California Consumer Privacy Act Notice

Effective Date: September 9, 2025

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 InformationCategories of Other Parties to Which We DisclosePurposes of UseCategories of “Third Parties” to Which We “Share” or “Sell” This Personal Information
Identifiers (e.g., real name, alias, postal address, IP address, email address, cookie ID, mobile device ID or other similar identifiers)Vendors; Affiliates; Other Users (such as Organizers); Nonprofit Partners; Entities for Legal and Fraud PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and MarketingAdvertising 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 PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and MarketingAdvertising Partners
Characteristics of Protected Classifications Under California or Federal Law (e.g., if you provide us with information about your race or ethnicity)Vendors; AffiliatesProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal PurposesWe 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 PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and MarketingAdvertising 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 PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and MarketingAdvertising Partners
Imprecise Geolocation Data (e.g., when your device settings allow us to access your geolocation or IP address)Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and MarketingWe 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 PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and MarketingWe 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 PreventionProvide the Services; Provide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and MarketingWe don’t sell/share
Education Information (e.g., when you provide us with information about your education)Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and MarketingWe don’t sell/share
Communications (e.g. non-public communications between users on the Services)Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the ServicesWe don’t sell/share
Government-Issued Identification and Numbers (e.g. driver’s license, passport)Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the ServicesWe don’t sell/share
Log-In CredentialsVendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal PurposesWe 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 PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the ServicesWe don’t sell/share
Inferences (e.g., information about your preferences and household characteristics)Vendors; Affiliates; Entities for Legal and Fraud PreventionProvide the Services; Communicating with You; Security and Legal Purposes; Analyzing and Improving the Services; Advertising and MarketingAdvertising Partners

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 “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.

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 Manage Cookie Preferences 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 here.

We do not knowingly “sell” or “share” the personal information of children under 16.  We do not use or disclose Sensitive Personal Information for purposes to which the right to limit use or disclosure applies under the CCPA.

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 Privacy Rights” 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.

You may also grant us access to your precise geolocation information through your mobile device settings. You can opt out of the processing of this information by adjusting your device settings.

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.

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 Inc.
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.

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