California Consumer Privacy Act Notice

Effective Date: September 1, 2024

As a supplement to the other information provided in the Privacy Notice, we provide this California Consumer Privacy Act Notice (“California Notice”) for consumers in California pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act and collectively referred to as, “CCPA”).

Unless otherwise noted, the disclosures below describe how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information in the past twelve (12) months. As used in this California Notice, the term “personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a “consumer” or “household,” as those terms are defined by the CCPA. Personal information does not include information that is publicly available, de-identified, or aggregated.

If you are a California resident, the CCPA requires us to provide you with the following additional information about: (1) the sources from which we collect personal information; (2) the purpose for which we use each category of personal information and “sensitive personal information” (as defined in the CCPA) we collect; and (3) the categories of other parties to which we (a) disclose such information for a business purpose, (b) “share” information for “cross-context behavioral advertising,” and/or (c) “sell” such information. We may collect personal information directly from you when you provide us information in person, online, or through electronic forms; through our customer care efforts; automatically through our Services via cookies and other tracking technologies; and from our service providers, vendors and suppliers, our affiliates, or other individuals and businesses.

Please see the following chart for additional information:

Category of Personal Information and/or Sensitive Personal Information	Categories of Other Parties to Which We Disclose	Purposes of Use	Categories of “Third Parties” to Which We “Share” or “Sell” This Personal Information
Identifiers (e.g., real name, alias, postal address, IP address, email address, or other similar identifiers)	Vendors; Affiliates; Other Users (such as Organizers); Nonprofit Partners; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and Marketing	Advertising Partners
Personal Information as Defined in California Civil Code Section 1798.80 (e.g., name, address, and telephone number)	Vendors; Affiliates; Other Users (such as Organizers); Nonprofit Partners; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and Marketing	Advertising Partners
Characteristics of Protected Classifications Under California or Federal Law (e.g., if you provide us with information about your race or ethnicity)	Vendors; Affiliates	Provide the Services; Communicate with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyze and Improving the Services	We don’t sell/share
Commercial or Transactional Information (e.g., information on transactions made on the Services)	Vendors; Affiliates; Other Users (such as Organizers); Nonprofit Partners; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and Marketing	Advertising Partners; Nonprofit Partners
Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity (e.g., browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with our Services)	Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and Marketing	Advertising Partners
Geolocation Data (e.g., when you authorize us to access your geolocation on your mobile device)	Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and Marketing	We don’t sell/share
Audio or Video Information (e.g., pictures and videos you submit or if we record support communications)	Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and Marketing	We don’t sell/share
Professional or Employment-Related Information (e.g., when you provide us with information about your profession)	Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and Marketing	We don’t sell/share
Education Information (e.g., when you provide us with information about your education)	Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and Marketing	We don’t sell/share
Communications (e.g. non-public communications between users on the Services)	Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services	We don’t sell/share
Government-Issued Identification and Numbers (e.g. driver’s license, passport)	Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services	We don’t sell/share
Log-In Credentials	Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services	We don’t sell/share
Other Sensitive Personal Information (e.g., when you voluntarily post information revealing your health, religion, or sexual orientation)	Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services	We don’t sell/share
Inferences (e.g., information about your preferences and household characteristics)	Vendors; Affiliates; Nonprofit Partners; Entities for Legal and Fraud Prevention	Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and Marketing	Advertising Partners; Nonprofit Partners

We do not use or disclose Sensitive Personal Information for purposes to which the right to limit use or disclosure applies under the CCPA.

Your Rights to Opt Out of the Sale and Sharing of Personal Information:

Under the CCPA, “sharing” is defined as disclosure of a consumer’s personal information obtained from the consumer’s activity across websites to third parties for the purpose of cross-context behavioral advertising (or targeted advertising), and “selling” is defined as the disclosure of personal information to third parties in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration. When you interact with the Services, we collect information, including device information, pages viewed, links clicked or shared on social media and other similar information to try to make a user’s experience simple and meaningful. As such, when you visit our Services, our web server, third party business providers, and/or the social networking services integrated into the Services, use cookies or other electronic technologies (such as web beacons or pixel tags). We use some of this technology to provide you with advertisements for our Services when you visit other websites and to provide us with analytics regarding our Services.

Our use of third-party analytics services and online advertising services may result in the disclosure of online identifiers and other information for cross-context behavioral advertising and thus may be considered a “share” and may be a “sale” of personal information under the CCPA. The categories of information “sold” or “shared” for advertising may include (1) identifiers; (2) donation information ; (3) device, internet or other electronic network activity information; (4) browsing history; and (5) general location information.

We may also “sell” information about you to certain partners such as nonprofit organizations to help them understand your likely interests in making charitable or other donations and the potential size of such donations, starting peer-to-peer fundraisers, signing up for recurring donations or other similar indicators.

You have the right to opt-out of GoFundMe selling or sharing your information as defined under the CCPA. To opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information through tracking technologies, please click here or click the Your Privacy Choices link at the bottom of your page. If you choose to use the Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signal you will be opted out of online, cookie-based sales or sharing of Personal Information, and will need to activate the signal for each browser you use. If you are a California consumer and wish to opt-out of the offline sale of your Personal Information, you may exercise this right, by clicking the Your Privacy Choices link.

We do not knowingly “sell” or “share” the personal information of children under 16.

Other CCPA Rights: California residents also have the right to receive information about the financial incentives that we offer to you, if any. Please see the “Your Choices” section of the Privacy Notice for information about the additional rights you have with respect to your personal information under California law and how to exercise them. If you are using the Services, you may also exercise rights by (1) visiting the “Your Privacy Choices”; or (2) emailing us at privacy-requests@gofundme.com.

Retention of Your Personal Information: Please see the “Retention of Your Information” section of the Privacy Notice.

Do Not Track Disclosure. Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. While we have taken steps to honor DNT signals for our websites, because there is no industry-wide framework for DNT signals, we may not honor all browser-initiated DNT signals. To learn more about Do Not Track, you can do so here.

Shine the Light Disclosure. The California “Shine the Light” law gives residents of California the right under certain circumstances to request information from us regarding how we disclose certain categories of personal information (as defined in the Shine the Light law) with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We don’t disclose any data that would meet the requirements of this law.

Contacting GoFundMe

Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this California Notice or the information practices of the Services. You can contact us as follows:

GoFundMe
c/o Legal Department
PO Box 121270
815 E Street
San Diego, CA 92101
United States

If you need assistance accessing this California Notice in an alternative format, you can do so by contacting us as stated above.