacy Policy. Volunteers that have such access include:

Administrative volunteers, such as CheckUsers or Stewards. These are volunteers who enforce Wikimedia Site policies and ensure the safety of the Wikimedia Sites. When these administrators access Personal Information that is nonpublic, they are required to comply with our Access to Nonpublic Information Policy, as well as other, tool-specific policies.
Tool providers. Tool providers. We support platforms for third-party developers to experiment and develop new tools and sites, such as Labs Cloud Services wmflabs.org. When you use one of the tools developed by these volunteers, you may transfer information to them. When these volunteers access nonpublic information or Personal Information, they are required to comply with the terms governing the particular platform the tool is available on.
Other users. We provide several tools that allow users to communicate with each other. The communications may be covered by this Policy while they pass through our systems, but the users who receive these communications, and what they do with the communications once they receive them, are not covered by this Policy. Examples include:
- posting to Foundation-hosted email lists;
- requesting support from volunteers through our online ticketing system (email sent to info[at]wikimedia.org goes to this system);
- emailing other users through the Wikimedia Sites (for example, by using the "Email this user" feature); and
- chatting on IRC (such as on the #wikipedia channel).

Third parties

This Privacy Policy only covers the way the Wikimedia Foundation collects, uses and discloses Personal Information and does not address the practices of third parties. For example, this Privacy Policy does not address the practices of:

Websites run by other organizations, like websites linked to from the “References” sections of Wikipedia, or run by Wikimedia chapters or other movement organizations. These organizations may receive information from you if you visit their websites after using one of the Wikimedia Sites. They are governed by their own privacy policies.
Mobile applications provided by other organizations or individuals. These organizations or individuals may receive information from you if you use those applications to access the Wikimedia Sites or Wikimedia Site content. They are governed by their own privacy policies.

Sometimes, volunteers may place a data-collecting tool, such as a script, gadget, tracking pixel, or share button, on a Wikimedia Site without our knowledge. This Policy does not cover how third parties handle the information they receive as a result of such a tool. If you come across such a third-party tool, and you believe it violates this Policy, you can remove the tool yourself, or report it to privacy[at]wikimedia.org so we can investigate.

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-; <big>Wikimedia Sites with alternative policies</big>
+; <big>Wikimedia Sites and Tools with alternative policies</big>
-: Some Wikimedia Foundation websites have alternative privacy policies or provisions that differ from this Privacy Policy. These websites include:
+: Some Wikimedia Foundation websites or tools have alternative privacy policies or provisions that differ from this Privacy Policy. These websites include:
-:* '''Wikimedia Shop''' (covered by [//store.wikimedia.org/pages/privacy-policy the shop's policy]); and
+:* '''Wikimedia Shop''' (covered by [//shop.wikimedia.org/pages/privacy-policy the shop's policy]);
-:* '''donate.wikimedia.org''', including the donation process, such as clicking on a donation banner (covered by [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Donor policy|the Donor Privacy Policy]]).
+:* '''donate.wikimedia.org''', including the donation process, such as clicking on a donation banner (covered by [[foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Donor policy|the Donor Privacy Policy]]); and
+:* '''the [[mw:Wikimedia_Apps/Synced_Reading_Lists|Wikipedia Reading Lists Browser Extension]]''', which is governed by a separate [[wmf:Wikipedia_Reading_Lists_Browser_Extension_Privacy_Policy|Privacy Policy]]. This separate policy will also be made available where the Extension can be downloaded.
-: These websites, and others like them, will provide a link to their privacy policy (if it stands alone) or to an explanation of any differing provisions (if the site's policy is based on this Privacy Policy).
+: If a Wikimedia Foundation website is governed by an alternative privacy policy, it will link to such policy. When a Wikimedia Foundation tool is governed by an alternative privacy policy, the page where the tool may be downloaded or enabled will include a link to that policy.
 ; <big>Community members</big>
-: The Wikimedia Sites are collaborative labors of love that are constantly maintained and updated by a global community of volunteers. As a result, some volunteers have access to certain nonpublic information, and use of that information may not be governed by this Privacy Policy. Examples include:
+: The Wikimedia Sites are collaborative labors of love that are constantly maintained and updated by a global community of volunteers. As a result, some volunteers have access to certain Personal Information, and use of that Personal Information may not be governed by this Privacy Policy. Volunteers that have such access include:
-:* '''Administrative volunteers''', such as [[m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser|CheckUsers]] or [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Stewards|Stewards]]. These are volunteers who enforce Wikimedia Site policies and ensure the safety of the Wikimedia Sites. When these administrators access nonpublic information, they are required to comply with our [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Access to nonpublic information policy|Access to Nonpublic Information Policy]], as well as other, tool-specific policies.
+:* '''Administrative volunteers''', such as [[m:Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser|CheckUsers]] or [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Stewards|Stewards]]. These are volunteers who enforce Wikimedia Site policies and ensure the safety of the Wikimedia Sites. When these administrators access Personal Information that is nonpublic, they are required to comply with our [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Access to nonpublic information policy|Access to Nonpublic Information Policy]], as well as other, tool-specific policies.
-:* '''Tool providers'''. We support platforms for third-party developers to experiment and develop new tools and sites, such as [//wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Cloud_Services_Introduction Cloud Services wmflabs.org]. When you use one of the tools developed by these volunteers, you may transfer information to them. When these volunteers access nonpublic information, they are required to comply with the terms governing the particular platform the tool is available on.
+:* '''Tool providers'''. Tool providers. We support platforms for third-party developers to experiment and develop new tools and sites, such as [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia Labs Cloud Services wmflabs.org].  When you use one of the tools developed by these volunteers, you may transfer information to them. When these volunteers access nonpublic information or Personal Information, they are required to comply with the terms governing the particular platform the tool is available on.
 :* '''Other users'''. We provide several tools that allow users to communicate with each other. The communications may be covered by this Policy while they pass through our systems, but the users who receive these communications, and what they do with the communications once they receive them, are not covered by this Policy. Examples include:
 :** posting to Foundation-hosted email lists;
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 ; <big>Third parties</big>
-: This Privacy Policy only covers the way the WMF collects and handles information. Third parties who might receive information when you use the Wikimedia Sites may include:
+: This Privacy Policy only covers the way the Wikimedia Foundation collects, uses and discloses Personal Information and does not address the practices of third parties. For example, this Privacy Policy does not address the practices of:
+:* '''Websites run by other organizations''', like websites linked to from the “References” sections of Wikipedia, or run by Wikimedia chapters or other [[foundation:Resolution:Recognizing Models of Affiliations|movement organizations]]. These organizations may receive information from you if you visit their websites after using one of the Wikimedia Sites. They are governed by their own privacy policies.
-:* '''Service providers''' whom we may use to help provide our services to you. For example, our actions regarding your information on [//blog.wikimedia.org our blog] are covered by this Privacy Policy, but if our blog were hosted by [//wordpress.com WordPress], WordPress may also collect information sent automatically by your browser or through cookies that they set. If you are curious about any third-party provider's privacy practices, you should refer directly to their privacy policy.
-:* '''Websites run by other organizations''', like websites linked to from the "References" sections of Wikipedia, or run by Wikimedia chapters or other [[foundation:Resolution:Recognizing Models of Affiliations|movement organizations]]. These organizations may receive information from you if you visit their websites after using one of the Wikimedia Sites. They are governed by their own privacy policies.
 :* '''Mobile applications provided by other organizations or individuals'''. These organizations or individuals may receive information from you if you use those applications to access the Wikimedia Sites or Wikimedia Site content. They are governed by their own privacy policies.
-:* '''Third-party data-collecting tools''' that are placed on Wikimedia Sites by volunteers or other third parties. Sometimes, volunteers may place a data-collecting tool, such as a script, gadget, tracking pixel, or share button, on a Wikimedia Site without our knowledge. This Policy does not cover how third parties handle the information they receive as a result of such a tool. If you come across such a third-party tool, and you believe it violates this Policy, you can remove the tool yourself, or report it to privacy[at]wikimedia.org so we can investigate.
+Sometimes, volunteers may place a data-collecting tool, such as a script, gadget, tracking pixel, or share button, on a Wikimedia Site without our knowledge. This Policy does not cover how third parties handle the information they receive as a result of such a tool. If you come across such a third-party tool, and you believe it violates this Policy, you can remove the tool yourself, or report it to privacy[at]wikimedia.org so we can investigate.
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