The Affiliate Membership survey has been subject to objection by
members of the WMLGBT+ user group in a meeting this week with WMF T&S.
The information about gender is potentially highly identifying. It is
unclear in the WMF privacy statement in which circumstances the WMF
would release information "by law", as in US law this may include
general agency investigations, which could target "foreign" groups,
"political" groups, or considering recent events, groups that simply
have a private discussion group on Telegram.
The survey is run by a 3rd party, so their terms apply. This means
that the data controller is in the USA and they explicitly reserve a
right to retain contact information, payment information (notably this
survey includes questions about your bank accounts), it may mix this
information with information from 3rd parties, including your IP
address and any tracking data from other 3rd parties for that address.
The 3rd party stores your data indefinitely, under a range of
conditions, none of which includes a requested deletion or correction.
Explicitly state agencies are given access.
As the UK is no longer in the EU, the "Privacy Shield" requirements
may not legally apply to submissions from the UK, it's certainly
legally unsure. This may make it impossible to pursue complaints, or
claims for damages, for example, if data is lost or exposed by
accident.
I stopped on page 4 and abandoned the survey. I strongly recommend
that contributors opt for "rather not say" on any personal
information, as if the form were being posted publicly on Facebook,
the terms are that open to misuse or accidental mishandling.
References:
https://www.qualtrics.com/privacy-statement/
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_Membership_Data_Survey_Priv…
Thanks,
Fae
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On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 at 13:42, Lucy Crompton-Reid
<lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Dear all
The Wikimedia Foundation is running an Affiliate Membership survey that they have asked
me to share with Wikimedia UK members. Looking through the questions, this feels most
appropriate for active Wikimedia contributors, rather than people who are members but
don't volunteer their time. I would therefore be grateful if those of you who tick
both of these boxes felt able to complete the survey, the deadline for which is, I
believe, Friday 29th January.
There are two ways of taking the survey:
Anonymously, through the following link (making sure not to close your browser until you
have finished):
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e5s72QFWkLzUm8t
Or via a personalised link sent to your email address. To request this, go to:
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4UdVzTCXbnwqgcZ
The survey should take 20 - 30 minutes to complete, and you can find the questions asked
in the survey on meta if you want to read/download before starting the actual survey.
Many thanks, and best wishes
Lucy
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