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==<span class="nomobile">[[File:WMF open door.png|60px]]</span> Introduction==

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===Welcome!===
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Recyclopaedia is the nonprofit organisation that operates this website, as a resource on the topic of recycling.  

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

*We collect very little personal information about you.
*We do not rent or sell your information to third parties.
By using Recyclopaedia, you consent to this Policy.
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Recyclopaedia is founded on a simple, but powerful principle: we can do more develop a better understanding of recycling together than any of us can do alone. We cannot work collectively without gathering, sharing, and analyzing information about our users as we seek new ways to make Recyclopaedia 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 Recyclopaedia, the non-profit organization that hosts this site, collects, uses, and shares information we receive from you through your use of the site. It is essential to understand that, by using any part of the site, 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 you shouldn't have to provide nonpublic personal information to participate in the free knowledge movement. You do not have to provide things like your real name, address, or date of birth to sign up for a standard account or contribute content to Recyclopaedia.

{{anchor|donotsell}}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 Recyclopedia 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 site better for you.
 
After all, it's people like you, the champions of free knowledge, who make it possible for Recyclopaedia to not only exist, but also grow and thrive.

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====Definitions====
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like “tracking pixels” and “cookies” used in the Privacy Policy. Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find Wikimedia Foundation's [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy/Glossary_of_key_terms Glossary of Key Terms] helpful.}}

Because everyone (not just lawyers) should be able to easily understand how and why their information is collected and used, we use common language instead of more formal terms throughout this Policy. To help ensure your understanding of some particular key terms, here is a table of translations:

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====What This Privacy Policy Does & Doesn't Cover====

Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of Recyclopaedia. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.

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For the sake of clarity, this Privacy Policy covers, regardless of language:
*  All of this site. 
*  Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services). 
*  Emails, SMS, and notifications from us or sent to us from you. 

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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies or sites or services run by third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.

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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[m:CheckUser_policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.

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===Types of Information We Receive From You & How We Get It===

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====Your Public Contributions====
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Whatever you post on Recyclopaedia can be seen and used by everyone.
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When you make a contribution to Recyclopaedia, 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 [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]] (if you are not signed in). 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 Recyclopaedia is used.
 
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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 further information, such as which country a user is from, political affiliation and gender.
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====Account Information & Registration====
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You do not need to create an account to use Recyclopaedia.

If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address.

If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]].
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Want to create an account? Great! Don't want to create an account? No problem!

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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to Recyclopaedia, except under [[Privacy policy/FAQ#needaccount|some circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to the [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]] associated with your device.

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If you want to create a [[Privacy policy/FAQ#standardaccount|standard account]], in most cases we require only a username and a password.

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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, Recyclopaedia [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Right to vanish|can assist]] users with removing additional information related to their account from the projects.
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localise 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.
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====Location Information====
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=====GPS & Other Location Technologies=====
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Some features we offer work better if we know what area you are in.
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If you consent, we can use [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#GPS|GPS]] (and other technologies commonly used to determine location) to show you more relevant content. We keep information obtained by these technologies confidential, except as provided in this Policy. You can learn more by checking out the list of examples of how we use these technologies in our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#gpsexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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=====Metadata=====
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We may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you want to upload a photo on via an app, we may receive [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Metadata|metadata]], such as the place and time you took the photo, automatically from your device. Please be aware that, unlike location information collected using GPS signals described above, the default setting on your mobile device typically includes the metadata in your photo or video upload to Recyclopaedia. If you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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=====IP Addresses=====
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Finally, when you visit Recyclopaedia, we automatically receive the [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]] of the device (or your [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Proxy Servers|proxy server]]) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to [[Privacy policy/FAQ#inferlocationFAQ|infer your geographical location]].
 
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===Information Related to Your Use of Recyclopaedia===
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We use certain technologies to collect information about how you use Recyclopaedia.

Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit Recyclopaedia.

We also use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to collect information regarding how you use Recyclopaedia, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customizable experience for you.
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We want to make Recyclopaedia better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit Recyclopaedia, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to Recyclopaedia, 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 Recyclopaedia confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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====Information We Receive Automatically====
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Because of how browsers work, we receive some information automatically when you visit Recyclopaedia. This information includes 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 [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Operating System|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to Recyclopaedia, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to Recyclopaedia.
 
Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Recyclopaedia. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimise mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with Recyclopaedia, track and study use of various features, and analyze trends.
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====Information We Collect====
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use Recyclopaedia, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more customisable experience for you.
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We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Tracking Pixel|tracking pixels]], [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#JavaScript|JavaScript]], and a variety of "locally stored data" technologies, such as [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Cookies|cookies]] and [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Local Storage|local storage]]. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.

Depending on which technology we use, locally stored data can be anything from text, pictures, and whole articles (as we explain further below) to Personal Information (like your [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]]) and information about your use of Recyclopaedia (like your username or the time of your visit).

We use this information to make your experience with Recyclopaedia safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with Recyclopaedia, and to generally improve our services. We will never use third-party cookies, unless we get your permission to do so. If you ever come across a third-party data collection tool that has not been authorised by you (such as one that may have been mistakenly placed by another user or administrator), please report it to us at [mailto:privacy@recyclopaedia.org.au privacy@recyclopaedia.org.au]. 

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

* Provide you with a customisable 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 Recyclopaedia issues and events in your area.
* 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 Recyclopaedia, 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 Recyclopaedia across different devices, so that we can make our varied Recyclopaedia more efficient and effective for you.
* Make the Recyclopaedia 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.
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Want to know even more? You can read more about some of the specific cookies we use, when they expire, and what we use them for in our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#cookieFAQ|FAQ]].

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We believe this data collection helps improve your user experience, but you may remove or disable some or all locally stored data through your browser settings, depending on your browser. You can learn more about some options you have in our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#limitstorageFAQ|FAQ]]. While locally stored data may not be necessary to use our sites, some features will not function properly if you disable locally stored data.

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While the examples above concerning information about you collected through the use of data collection tools are kept confidential in accordance with this Policy, please note that some information about the actions taken by your username is made publicly available through [[Privacy_policy/FAQ#publiclogsFAQ|public logs]] alongside actions taken by other users. For example, a public log may include the date your account was created on Recyclopaedia along with the dates that other accounts were created on Recyclopaedia.
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===How We Use Information We Receive From You===
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We and our service providers use your information for the legitimate purpose of pursuing our charitable mission, including:

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* To help you share your knowledge with the world and add new features to our Services.
* To arrange access to your account and provide you with related service.
* To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our policies.
* To allow you to send messages to another person if you choose to do so. Direct communications between users (such as messages sent through the "Email this user" feature), to the extent such communications are nonpublic and stored in or in transit through Recyclopaedia systems, are kept confidential by us, except as provided in this Policy.

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.
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* To provide to you custom content, notices and settings and to enhance your experience with Recyclopaedia.

We will customize the Services, in some instances, at your direction; in all instances, in keeping with our legitimate charitable purpose of pursuing our mission.
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* To let you know about things that are happening with Recyclopaedia's governing body, community and site.
* 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. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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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. You can learn more about email and notifications and how to change your preferences in our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#emailsFAQ|FAQ]].
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* To 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 Recyclopaedia is used.
* For research and analytics.
* To fight spam, identity theft, malware and other kinds of abuse.
* To optimize mobile and other applications.
* To test features to see what works, understand how users interact with Recyclopaedia, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different pages and analyse trends.

We engage in these activities to further our legitimate charitable purpose and/or to comply with our legal obligations.
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=====GPS & Other Location Technologies=====
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As stated above, we can use commonly-used location technologies to show you more relevant content.  For example, our mobile apps can identify articles from the Wikimedia sites about points of interest near your location.  As a reminder, you can deactivate our access to these location technologies at any time, and still use Recyclopaedia.
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=====Metadata=====
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As stated above, we may automatically receive location data from your device. For example, if you upload a photo, please be aware that the default setting on your mobile device typically results in the metadata associated with your photo being included in the upload.  As a reminder, if you do not want metadata sent to us and made public at the time of your upload, please change your settings on your device.
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=====IP Addresses=====
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When you visit Recyclopaedia, we automatically receive the [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]] of the device (or your proxy server) you are using to access the Internet, which could be used to infer your geographical location. We keep IP addresses confidential, except as provided in this Policy. If you are visiting Wikimedia Sites with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymized or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.

We use this location information to make your experience with the Wikimedia Sites safer and better, to gain a greater understanding of user preferences and their interaction with Recyclopaedia, and to generally improve our services. For example, we use this information to provide greater security, optimize mobile applications, and learn how to expand and better support Wikimedia communities. We also use Personal Information in the manner described in the sections of this Policy titled "For Legal Reasons" and "To Protect You, Ourselves & Others."
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===When May We Share Your Information?===
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====With Your Permission====
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We may share your information when you give us specific permission to do so, for legal reasons, and in the other circumstances described below. 
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We share your information for a particular purpose, if you agree. You can find more information in the list of examples in our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#permissionexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].
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====For Legal Reasons====
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We will disclose your information in response to an official legal process only if we believe it to be legally valid. We will notify you of such requests when possible.
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We will access, use, preserve, and/or disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to satisfy a valid and legally enforceable warrant, subpoena, court order, law or regulation, or other judicial or administrative order. However, if we believe that a particular request for disclosure of a user's information is legally invalid or an abuse of the legal system and the affected user does not intend to oppose the disclosure themselves, we will try our best to fight it. We are committed to notifying you via email at least ten (10) calendar days, when possible, before we disclose your Personal Information in response to a legal demand. However, we may only provide notice if we are not legally restrained from contacting you, there is no credible threat to life or limb that is created or increased by disclosing the request, and you have provided us with an email address.
 
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal objections or defenses you may have to a third party's request (whether it be civil, criminal, or governmental) to disclose your information. We recommend seeking the advice of legal counsel immediately if such a request is made involving you.

For more information, see our [[Subpoena FAQ|Subpoena FAQ]].
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====If the Organization is Transferred (Really Unlikely!)====
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In the unlikely event that the ownership of Recyclopaedia changes, we will provide you 30 days’ notice before any personal information is transferred to the new owners or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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In the extremely unlikely event that ownership of all or substantially all of Recyclopaedia changes, or we go through a reorganisation (such as a merger, consolidation, or acquisition), we will continue to keep your Personal Information confidential, except as provided in this Policy, and provide notice to you via the site and it's mailing lists at least thirty (30) calendar days before any Personal Information is transferred or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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====To Protect You, Ourselves & Others====
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We, or users with certain administrative rights, may disclose information that is reasonably necessary to:
* enforce or investigate potential violations of Recyclopaedia governing rules or community-based policies;
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We, or particular users with certain administrative rights as described below, may need to share your Personal Information if it is reasonably believed to be necessary to enforce or investigate potential violations of our [[Recyclopaedia:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]], this Privacy Policy, or any Recyclopaedia or user community-based policies. We may also need to access and share information to investigate and defend ourselves against legal threats or actions.

Recyclopaedia is collaborative, with users writing most of the policies and selecting from amongst themselves people to hold certain administrative rights. These rights may include access to limited amounts of otherwise nonpublic information about recent contributions and activity by other users. They use this access to help protect against vandalism and abuse, fight harassment of other users, and generally try to minimize disruptive behavior on Recyclopaedia. These community administrators have their own privacy and confidentiality guidelines, but all such groups are supposed to agree to follow our [[Access to nonpublic information policy|Access to Nonpublic Information Policy]]. These user-selected administrative groups are accountable to other users through checks and balances: users are selected through a community-driven process and overseen by their peers through a logged history of their actions. However, the legal names of these users are not known to Recyclopaedia.

We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that it's reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organisation, employees, contractors, users, or the public. We may also disclose your Personal Information if we reasonably believe it necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise assess and address potential spam, malware, fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, and security or technical concerns. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#investigateuseFAQ|FAQ]] for more information.) 
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====To Our Service Providers====
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We may disclose personal information to our third party service providers or contractors to help run or improve Recyclopaedia and provide services in support of our mission.
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As hard as we may try, we can't do it all. So sometimes we may use third-party service providers or contractors who help run or improve Recyclopaedia 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. We put requirements, such as confidentiality agreements, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your information consistently with, and no less protective of your privacy than, the principles of this Policy. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#thirdpartyshareexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)

If you are visiting Recyclopaedia with your mobile device, we may use your IP address to provide anonymised or aggregated information to service providers regarding the volume of usage in certain areas.
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====To Understand & Experiment====
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* We give volunteer developers and researchers access to systems that contain your information to allow them to protect, develop, and contribute to Recyclopaedia.
* We also share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with third parties interested in studying Recyclopaedia.
* When we share information with third parties for these purposes, we put reasonable technical and contractual protections in place to protect your information consistent with this Policy.
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The open-source software that powers Recyclopaedia depends on the contributions of volunteer software developers, who spend time writing and testing code to help it improve and evolve with our users' needs. To facilitate their work, Wikimedia Foundation gives some developers limited access to systems that contain your Personal Information, but only as reasonably necessary for them to develop and contribute to the this software. 
 
Similarly, we may share non-Personal Information or aggregated information with researchers, scholars, academics, and other interested third parties who wish to study Recyclopaedia. Sharing this information helps them understand usage, viewing, and demographics statistics and patterns. They then can share their findings with us and our users so that we can all better understand and improve Recyclopaedia.
 
When we give access to personal information to third-party developers or researchers, we put requirements, such as reasonable technical and contractual protections, in place to help ensure that these service providers treat your information consistently with the principles of this Policy and in accordance with our instructions. If these developers or researchers later publish their work or findings, we ask that they not disclose your personal information. Please note that, despite the obligations both we and Wikimedia Foundation impose on developers and researchers, we cannot guarantee that they will abide by our agreement, nor do we guarantee that we will regularly screen or audit their projects. (You can learn more about re-identification in our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#reidentifiationFAQ|FAQ]].)
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====Because You Made It Public====
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Information that you post is public and can been seen and used by everyone.
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Any information you post publicly on Recyclopaedia is just that – public. For example, if you put your mailing address on your talk page, that is public, and not protected by this Policy. And if you edit without registering or logging into your account, your IP address will be seen publicly. Please think carefully about your desired level of anonymity before you disclose Personal Information on your user page or elsewhere.

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===How Do We Protect Your Data?===
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We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures to help protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
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We strive to protect your information from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. We use a variety of physical and technical measures, policies, and procedures (such as access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security) designed to protect our systems and your Personal Information. Unfortunately, there's no such thing as completely secure data transmission or storage, so we can't guarantee that our security will not be breached (by technical measures or through violation of our policies and procedures).

We will never ask for your password by email (but may send you a temporary password via email if you have requested a password reset). If you ever receive an email that requests your password, <u>please let us know by sending it to privacy@Recyclopaedia.org.au, so we can investigate the source of the email.</u>
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===How Long Do We Keep Your Data?===
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Except as otherwise stated in this policy, we only keep your Personal Information as long as necessary to maintain, understand and improve Recyclopaedia or to comply with Australian law.
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Once we receive Personal Information from you, we keep it for the shortest possible time that is consistent with the maintenance, understanding, and improvement of Recyclopaedia, and our obligations under applicable Australian law. Non-personal information may be retained indefinitely. (Check out the list of examples in our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#datatimeexamplesFAQ|FAQ]].)

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Please remember that certain information, such as your [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]] (if you edit while not logged in) and any public contributions to Recyclopaedia, is archived and displayed indefinitely by design; the transparency of the projects’ contribution and revision histories is critical to their efficacy and trustworthiness. To learn more about our data retention practices, see Wikimedia's [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_retention_guidelines data retention guidelines]. For further information about how you may request access to or deletion of your Personal Information, or other rights you may have with respect to your Personal Information, see our [[Privacy_policy/FAQ#anonymize|FAQ]].

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'''For the protection of Recyclopaedia and other users, if you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you may not use Recyclopaedia.'''

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===Where is Recyclopaedia headquartered & What Does That Mean for Me?===
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Recyclopaedia is a non-profit organization based in Melbourne, Victoria, with servers and data centers located in Australia and the USA. If you decide to use Recyclopaedia, whether from inside or outside of Australia or the USA, you understand that your Personal Information will be collected, transferred, stored, processed, disclosed and otherwise used in these jurisdictions. as described in this Privacy Policy. You also understand that your information may be transferred by us to other countries, which may have different or less stringent data protection laws than your country, in connection with providing services to you. 
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===Our Response to Do Not Track (DNT) signals===
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We do not allow tracking by third-party websites you have not visited.

We do not share your data with third parties for marketing purposes.
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We are strongly committed to not sharing nonpublic information and Personal Information with third parties. In particular, we do not allow tracking by third-party websites you have not visited (including analytics services, advertising networks, and social platforms), nor do we share your Personal Information with any third parties for marketing purposes. Under this Policy, we may share your information only under particular situations, which you can learn more about in the “[[#sharing|When May We Share Your Information]]” section of this Privacy Policy.

Because we protect all users in this manner, we do not change our behavior in response to a web browser's "do not track" signal.

For more information regarding Do Not Track signals and how we handle them, please visit our [[Privacy policy/FAQ#DNTFAQ|FAQ]].
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===Changes to This Privacy Policy===
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Substantial changes to this Policy will not be made until after a public comment period of at least 30 days.
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Because things naturally change over time and we want to ensure our Privacy Policy accurately reflects our practices and the law, it may be necessary to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We reserve the right to do so in the following manner:
 
* In the event of substantial changes, we will provide the proposed changes to our users for open comment period lasting at least thirty (30) calendar days. Prior to the start of any comment period, we will provide notice of such changes and the opportunity to comment via the site, and/or via a mailing list.
* For minor changes, such as grammatical fixes, administrative or legal changes, or corrections of inaccurate statements, we will post the changes and, when possible, provide at least three (3) calendar days' prior notice.

We ask that you please review the most up-to-date version of our [[Recyclopaedia:Privacy_policy|Privacy Policy]]. Your continued use of Recyclopaedia after this Privacy Policy becomes effective constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy on your part. Your continued use of Recyclopaedia after any subsequent version of this Privacy Policy becomes effective, following notice as outlined above, constitutes acceptance of that version of the Privacy Policy on your part.
 
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===Contact Us===
 
If you have questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or the information collected under this Privacy Policy, please email us at [mailto:privacy@Recyclopaedia.org.au privacy@Recyclopaedia.org.au].

Depending on your jurisdiction, you also may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority competent for your country or region.
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===Thank You!===

Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. We hope you enjoy using Recyclopaedia and appreciate your participation in creating, maintaining, and constantly working to improve this knowledge base.

'''Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this Privacy Policy and a translation, the original English version takes precedence.'''

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