[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing Small Updates to the Wikimedia Foundation's Privacy Policies

Hi Mohamed, Thanks for the question! The process is a little different depending on the policy: the policies for the Store <https://store.wikimedia.org/pages/copy-of-privacy-policy> and for our non-wiki sites <https://wikimediafoundation.org/privacy-policy/> are translated by a translation service. (The Wikipedia Store is undergoing some construction at the moment, and will be up in more languages soon.) The Donor privacy policy <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Donor_privacy_policy/en> is also translated by a service. We hire an external service to do the translations because we do not currently have a team that is dedicated solely to translation work, and the policies are often very long documents. The Privacy policy <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy> that applies to the wikis is translated in part by a translation service, and in part by the communities who are working in each language. The English version of the policy is put on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy> and marked for community translation. We also provide translations in a small number of languages, but we can’t cover every language in which there’s a Wikimedia project. So users are able to translate the policy into the language(s) they speak, allowing for coverage of more languages. We are hoping to expand further and provide translations in more languages in future. We also appreciate feedback on the translations we provide—sometimes, someone will notice that the translation service has had trouble capturing the proper spirit of the policy (especially as it relates to technical wiki terms), and we want to make sure the translations are useful and accurate. I hope that helps! Best, Aeryn On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 8:45 PM Mohamed ElGohary &lt;ircpresident(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- *Aeryn Palmer* (they/them) Legal Director Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> *California Registered In-House Counsel* *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation and for legal/ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org