WikiPartner:Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy explains how WikiPartner may collect, use, store, and protect information when you visit or use WikiPartner websites and services.

WikiPartner aims to collect only information reasonably needed to operate, secure, improve, and maintain the encyclopedia.

1. Information you provide

You may provide information directly to WikiPartner when you:

• create or use an account;
• suggest an article;
• submit corrections;
• contact WikiPartner;
• submit a copyright complaint;
• communicate with the editorial team;
• contribute or edit content where permitted.

Depending on the activity, this information may include your name, username, email address, message content, submitted documents, article suggestions, and other information you choose to provide.

2. Account information

If you create a WikiPartner account, WikiPartner may store information associated with that account, such as:

• username;
• email address;
• account preferences;
• account creation information;
• user permissions;
• contribution history.

Your public contributions may be associated with your username according to the way WikiPartner's publishing software operates.

3. Technical information

When you access WikiPartner, servers and software may automatically process technical information needed to operate and secure the service.

This may include:

• IP address;
• browser type;
• device information;
• requested pages;
• date and time of requests;
• referring pages;
• server and security logs;
• cookie or session information.

Such information may be used for security, troubleshooting, abuse prevention, performance, and service administration.

4. Cookies and sessions

WikiPartner may use cookies or similar browser storage where necessary for features such as:

• account login;
• session management;
• security;
• user preferences;
• site functionality.

Additional analytics or optional technologies, if introduced, should be described in this Privacy Policy or an appropriate cookie notice.

5. How information may be used

WikiPartner may use information to:

• operate and maintain the website;
• provide account functionality;
• review article suggestions and submissions;
• communicate with users;
• process corrections and complaints;
• review copyright requests;
• prevent spam, fraud, vandalism, and abuse;
• investigate security incidents;
• enforce WikiPartner policies;
• improve website performance and usability;
• comply with applicable legal obligations.

6. Public contributions

WikiPartner is an encyclopedia.

Information intentionally published in an article, discussion, revision history, user page, or other public area may become publicly accessible.

Users should avoid publishing private or sensitive personal information that is not appropriate for public disclosure.

Published contributions may also remain visible through revision histories, archives, caches, mirrors, or lawful reuse even after later changes.

7. Article subjects

WikiPartner may publish information about notable people, companies, organizations, places, and other subjects when that information meets its editorial, sourcing, inclusion, and legal standards.

Requests concerning factual inaccuracies or inappropriate personal information should be submitted through Corrections and Complaints.

Articles concerning living people are also subject to Living Persons Policy.

8. Information sharing

WikiPartner does not need to disclose personal information to advertisers in order to operate as an encyclopedia.

Information may nevertheless be disclosed where reasonably necessary to:

• operate technical infrastructure through service providers;
• prevent or investigate security threats or abuse;
• comply with valid legal obligations;
• protect WikiPartner, users, contributors, or third parties;
• investigate violations of WikiPartner policies.

Service providers should receive only information reasonably necessary for the services they perform.

9. Third-party services

WikiPartner may rely on third-party infrastructure or services such as hosting providers, email systems, security services, content delivery systems, or other technical tools.

Those providers may process limited technical information as necessary to provide their services.

Third-party websites linked from WikiPartner operate under their own privacy policies.

10. Security

WikiPartner uses reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

No internet service or storage system can guarantee absolute security.

Users are responsible for protecting their own account credentials.

11. Data retention

WikiPartner may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for purposes such as:

• operating the encyclopedia;
• maintaining contribution and revision histories;
• resolving editorial disputes;
• preventing abuse;
• protecting security;
• complying with legal obligations;
• maintaining appropriate business or technical records.

Different categories of information may have different retention periods.

12. Children's privacy

WikiPartner is a general-purpose encyclopedia and is not intended to solicit unnecessary personal information from children.

Users should not submit sensitive personal information about minors unless there is a clear, lawful, and encyclopedic reason to do so.

Concerns involving information about minors should be reported promptly through WikiPartner's correction or privacy contact process.

13. Your requests

Depending on applicable law and the circumstances, individuals may have rights concerning personal information, such as requesting access, correction, deletion, restriction, or other action.

Some requests may be limited where information must be retained for legitimate editorial, security, legal, archival, or public-interest purposes.

Requests concerning published encyclopedia content should normally be made through Corrections and Complaints.

14. International use

WikiPartner may be accessed by users in multiple countries.

Information may therefore be processed or stored in countries other than the country from which a user accesses WikiPartner, depending on the location of WikiPartner's infrastructure and service providers.

15. Changes to this Privacy Policy

WikiPartner may update this Privacy Policy as its services, technical systems, legal obligations, or privacy practices change.

The current version will be published on this page together with its revision date.

16. Related policies

See also:

• Terms of Use
• Editorial Policy
• Living Persons Policy
• Corrections and Complaints
• Copyright and Content Reuse
• Conflict of Interest Policy

17. Contact

For privacy-related questions or requests, use WikiPartner's official contact channels.

For corrections involving published encyclopedia content:

corrections@wikipartner.org

For copyright concerns:

copyright@wikipartner.org

For article submissions:

submissions@wikipartner.org