Privacy Notice

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DATED 2026-08-17 · VERSION 20260818_rev01 · FIRST CAPTURED VERSION

What changed, in plain language

GoFundMe's privacy notice adds one substantive paragraph: people in the EU now give advance consent for GoFundMe to hand over their account information — including the actual content of their messages — to EU police and courts when served with a valid European Production Order. The rest of the update is a date change and a refreshed link to the prior version.

Changes that may affect you

EU users agree up front to let police read their messagesMATERIAL
DATA SHARING

By using GoFundMe from the EU, you are counted as having already said yes to GoFundMe handing your account details and the content of your messages to EU police and courts. A U.S. law normally makes it harder for a company to give away message content to foreign authorities; your consent removes that speed bump, so a handover can happen faster and with fewer outside checks. There is no opt-out offered, and you are not promised notice when it happens. The impact is limited by the fact that it only applies to formal, valid EU legal orders, does not cover non-EU governments, and GoFundMe says it will review each request and can object, narrow, or refuse it.

“This specific consent is granted solely to satisfy the requirements of the U.S. Stored Communications Act (18 U.S.C. § 2702(b)(3)) and facilitate compliance with EU law. This consent does not apply to requests from authorities outside of the EU.”

What you can do — If you are in the EU, treat GoFundMe messages as potentially readable by authorities — keep sensitive personal details out of in-platform chats and use the privacy rights section of the notice to request a copy of your data or ask GoFundMe's Data Protection Officer whether your account has been subject to such an order.

Changelog

  1. + ADDEDEU users pre-consent to law enforcement handovers, including message content

    If you live in the EU, you are now treated as having agreed in advance that GoFundMe can give EU police and courts information tied to your account, including what you wrote in your messages, when they serve a valid European Production Order. GoFundMe says this consent exists to clear a hurdle in a U.S. privacy law that would otherwise block the handover. It does not cover requests from countries outside the EU, and GoFundMe says it can still push back on or narrow a request.

    if you are located in the European Union (EU), you explicitly consent to GoFundMe (and its designated EU representatives) disclosing information associated with your account, including the content of your communications, to EU law enforcement and judicial authorities when compelled by a valid European Production Order under Regulation (EU) 2023/1543

  2. ± CHANGEDLast Updated date changed

    The notice date moved from June 15, 2026 to August 17, 2026.

    **Last Updated: June 15, 2026**

    **Last Updated: August 17, 2026**

  3. ± CHANGEDLink to the older version updated

    The "previous version" link now points to the June 15, 2026 notice instead of the November 21, 2025 one. No effect on your rights.

    View the [previous version](https://www.gofundme.com/c/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Previous-Privacy-11-21-25-en-us.pdf) of GoFundMe's Privacy Notice.

    View the [previous version](https://www.gofundme.com/c/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Previous-Privacy-Notice-6-15-26-en-us.pdf) of GoFundMe's Privacy Notice.

Full text changes

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11## Our Privacy Notice
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3**Last Updated: June 15, 2026**
3**Last Updated: August 17, 2026**
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55GoFundMe Inc. together with its affiliates and subsidiaries, including GoFundMe Ireland, Limited and GoFundMe International Services UK Ltd (collectively, "GoFundMe" "we," "our," and "us"), provide this Privacy Notice ("Notice") to explain how we collect, use, and disclose information about you when you interact with us offline and on any products or services on which we make this Notice available. The "Services" refers to all the products and services that we offer, including for example, when you use our mobile applications; raise funds or otherwise use any services on GoFundMe or GoFundMePro; or donate to one of our non-profit customers through our suite of online fundraising tools, services, and technology solutions provided by GoFundMe to nonprofits ("GoFundMe Pro Software").
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77Depending on the context, "you" might be a User or a GoFundMe Pro Client:
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99- **Users**. Our users on GoFundMe.com who donate, start fundraisers, are beneficiaries or otherwise interact with the Services or our users who donate or fundraise through the GoFundMe Pro Software used on our customer's websites with whom we have a direct relationship when we collect their information under this Notice.
331331 - Contractual Obligation: Where the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
332332 - Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with our legal obligation.
333333 - Legitimate Interest: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of our Users and your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms do not override those interests.
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335335We transfer your personal data to third countries subject to appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses.
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337Additionally, if you are located in the European Union (EU), you explicitly consent to GoFundMe (and its designated EU representatives) disclosing information associated with your account, including the content of your communications, to EU law enforcement and judicial authorities when compelled by a valid European Production Order under Regulation (EU) 2023/1543. This specific consent is granted solely to satisfy the requirements of the U.S. Stored Communications Act (18 U.S.C. § 2702(b)(3)) and facilitate compliance with EU law. This consent does not apply to requests from authorities outside of the EU. We review requests for consistency with applicable law, user rights, and our policies, and we reserve the right to object to, seek clarification of, narrow or decline requests where appropriate.
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337339| Processing Activity | Legal Basis |
338340| --- | --- |
339341| Providing our Services | Contract fulfillment |
340342| Identity Verification | Contract fulfillment; legal obligation; legitimate interest |
341343| Fundraising campaign management | Contract fulfillment; legal obligation |
342344| Donation collection | Contract fulfillment |
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410412For users in the UK:
411413GoFundMe International Services UK Ltd
412414Rutland House, 148 Edmund Street
413415Birmingham, B32JR
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415View the [previous version](https://www.gofundme.com/c/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Previous-Privacy-11-21-25-en-us.pdf) of GoFundMe's Privacy Notice.
417View the [previous version](https://www.gofundme.com/c/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Previous-Privacy-Notice-6-15-26-en-us.pdf) of GoFundMe's Privacy Notice.