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Legal Affairs

Through our 3 subteams - Governance & Risk, Legal Operations, and Privacy & Compliance, we build and defend our trademark portfolio to promote and protect the brand that the communities built, we support our global fundraising strategy to ensure revenue for the Wikimedia mission, we negotiate and approve hundreds of contracts every year that promote the mission, we ensure that the Foundation’s activities are carried out in accord not only with applicable law, but also with our Foundation policies, and movement and organizational values, we fight aggressively to protect our movement values and we provide daily support to the communities and their work.

The Legal Affairs team ensures that the Foundation’s activities are carried out in accord not only with applicable law, but also with our Foundation policies, and movement and organizational values. We fight aggressively to protect our movement values and we provide daily support to the communities and their work.

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The Team

Aeryn Palmer

Deputy General Counsel

Jacob Rogers

Associate General Counsel

James Buatti

Legal Director

Chuck Roslof

Lead Counsel, support for Board of Trustees

How we work

Governance and Risk

The team manages our Defense of Contributors and Legal Fees Assistance Program for community members subject to legal threats.

Legal Operations

Together with Governance & Risk and Privacy & Compliance, we provide daily legal guidance and ongoing advice to ensure the legality of our operations.

Privacy and Compliance

You can reach the legal privacy queue at privacy@wikimedia.org. In the event of an emergency, such as a data breach, you can contact Aeryn Palmer directly at apalmer@wikimedia.org.

Contact us

Below are the various ways to contact us

• legal@wikimedia.org - For third-party legal issues and threats
• trademarks@wikimedia.org - For trademark permissions and licensing questions
• legal-tm-vio@wikimedia.org - For reporting trademark violations
• legal-reports@wikimedia.org - For reports of illegal content concerning minors
• check-disclosure@wikimedia.org - For reporting disclosures of non-public information to outside parties

Registered local agent:

Wikimedia Foundation

c/o CT Corporation System

330 N Brand Blvd.

Glendale, CA 91203-2336}}

Sub-teams

Governance and Risk

The Governance and Risk team handles litigation, legal compliance, policy updates, and supports volunteer committees to ensure a healthy Wikimedia Movement.

Legal Operations

Together with Governance & Risk and Privacy & Compliance, we provide daily legal guidance and ongoing advice to ensure the legality of our operations.

Privacy & Compliance

The Privacy and Compliance team ensures that the Wikimedia Foundation’s activities are carried out in accord not only with applicable law, but also with our Foundation policies, and movement and organizational values.

Selected projects

• Terms of Use update
• Transparency Report

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge.