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id="toc-What_types_of_cookies_does_Wikimedia_use_and_for_what_purposes?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_types_of_cookies_does_Wikimedia_use_and_for_what_purposes?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>What types of cookies does Wikimedia use and for what purposes?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_types_of_cookies_does_Wikimedia_use_and_for_what_purposes?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_are_my_cookie_options?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_are_my_cookie_options?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>What are my cookie options?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_are_my_cookie_options?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Where_can_I_find_more_information?" class="vector-toc-list-item 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dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Policy%3ACookie+statement&action=page&filter=&action_source=translate_page" title="Special:Translate">Translate this page</a></div><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-pt-languages noprint navigation-not-searchable" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-pt-languages-label">Other languages:</div><ul class="mw-pt-languages-list"><li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/id" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Policy:Cookie statement/id (99% translated)" lang="id" dir="ltr">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/bar" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Policy:Cookie statement/bar (6% translated)" lang="bar" dir="ltr">Boarisch</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/en-ca" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Policy:Cookie statement/en-ca (1% translated)" lang="en-CA" dir="ltr">Canadian English</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/de" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Policy:Cookie statement/de (100% translated)" lang="de" dir="ltr">Deutsch</a></li> <li><span class="mw-pt-languages-ui mw-pt-languages-selected mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" lang="en" dir="ltr">English</span></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/lij" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Policy:Cookie statement/lij (1% translated)" lang="lij" dir="ltr">Ligure</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/nl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Policy:Cookie statement/nl (100% translated)" lang="nl" dir="ltr">Nederlands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/vi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Policy:Cookie statement/vi (85% translated)" lang="vi" dir="ltr">Tiếng Việt</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/tr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Policy:Cookie statement/tr (100% translated)" lang="tr" dir="ltr">Türkçe</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/yo" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Policy:Cookie statement/yo (1% translated)" lang="yo" dir="ltr">Yorùbá</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/ca" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Policy:Cookie statement/ca (9% translated)" lang="ca" dir="ltr">català</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/da" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Policy:Cookie statement/da (13% translated)" lang="da" dir="ltr">dansk</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/es" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Policy:Cookie statement/es (100% translated)" lang="es" dir="ltr">español</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/fr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Policy:Cookie statement/fr (100% translated)" lang="fr" dir="ltr">français</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/hu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Policy:Cookie statement/hu (22% translated)" lang="hu" dir="ltr">magyar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/nb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Policy:Cookie statement/nb (10% translated)" lang="nb" dir="ltr">norsk bokmål</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/nn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Policy:Cookie statement/nn (9% translated)" lang="nn" dir="ltr">norsk nynorsk</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/pl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Policy:Cookie statement/pl (16% translated)" lang="pl" dir="ltr">polski</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/pt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Policy:Cookie statement/pt (12% translated)" lang="pt" dir="ltr">português</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/pt-br" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Policy:Cookie statement/pt-br (10% translated)" lang="pt-BR" dir="ltr">português do Brasil</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/sl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Policy:Cookie statement/sl (85% translated)" lang="sl" dir="ltr">slovenščina</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/cs" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Policy:Cookie statement/cs (100% translated)" lang="cs" dir="ltr">čeština</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Cookie_statement/el" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Policy:Cookie statement/el (48% translated)" lang="el" dir="ltr">Ελληνικά</a></li> <li><a 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href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policies" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policies"><img alt="Wikimedia Foundation mark" src="//web.archive.org/web/20240920171010im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Wikimedia-logo_black.svg/70px-Wikimedia-logo_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20240920171010im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Wikimedia-logo_black.svg/105px-Wikimedia-logo_black.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20240920171010im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Wikimedia-logo_black.svg/140px-Wikimedia-logo_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <hr/>Wikimedia projects</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access_to_nonpublic_personal_data_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to nonpublic personal data policy">Access to nonpublic personal data</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access_to_temporary_account_IP_addresses" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Access to temporary account IP addresses">Access to temporary account IP addresses</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240920171010/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Code_of_Conduct" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Code of Conduct">Code of conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces, including events</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data_Collection_Guidelines" title="Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data Collection Guidelines">Data collection guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data_publication_guidelines" title="Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data publication guidelines">Data publication guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data_retention_guidelines" title="Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Data retention guidelines">Data retention guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:DMCA_Policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:DMCA Policy">Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Donor_privacy_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Donor privacy policy">Donor privacy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:General_disclaimer" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:General disclaimer">General disclaimer</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Human_Rights_Policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Human Rights Policy">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Licensing_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Resolution:Licensing policy">Licensing</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240920171010/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Office_actions" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Office actions">Office actions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Privacy_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Privacy policy">Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Maps_Terms_of_Use" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Maps Terms of Use">Wikimedia Maps</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Terrorist_and_violent_extremist_content_procedures_and_guidelines" title="Special:MyLanguage/Legal:Terrorist and violent extremist content procedures and guidelines">Terrorist and violent extremist content procedures and guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Trademark_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Trademark policy">Trademarks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal Code of Conduct">Universal code of conduct</a> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_guidelines" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines">Enforcement guidelines</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <hr/>Foundation Board and staff</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Code_of_conduct_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Code of conduct policy">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Code_of_conduct_of_the_Board_of_Trustees" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Code of conduct of the Board of Trustees">Code of conduct of the Board of Trustees</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Conflict_of_interest_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Conflict of interest policy">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Confidentiality_agreement_of_the_Board_of_Trustees" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Confidentiality agreement of the Board of Trustees">Confidentiality agreement of the Board of Trustees</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Credit_card_usage_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Credit card usage policy">Credit card usage</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Delegation_of_authority_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Delegation of authority policy">Delegation of authority</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Duty_entertainment_guidelines_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Duty entertainment guidelines policy">Duty entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Foreign_Corrupt_Practices_Act_Policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Policy">Foreign corrupt practices act policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Gift_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Gift policy">Gifts</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240920171010/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Non-discrimination_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Non-discrimination policy">Non-discrimination</a></li> <li><a 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