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Johanna at 10:32, 9 August 2019

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Lisafeldmann at 13:02, 12 July 2018

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Lisafeldmann at 13:01, 12 July 2018

2018-07-12T13:01:55Z

Robert at 12:25, 23 May 2018

2018-05-23T12:25:53Z

Robert at 12:25, 23 May 2018

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Robert at 12:23, 18 May 2018

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Katharina Wiedemann: moved Privacy policy to Privacy Policy over redirect

2012-09-27T15:19:31Z

moved Privacy policy to Privacy Policy over redirect

Uschuetzenmeister at 16:56, 30 August 2011

2011-08-30T16:56:20Z

Uschuetzenmeister: moved energypedia.info:Privacy policy to Privacy policy

2011-08-30T16:55:49Z

moved energypedia.info:Privacy policy to Privacy policy

Tim Raabe at 11:48, 27 August 2011

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 Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is:
 '''energypedia UG (haftungsbeschränkt)'''<br/>
-'''Unterortstr. 48'''<br/>
+'''König-Adolf-Str. 12'''<br/>
-'''65760 Eschborn'''<br/>
+'''65191 Wiesbaden, Germany'''<br/>
-'''Germany'''<br/>
+'''Phone: +49 611 18195032'''
 '''Email: info@energypedia.info'''<br/>
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 The Data Protection Officer of the controller is:
-'''Mr. Robert Heine'''<br/>'''energypedia UG (haftungsbeschränkt)'''<br/>
+'''Mr. Robert Heine'''<br/>'''energypedia UG (haftungsbeschränkt)'''<br/>'''König-Adolf-Str. 12'''<br/>
-'''65760 Eschborn'''<br/>
+'''65191 Wiesbaden, Germany'''
-'''Germany'''<br/>
+<br/>
-'''Phone: 0049 6196 2029722'''<br/>
+'''Phone: +49 611 18195032'''
 '''Email: info@energypedia.info'''<br/>
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 LinkedIn provides under [https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls] the possibility to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS messages and targeted ads, as well as the ability to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses affiliates such as Eire, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame. The setting of such cookies may be denied under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy]. The applicable privacy policy for LinkedIn is available under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy]. The LinkedIn Cookie Policy is available under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy].
-== <br/>Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Ad Grant AdWords  ==
+== <br/>Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Ad Grant AdWords ==
 This website uses the online advertising program “Google AdWords” and conversion tracking by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google") within Google AdWords. As a grantee of Google’s AdWords Grant program we use the services of Google Adwords to call attention to our free content on renewable energy, energy access, and energy efficiency in Google search results. As a nonprofit organization we don’t do any commercial advertising nor retargeting. However, to be in line with Google’s Ad Grants policy we need to use Google Conversion Tracking.

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 LinkedIn provides under [https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls] the possibility to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS messages and targeted ads, as well as the ability to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses affiliates such as Eire, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame. The setting of such cookies may be denied under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy]. The applicable privacy policy for LinkedIn is available under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy]. The LinkedIn Cookie Policy is available under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy].
-<br/>
+== <br/>Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Ad Grant AdWords  ==
 This website uses the online advertising program “Google AdWords” and conversion tracking by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google") within Google AdWords. As a grantee of Google’s AdWords Grant program we use the services of Google Adwords to call attention to our free content on renewable energy, energy access, and energy efficiency in Google search results. As a nonprofit organization we don’t do any commercial advertising nor retargeting. However, to be in line with Google’s Ad Grants policy we need to use Google Conversion Tracking.

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 == Use of API to send information to our email marketing provider Mailchimp (newsletter registration) ==
-In this case, we request the following personal data: Email, provided by the user upon newsletter registration. We use these data to manage our subscription list in order to send out our monthly newsletter. The newsletter is managed by Mailchimp. We inform you that the data you provide us with will be located on the servers of Mailchimp (email marketing provider) through its company The Rocket Science Group LLC, located in the USA (outside of the EU). Mailchimp is covered by the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, whose information is available [https://www.privacyshield.gov/list here], approved by the European Data Protection Committee. See Mailchimp's [[#https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/|privacy policy]].
+In this case, we request the following personal data: Email, provided by the user upon newsletter registration. We use these data to manage our subscription list in order to send out our monthly newsletter. The newsletter is managed by Mailchimp. We inform you that the data you provide us with will be located on the servers of Mailchimp (email marketing provider) through its company The Rocket Science Group LLC, located in the USA (outside of the EU). Mailchimp is covered by the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, whose information is available [https://www.privacyshield.gov/list here], approved by the European Data Protection Committee. See Mailchimp's [[#https:.2F.2Fmailchimp.com.2Flegal.2Fprivacy.2F|privacy policy]].
 The operating company of Mailchimp is: The Rocket Science Group LLC, with address in the USA. Further information on: [https://mailchimp.com/ https://mailchimp.com/] (The Rocket Science Group LLC). The Rocket Science Group LLC manages data with the purpose of providing email marketing services to energypedia UG.
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 LinkedIn provides under [https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls] the possibility to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS messages and targeted ads, as well as the ability to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses affiliates such as Eire, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame. The setting of such cookies may be denied under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy]. The applicable privacy policy for LinkedIn is available under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy]. The LinkedIn Cookie Policy is available under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy].
 = Legal basis for the processing =
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 Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR.<br/>In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR.<br/>Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).
 == The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party ==
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 == Last Update<br/> ==
-This Privacy Policy was last updated on May 14, 2018.<br/>
+This Privacy Policy was last updated on July 12, 2018.<br/>
 == Contact Information<br/> ==

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 Mailchimp’s full privacy policy is here:[https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/ https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/]
 == Data protection provisions about the application and use of LinkedIn ==
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 LinkedIn provides under [https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls] the possibility to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS messages and targeted ads, as well as the ability to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses affiliates such as Eire, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame. The setting of such cookies may be denied under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy]. The applicable privacy policy for LinkedIn is available under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy]. The LinkedIn Cookie Policy is available under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy].
 == The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party ==

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	Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR.<br/>In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR.<br/>Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).		Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR.<br/>In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR.<br/>Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).
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		+	== Data protection provisions about the application and use of LinkedIn ==
		+
		+	The controller has integrated components of the LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is a web-based social network that enables users with existing business contacts to connect and to make new business contacts. Over 400 million registered people in more than 200 countries use LinkedIn. Thus, LinkedIn is currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most visited websites in the world.
		+
		+	The operating company of LinkedIn is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, UNITED STATES. For privacy matters outside of the UNITED STATES LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible.
		+
		+	With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to the download of a display of the corresponding LinkedIn component of LinkedIn. Further information about the LinkedIn plug-in may be accessed under [https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins]. During the course of this technical procedure, LinkedIn gains knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
		+
		+	If the data subject is logged in at the same time on LinkedIn, LinkedIn detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-page of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the LinkedIn component and associated with the respective LinkedIn account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the LinkedIn buttons integrated on our website, then LinkedIn assigns this information to the personal LinkedIn user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.
		+
		+	LinkedIn receives information via the LinkedIn component that the data subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged in at LinkedIn at the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on the LinkedIn button or not. If such a transmission of information to LinkedIn is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their LinkedIn account before a call-up to our website is made.
		+
		+	LinkedIn provides under [https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls] the possibility to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS messages and targeted ads, as well as the ability to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses affiliates such as Eire, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame. The setting of such cookies may be denied under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy]. The applicable privacy policy for LinkedIn is available under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy]. The LinkedIn Cookie Policy is available under [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy].

	== The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party ==		== The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party ==

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−	Your privacy is important to us, and our policy is simple: we will collect no personally identifiable information about you when you visit Energypedia unless you log in as a registered user.<br/>Data of registered users is only visible for other registered and logged in users. This does also include all information stated as “publicly available” or “publicly identifiable” in the paragraphs below. For not logged in visitors personal data of registered users, such as the profile page will not be available, any edits etc. will be displayed as anonymous.	+	#REDIRECT [[Privacy Policy]]
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−	~~==== Cookies ====~~
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−	The sites set a temporary session cookie on a visitor's computer whenever a page is visited. Readers who do not intend to log in or edit may deny this cookie; it will be deleted at the end of the browser's session. More cookies may be set when one logs in to maintain logged-in status. If one saves a user name or password in one's browser, that information will be saved for up to 30 days, and this information will be resent to the server on every visit. Contributors using a public machine who do not wish to show their username to future users of the machine should clear these cookies after use.
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−	~~==== Identification of an author ====~~
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−	Edits to energypedia pages are identified with your username, and editing history is aggregated by author in a contribution list. Such information will be available permanently for logged in users on Energypedia.
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−	~~==== Publishing on the wiki ====~~
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−	Energypedia is collaboratively developed by its users using the MediaWiki software. Anyone with Internet access (and not otherwise restricted from doing so) may edit the publicly editable pages of these sites with logging in as a registered user (including all pages e.g. articles, discussion pages, visible profile pages). By doing this, editors create a published document, and a public record of every word added, subtracted, or changed. This is a public act, and editors are identified publicly (visible for logged in users only) as the author of such changes. All contributions made, and all publicly available information about those contributions, are irrevocably licensed and may be freely copied, quoted, reused and adapted by third parties with few restrictions under the CC-BY-SA license.
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−	~~==== Discussions ====~~
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−	On energypedia discussion pages: Any editable page can theoretically be the location of a discussion. In general, discussions on energypedia occur on user talk pages (associated with particular users) or on article talk pages (associated with particular articles). Privacy expectations apply to discussion pages in the same way as they do elsewhere.<br/>Via board: Users can send board messages to other users through energypedia. When receiving a board message from other users through this system, one's email address is not revealed to them. Private correspondence between users may be saved at those users' discretion and is not subject to Energypedia policy.
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−	~~==== Page history ====~~
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−	Edits or other contributions to articles, user pages and talk pages are generally retained forever. Removing text from a project does not permanently delete it. Normally, anyone can look at a previous version of an article and see what was there. Even if an article is "deleted", a user entrusted with higher level of access may still see what was removed from public view. Information can be permanently deleted by individuals with access (administrator) to Energypedia servers, but aside from the rare circumstance when energypedia is required to delete editing-history material in response to a court order or equivalent legal process, there is no guarantee any permanent deletion will happen.
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−	~~==== E-Mail notification<br/> ====~~
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−	All kind of e-mail notification (e.g. news blog, board message, discussion thread) can be disabled within the personal preferences. However, in particular situations the administrator will still be able to contact you via e-mail even though notifications are switched off.
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−	~~==== User data ====~~
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−	~~Users are required to provide their name (see [[~~#Publishing_on_the_wiki\|Publishing on the wiki]]) and a valid email address when registering. The email address put into one's user preferences may be used by Energypedia for communication with the user. Users whose accounts do no longer have a valid email address will not be able to reset their password if it is lost. In such a situation, however, users may be able to contact one of the Energypedia administrators to enter a new e-mail address.<br/>You can always change and delete your personal data (except the account see [[~~#Removal_of_user_accounts\|Removal of user accounts]]) on your personal profile.~~
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−	~~==== Password<br/> ====~~
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−	Users select a password, which is confidential and used to verify the integrity of their account. Except insofar as it may be required by law, no person should disclose, or knowingly expose, either user passwords and/or cookies generated to identify a user.
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−	~~Energypedia will never ask you for your password.<br/>Passwords are encrypted, they are neither disclosed to energypedia staff nor to administrators.  <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"></span>~~
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−	~~==== Purpose of the collection of private information ====~~
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−	Energypedia limits the collection of personally identifiable user data to purposes which serve the well-being of its project, including but not limited to the following:<br/>To enhance the public accountability of the project. Energypedia recognizes that any system that is open enough to allow the greatest possible participation of the general public will also be vulnerable to certain kinds of abuse and counterproductive behavior. Energypedia has established a number of mechanisms to prevent or remedy abusive activities. For example, when investigating abuse on a project, including the suspected use of malicious “sockpuppets” (duplicate accounts), vandalism, harassment of other users, or disruptive behavior, the IP addresses of users (derived either from those logs or from records in the database) may be used to identify the source(s) of the abusive behavior.<br/>To provide site statistics. Energypedia statistically samples raw log data from users' visits. These logs are used to produce the site statistics pages; the raw log data is not made public.<br/>To solve technical problems. Log data may be examined by developers in the course of solving technical problems and in tracking down badly-behaved web spiders that overwhelm the site.
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−	~~==== Removal of user accounts ====~~
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−	~~Once created, user accounts will not be removed. It may be possible for a username to be changed. Energypedia does not guarantee that a name will be changed on request.~~
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−	~~==== Information sharing and transferring ====~~
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−	~~We will not share with or transfer to any third party information about you except in the following circumstances (or if we reasonably believe such circumstances apply):~~
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−	*It is required by law, a competent judicial authority, an authorized law enforcement entity or government agency;
−	*It is for the purpose of legal or dispute resolution proceedings of any kind between you and us, other users or third parties in relation to the Energypedia network or its content;
−	*The information is not personal information, and it is shared or transferred as an anonymous, statistic or aggregative information.
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−	~~==== Security of information ====~~
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−	The energypedia team makes no guarantee against unauthorized access to any information you provide. This information may be available to anyone with access to the servers. However, SSL is enabled on all energypedia pages to secure users’ information and communications.
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−	~~==== Changes to this policy ====~~
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−	~~We may change all or part of this~~ Privacy Policy ~~at any time by displaying the updated policy here, and if the changes are material we will provide a prominent notice of such changes on the Energypedia network.~~
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−	~~==== Last update ====~~
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−	~~This Privacy Policy was last updated on August, 27, 2011.~~
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−	~~==== Contact information<br/> ====~~
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−	~~Questions or comments regarding the web site should be sent by e-mail to [mailto:info@energypedia.info energypedia]~~
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-Your privacy is important to us, and our policy is simple: we will collect no personally identifiable information about you when you visit Energypedia unless you log in as a registered user. <br>Data of registered users is only visible for other registered and logged in users. This does also include all information stated as “publicly available” or “publicly identifiable” in the&nbsp;paragraphs below. For not logged in visitors personal data of registered users, such as the profile page will not be available, any edits etc. will be displayed as anonymous.
+Your privacy is important to us, and our policy is simple: we will collect no personally identifiable information about you when you visit Energypedia unless you log in as a registered user.<br/>Data of registered users is only visible for other registered and logged in users. This does also include all information stated as “publicly available” or “publicly identifiable” in the&nbsp;paragraphs below. For not logged in visitors personal data of registered users, such as the profile page will not be available, any edits etc. will be displayed as anonymous.
-==== Cookies  ====
+==== Cookies ====
 The sites set a temporary session cookie on a visitor's computer whenever a page is visited. Readers who do not intend to log in or edit may deny this cookie; it will be deleted at the end of the browser's session. More cookies may be set when one logs in to maintain logged-in status. If one saves a user name or password in one's browser, that information will be saved for up to 30 days, and this information will be resent to the server on every visit. Contributors using a public machine who do not wish to show their username to future users of the machine should clear these cookies after use.
-==== Identification of an author  ====
+==== Identification of an author ====
 Edits to energypedia&nbsp;pages are identified with your username, and editing history is aggregated by author in a contribution list. Such information will be available permanently for logged in users on Energypedia.
-==== Publishing on the wiki  ====
+==== Publishing on the wiki ====
 Energypedia is collaboratively developed by its users using the MediaWiki software. Anyone with Internet access (and not otherwise restricted from doing so) may edit the publicly editable pages of these sites with logging in as a registered user (including all pages e.g. articles, discussion pages, visible profile pages). By doing this, editors create a published document, and a public record of every word added, subtracted, or changed. This is a public act, and editors are identified publicly (visible for logged in users only) as the author of such changes. All contributions made, and all publicly available information about those contributions, are irrevocably licensed and may be freely copied, quoted, reused and adapted by third parties with few restrictions under the CC-BY-SA license.
-==== Discussions  ====
+==== Discussions ====
-On&nbsp;energypedia discussion pages: Any editable page can theoretically be the location of a discussion. In general, discussions on energypedia occur on user talk pages (associated with particular users) or on article talk pages (associated with particular articles). Privacy expectations apply to discussion pages in the same way as they do elsewhere.<br>Via board: Users can send board messages to other users through energypedia. When receiving a board message from other users through this system, one's email address is not revealed to them. Private correspondence between users may be saved at those users' discretion and is not subject to Energypedia policy.
+On&nbsp;energypedia discussion pages: Any editable page can theoretically be the location of a discussion. In general, discussions on energypedia occur on user talk pages (associated with particular users) or on article talk pages (associated with particular articles). Privacy expectations apply to discussion pages in the same way as they do elsewhere.<br/>Via board: Users can send board messages to other users through energypedia. When receiving a board message from other users through this system, one's email address is not revealed to them. Private correspondence between users may be saved at those users' discretion and is not subject to Energypedia policy.
-==== Page history  ====
+==== Page history ====
 Edits or other contributions to articles, user pages and talk pages are generally retained forever. Removing text from a project does not permanently delete it. Normally, anyone can look at a previous version of an article and see what was there. Even if an article is "deleted", a user entrusted with higher level of access may still see what was removed from public view. Information can be permanently deleted by individuals with access (administrator)&nbsp;to Energypedia servers, but aside from the rare circumstance when energypedia is required to delete editing-history material in response to a court order or equivalent legal process, there is no guarantee any permanent deletion will happen.
-==== E-Mail notification <br>  ====
+==== E-Mail notification<br/> ====
 All kind of e-mail notification (e.g. news blog, board message, discussion thread) can be disabled within the personal preferences. However, in particular situations the administrator will still be able to contact you via e-mail even though notifications are switched off.
-==== User data  ====
+==== User data ====
-Users are required to provide their name (see [[#Publishing_on_the_wiki|Publishing on the wiki]]) and a valid email address when registering. The email address put into one's user preferences may be used by Energypedia for communication with the user. Users whose accounts do no longer&nbsp;have a valid email address will not be able to reset their password if it is lost. In such a situation, however, users may be able to contact one of the Energypedia administrators to enter a new e-mail address. <br>You can always change and delete your personal data (except the account see [[#Removal_of_user_accounts|Removal of user accounts]]) on your personal profile.
+Users are required to provide their name (see [[#Publishing_on_the_wiki|Publishing on the wiki]]) and a valid email address when registering. The email address put into one's user preferences may be used by Energypedia for communication with the user. Users whose accounts do no longer&nbsp;have a valid email address will not be able to reset their password if it is lost. In such a situation, however, users may be able to contact one of the Energypedia administrators to enter a new e-mail address.<br/>You can always change and delete your personal data (except the account see [[#Removal_of_user_accounts|Removal of user accounts]]) on your personal profile.
-==== Password<br>  ====
+==== Password<br/> ====
 Users select a password, which is confidential and used to verify the integrity of their account. Except insofar as it may be required by law, no person should disclose, or knowingly expose, either user passwords and/or cookies generated to identify a user.
-Energypedia will never ask you for your password. <br>Passwords are encrypted, they are neither disclosed to energypedia staff nor to administrators.&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
+Energypedia will never ask you for your password.<br/>Passwords are encrypted, they are neither disclosed to energypedia staff nor to administrators.&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"></span>
-==== Purpose of the collection of private information  ====
+==== Purpose of the collection of private information ====
-Energypedia limits the collection of personally identifiable user data to purposes which serve the well-being of its project, including but not limited to the following: <br>To enhance the public accountability of the project. Energypedia recognizes that any system that is open enough to allow the greatest possible participation of the general public will also be vulnerable to certain kinds of abuse and counterproductive behavior. Energypedia has established a number of mechanisms to prevent or remedy abusive activities. For example, when investigating abuse on a project, including the suspected use of malicious “sockpuppets” (duplicate accounts), vandalism, harassment of other users, or disruptive behavior, the IP addresses of users (derived either from those logs or from records in the database) may be used to identify the source(s) of the abusive behavior. <br>To provide site statistics. Energypedia statistically samples raw log data from users' visits. These logs are used to produce the site statistics pages; the raw log data is not made public. <br>To solve technical problems. Log data may be examined by developers in the course of solving technical problems and in tracking down badly-behaved web spiders that overwhelm the site.
+Energypedia limits the collection of personally identifiable user data to purposes which serve the well-being of its project, including but not limited to the following:<br/>To enhance the public accountability of the project. Energypedia recognizes that any system that is open enough to allow the greatest possible participation of the general public will also be vulnerable to certain kinds of abuse and counterproductive behavior. Energypedia has established a number of mechanisms to prevent or remedy abusive activities. For example, when investigating abuse on a project, including the suspected use of malicious “sockpuppets” (duplicate accounts), vandalism, harassment of other users, or disruptive behavior, the IP addresses of users (derived either from those logs or from records in the database) may be used to identify the source(s) of the abusive behavior.<br/>To provide site statistics. Energypedia statistically samples raw log data from users' visits. These logs are used to produce the site statistics pages; the raw log data is not made public.<br/>To solve technical problems. Log data may be examined by developers in the course of solving technical problems and in tracking down badly-behaved web spiders that overwhelm the site.
-==== Removal of user accounts  ====
+==== Removal of user accounts ====
 Once created, user accounts will not be removed. It may be possible for a username to be changed. Energypedia does not guarantee that a name will be changed on request.
-==== Information sharing and transferring  ====
+==== Information sharing and transferring ====
 We will not share with or transfer to any third party information about you except in the following circumstances (or if we reasonably believe such circumstances apply):
 *It is required by law, a competent judicial authority, an authorized law enforcement entity or government agency;
 *It is for the purpose of legal or dispute resolution proceedings of any kind between you and us, other users or third parties in relation to the Energypedia network or its content;
 *The information is not personal information, and it is shared or transferred as an anonymous, statistic or aggregative information.
-==== Security of information  ====
+==== Security of information ====
 The energypedia team makes no guarantee against unauthorized access to any information you provide. This information may be available to anyone with access to the servers. However, SSL is enabled on all energypedia pages to secure users’ information and communications.
-==== Changes to this policy  ====
+==== Changes to this policy ====
 We may change all or part of this Privacy Policy at any time by displaying the updated policy here, and if the changes are material we will provide a prominent notice of such changes on the Energypedia network.
-==== Last update  ====
+==== Last update ====
 This Privacy Policy was last updated on August, 27, 2011.
-==== Contact information<br>  ====
+==== Contact information<br/> ====
-Questions or comments regarding the web site should be sent by e-mail to [mailto:info@energypedia.info energypedia]<br>
+Questions or comments regarding the web site should be sent by e-mail to [mailto:info@energypedia.info energypedia]
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