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==Introduction==

==Introduction==

===Welcome===

===Welcome===

ICANNWiki is a nonprofit organization that operates the collaborative, free knowledge websites for the ICANN community.

ICANNWiki is a nonprofit organization that operates the collaborative, free knowledge websites for the ICANN community and the wider Internet governance community.  

This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information.

This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information.

*We collect very little personal information about you

*We collect very little personal information about you.

*We do not rent or sell your information to third parties.

*We do not rent or sell your information to third parties.

*By using ICANNWiki's website, you consent to this Policy.

*By using ICANNWiki's website, you consent to this Policy.

ICANNWiki is founded on a simple, but powerful belief: Everyone should have a voice in the future of the Internet. We promote this belief by providing a collaborative service that harnesses the energy of the ICANN community to create a robust body of knowledge that makes ICANN and Internet governance more transparent and accessible. We are more effective in achieving this when we work together.  

ICANNWiki is founded on a simple, but powerful belief: Everyone should have a voice in the future of the Internet. We promote this belief by providing a collaborative service that harnesses the energy of the ICANN community to create a robust body of knowledge that makes ICANN and Internet governance more transparent and accessible. We are more effective in achieving this when we work together as a community.  

We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make ICANNWiki more usable, safer, and more beneficial.  

We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing limited information about our users as we seek new ways to make ICANNWiki more usable, safer, and more beneficial.  

We believe that information-gathering and use should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how ICANNWiki collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of our website. It is essential to understand that, by using ICANNWiki, you consent to the collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure, and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.  

We believe that the purpose and use of information-gathering should go hand-in-hand with transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how ICANNWiki collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of our website. It is essential to understand that, by using ICANNWiki, you consent to the collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure, and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. That means that reading this Policy carefully is important.  

 

We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the ICANNWiki  more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the ICANNWiki websites better for you.

We do not sell or rent your Personal Information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make the ICANNWiki  more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun. Put simply: we use this information to make the ICANNWiki websites better for you.

'''Whatever you post on ICANNWiki can be seen and used by everyone.'''<br />

'''Whatever you post on ICANNWiki can be seen and used by everyone.'''<br />

When you make a contribution to ICANNWiki, 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. 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 ICANNWiki is used.

When you make a contribution to ICANNWiki, 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. 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 ICANNWiki is used.

 

Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to ICANNWiki Websites, 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.

Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to ICANNWiki Websites, 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.

You are not required to create an account to read ICANNWiki.  

You are not required to create an account to read ICANNWiki.  

In most cases we only ask for a username, password, email address, real name (optional) and a short biography in the account creation process. Of these fields, only the username and biography are publicly visible.  

However, we do require users to create an account with a verified email address prior to contributing content on ICANNWiki, for the purposes of spam prevention and to establish a system of trust and transparency among editors.  

For the primary purpose of spam prevention, we require users to create an account with a verified email address prior to adding or editing content on ICANNWiki. The email address is used exclusively to communicate with users about matters directly related to the use of icannwiki.org.

ICANN and the Internet governance communities are relatively small and tight-knit. Thus, we encourage our users to provide a their real name as their username and to provide a biography in their user profile that provides more information, because we believe that this has a positive impact on the reliability of the content. However, this is not a requirement to use or contribute to the site.  

Your username will be publicly visible, so while we encourage users to use their real name, if you are uncomfortable with your real name please be careful about selecting a username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your IP address is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily to help prevent abuse.  

It is important to understand that MediaWiki software, which ICANNWiki runs on, was developed and is maintained to be collaborative and transparent. As a result it maintains an active and complete revision history of every article that is created. The content and revision history remains publicly accessible even after an article is deleted, although it is no longer indexed by search engines or accessible through the internal search function on ICANNWiki.  

Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your user page if you choose to). This is because your public contributions must be associated with their author (you!). In some circumstances, ICANNWiki can assist users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.

The data collected in the user creation process includes:

 

*Username (Required) - The username will be assigned an associated article on icannwiki.org, which displays the username. Additionally, the username will be publicly and permanently associated with each edit, upload, or other contribution made by the user.

To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you don't want to, you don't have to—it's as simple as that.

*Email Address (Verification Required) - The email address is used exclusively to communicate with users about matters directly related to the use of icannwiki.org.

*Real Name (Optional) - The “real name” is never publicly available and can be deleted at any time in the “User Preferences” portal. The real name is used in combination with the email address to verify that a user with their name as the username has a legitimate right to use that name.  

*Biography (Required) - The information in the Biography is used to automatically generate a user page that is publicly accessible and linked directly from all user contributions. This is not intended to require any disclosure of personal information, but rather verify the user’s interest in the subject matter of icannwiki.org.

====Location Information====

====Location Information====

Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the ICANNWiki Websites.

Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the ICANNWiki Websites.

We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the ICANNWiki Websites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.

We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies and tools, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use the ICANNWiki Websites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.

We want to make the ICANNWiki websites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the ICANNWiki websites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the ICANNWiki websites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the ICANNWiki websites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.

We want to make the ICANNWiki websites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the ICANNWiki websites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the ICANNWiki websites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the ICANNWiki websites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.

====Information We Receive Automatically====

====Information We Receive Automatically====

Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit ICANNWiki websites. This information can include the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your browser, your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's operating system, in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the ICANNWiki websites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the ICANNWiki websites.

Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit ICANNWiki websites. This information can include the type of device you are using, the type and version of your browser, your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's operating system, in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the ICANNWiki websites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the ICANNWiki websites.

   

   

Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with ICANNWiki Websites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize the mobile experience, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with ICANNWiki websites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different ICANNWiki Websites, and analyze trends.

Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with ICANNWiki Websites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, fight vandalism; and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with ICANNWiki websites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different ICANNWiki Websites, and analyze trends.

Locally stored data, JavaScript, and tracking pixels help us do things like:

Locally stored data, JavaScript, and tracking pixels help us do things like:

* Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want, and to tell you about interesting ICANNWiki issues and events in your area.

* Provide you with a customizable experience, such as using cookies to know your language preference, to remember the user preferences you set so we can provide you with the customized look and feel that you want.

* Deliver more relevant content to you faster. For example, we use local storage to store your most recently read articles directly on your device, so they can be retrieved quickly. Also, we use cookies to learn about the topics searched so that we can optimize the search results we deliver to you.

* Understand how you use the ICANNWiki Websites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.

* Understand how you use the ICANNWiki Websites, so that we know what works and what is useful. For example, we might use cookies to learn about the list of articles you are following on your watchlist so that we can recommend similar articles that you may be interested in.

* Make the ICANNWiki Websites more convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in or to remember your username in the login field.

* Make the ICANNWiki Websites more convenient to use, such as by using cookies to maintain your session when you log in or to remember your username in the login field.

We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.

We engage in these activities to manage our relationship with you, because we have a legitimate interest and/or to comply with our legal obligations.

====Sending emails with updates and communications about items we believe may be of interest to you.====

 

 

==== Sending emails with news updates, surveys and communications about items we believe may be of interest to you. ====

* To let you know about things that are happening with the ICANNWiki, the ICANNWiki Websites or the ICANNWiki movement.

* To let you know about things that are happening with the ICANNWiki, the ICANNWiki Websites or the ICANNWiki movement.

* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.

* To alert you when there has been a change to an article that you have decided to follow.

We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.

We will send these types of emails to you only with your consent. We do not sell, rent, or use your email address to advertise third-party products or services to you. You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.

 

 

Your responses to our surveys and feedback requests are always optional.  We will email these types of requests to you only with your consent.  You can manage what kinds of notifications you receive and how often you receive them by going to your Notifications Preferences.  

====Improving the ICANNWiki websites and making your user experience safer and better.====

====Improving the ICANNWiki websites and making your user experience safer and better.====

We may disclose personal information to our third party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the ICANNWiki websites and provide services in support of our mission.

We may disclose personal information to our third party service providers or contractors to help run or improve the ICANNWiki websites and provide services in support of our mission.

As hard as we may try, we can't do it all. So sometimes we use third-party service providers or contractors who help run or improve ICANNWiki Websites for you and other users. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services.  

As hard as we may try, we can't do it all. So sometimes we use third-party service providers or contractors who help run or improve ICANNWiki Websites for you and other users. We give access to your Personal Information to these providers or contractors as needed to perform their services for us or to use their tools and services.

 

 

 

 

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====Because You Made It Public====

====Because You Made It Public====