+ Disclaimer: this privacy policy is heavily inspired by the Privacy Policy of Wikimedia Foundation
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+ WikiToLearn is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more together than any of us can do alone. Our pursue for a collaborative and fine tuned spread of free knowledge couldn't be possible without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make content more usable, safer, and more beneficial.
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+ We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency.
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+ We do not sell or rent your Personal Data, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make WikiToLearn more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Simply put: we use this information to make WikiToLearn better for you.
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+ In short, we collect data through the following services:
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+ Whatever you post on WikiToLearn can be seen and used by everyone.
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+ WikiToLearn was primarily created to help you share your knowledge with the world, and we share your contributions because you have asked us to do so.
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+ When you make a contribution to WikiToLearn, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username (if you are signed in) or your IP address. We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how WikiToLearn is used.
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+ Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to WikiToLearn, including personal information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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+ You should be aware that specific data made public by you or aggregated data that is made public by us can be used by anyone for analysis and to infer information about users, such as which country a user is from, political affiliation, and gender.
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Types of Data collected
+ The Personal Data we collect consists of:
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+ - Cookies
+ - Usage Data
+ - Chosen username (if the user creates an account)
+ - Registered email address (if the user creates an account)
+ - Password (if the user creates an account)
+ - IP address used to create an account
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+ Personal Data may be freely provided by the user, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using WikiToLearn.
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+ All Data requested by WikiToLearn, unless specified otherwise, is mandatory. Failure to provide this data may make it impossible for us to provide our services. All users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through WikiToLearn and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide their data to us.
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How we process your data
+ We takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data. The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of WikiToLearn (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
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Retention time
+ Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
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+ - Cookies will persist for a maximum period of 30 days. Every user can clear their cookies directly in the settings section of their browser
+ - Usage Data will be kept for a maximum of 50 months.
+ - Chosen username, registered email address, password and the IP address used to create an account will be kept for as long as your contributions remain present on the website, to properly provide attribution to the creative work you choose to share. We provide this archiving service in the public interest.
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+ We may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
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+ Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
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All Personal Data is collected for the following purposes, using the following services:
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Google Analytics (Google Inc.)
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+ Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of WikiToLearn, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
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+ Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
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+ Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
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+ Place of processing: United States –
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Matomo (WikiToLearn)
+ Matomo is an analytics software used by WikiToLearn to analyze data directly without the help of third parties.
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+ Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
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Google reCAPTCHA (Google Inc.)
+ Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google Inc. This type of service analyzes the traffic of WikiToLearn, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.
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+ The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google
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+ Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
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+ Place of processing: United States –
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YouTube video widget (Google Inc.)
+ YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows WikiToLearn to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
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+ Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
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+ Place of processing: United States –
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Direct registration (WikiToLearn)
+ The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to WikiToLearn.
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+ We collect: IP Address used to initiate the request, email address, password and username.
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User's rights
+ Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.
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+ In particular, Users have the right to do the following:
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+ - Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
+ - Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
+ - Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
+ - Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
+ - Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
+ - Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed.Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
+ - Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
+ - Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
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Details about the right to object to processing
+ Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing some background and context to their particular situation to justify the objection.
+ Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
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How to exercise these rights
+ Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.
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Legal information
+ This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).
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+ WikiToLearn does not support "Do Not Track" requests.
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+ More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from KDE e.V. at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
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Legal action
+ The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of WikiToLearn or the related Services.
+ The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
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Additional information about User's Personal Data
+ In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, WikiToLearn may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
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System logs and maintenance
+ For operation and maintenance purposes, WikiToLearn and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with WikiToLearn (system logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
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Changes to this privacy policy
+ The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
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+ Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
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Owner and Data Controller
+ KDE e.V.
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+ Prinzenstraße 85 F
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+ Germany
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+ Owner contact email:
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Definitions:
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Personal Data (or Data)
+ Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
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Usage Data
+ Information collected automatically through WikiToLearn (or third-party services employed in WikiToLearn), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use WikiToLearn, the URI addresses, the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
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User
+ The individual using WikiToLearn who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
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Data Subject
+ The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
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Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)
+ The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
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Data Controller (or Owner)
+ The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of WikiToLearn
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Cookies
+ Small sets of data stored in the User's device.
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+ This privacy policy was last updated on the 22 of May, 2018.
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