Hello,

Thanks to those of you who have taken the time to submit feedback! This is
a friendly reminder that the survey will close on November 3rd.

Best,
Emily


On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 2:50 PM Emily Lescak <eles...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As part of our efforts to better serve the Wikimedia research community,
> we are happy to share that we are collaborating with the Security team at
> WMF to help prioritize the release of data that can be useful for your
> research. The Security team is working to make more datasets privatized
> and public to avoid the need for non-disclosure agreements. You can learn
> more here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy.
>
> Over the next 12 months, the Security team plans to release 5 datasets:
>
>    -
>
>    country-language-pageview ongoing (end of 2022)
>    -
>
>    country-language-pageview historical (March 2023)
>    -
>
>    geo-aggregated grants data back to 2009 (Feb 2023)
>    -
>
>    geoeditors monthly (June 2023)
>    -
>
>    dataset informed by research community priorities identified in this
>    survey (second half of 2023)
>
> The released datasets need to meet certain privacy requirements:
>
>    -
>
>    They can not include any natural language (e.g. specific search
>    queries or deletion logs) so as to avoid the release of personally
>    identifiable information;
>    -
>
>    They need to be sufficiently large (at least thousands of entries,
>    preferably more) so as to reduce noise;
>    -
>
>    The data can not be so sensitive that an individual user will be
>    harmed by disclosure of the data (e.g. IP addresses, content containing
>    personally identifying information).
>
>
> We invite you to complete a brief survey
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_LAt6V2Q1GUf3Z8lnt8uAOZnHTO5rNgFfufx_gDKk1znrlw/viewform?usp=sf_link>
> to help us identify and prioritize the types of datasets that you would
> find useful for your work. Results of this survey will inform the fifth
> dataset, scheduled to be released in late 2023. This survey is conducted
> via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For
> more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy
> statement:
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Data_Release_Priorities_Survey_Privacy_Statement
>
> The survey will remain open until November 3, 2022. After that time,
> members of the Research and Security teams will review the data and report
> out about the suggestions that were received and how the work will proceed.
> If you prefer to not respond via the Google form, you can email your
> feedback to us or set up a time to discuss. You can also leave questions
> and comments on the Talk page:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
> Emily Lescak, WMF Research team
>
> Hal Triedman, WMF Security team
>
>
> --
> Emily Lescak (she / her)
> Senior Research Community Officer
> The Wikimedia Foundation
>
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