Privacy Policy

Status: Draft

ARTICLE III – DONOR PRIVACY

1. Donor Bill of Rights. Wikimedia DC adopts as its policy the Donor Bill of Rights as developed by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and the Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits.

2. Data Collected by Wikimedia DC. Data that Wikimedia DC collects from donors may include name, amount donated, address, telephone number, donor comments, e-mail address, and any other personal information provided to us (“Donor Data”). For donations by check, Donor Data also includes the data visible on the check. For donations processed online, Donor Data includes Website User Data. Wikimedia DC uses Donor Data for the purposes of processing payments, communicating with donors about its work, and conducting fundraising and other operations.

3. Data Collected by Payment Processors. Payment processors, as identified by Wikimedia DC's website, have access to Donor Data, as well as access to payment card information as supplied by donors. Wikimedia DC does not have access to payment card information.

4. Use of Donor Data. Wikimedia DC uses Donor Data for the following:

(a) Distributing receipts and thanking donors for donations

(b) Informing donors about upcoming fundraising and other activities

(c) Internal analysis, such as research and analytics

(d) Record keeping

(e) Reporting to applicable government agencies as required by law

(f) Surveys, metrics, and other analytical purposes

(g) Other purposes related to the fundraising operations

5. No Selling or Leasing of Data. Unless otherwise stated, we do not publish, sell, trade, or rent Donor Data. Anonymized donor information may be used for promotional and fundraising activities. Comments that are provided by donors may be publicly published and may be used in promotional materials. We may use available information to supplement the Donor Data to improve the information we use to drive our fundraising efforts. We may allow donors the option to have their name publicly associated with their donation unless otherwise requested as part of the online donation process.

6. Restricted Access. It is Wikimedia DC's policy to limit access to financial information to staff and volunteers who need to process that information for the purposes described above. Personal financial information is not sold to or traded with other parties. We use partners to provide online payment processing services. Usually, the privacy policies of these organizations will be presented to you on their respective websites and typically also as part of your donation process. If you pay by credit card, we do not store your credit card information, bank account numbers, or other financial account data sent directly to those processing services.