Last updated April 21, 2025
This privacy notice for Bonfire Funds, Inc. (doing business as Bonfire) ("we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your information when you use our services ("Services"), such as when you:
Visit our website at http://www.bonfire.com (the ?Website?) or any other website or online platform of ours that links to this privacy notice
Engage with us in other related ways, including sales, marketing, events, or other points of collection where this privacy notice is posted
Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary provides key points from our privacy notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable natural person (?personal information?). The personal information we may process depends on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn more about personal information you disclose to us in the ?WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? section below.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? What personal information is considered ?sensitive? personal information differs by relevant law. We may process certain sensitive personal information as described in this privacy notice when necessary with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. Learn more about sensitive information we process in the ?WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? section below.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any personal information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your personal information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with applicable laws. We may also process your personal information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Learn more about how we process your information in the ?HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?? section below.
In what situations and with which types of parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific categories of third parties. Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal information in the WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? section below.
How do we keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Learn more about how we keep your information safe in the HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE? section below.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.Learn more about your privacy rights in the WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS? section below.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting https://bonfireapp.typeform.com/to/DsqBkM, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws.
Want to learn more about what we do with any information we collect? Review the below privacy notice in full.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
- 2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
- 3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
- 4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
- 5. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
- 6. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
- 7. DO WE OFFER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED PRODUCTS?
- 8. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
- 9. IS YOUR INFORMATION TRANSFERRED INTERNATIONALLY?
- 10. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
- 11. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
- 12. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
- 13. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
- 14. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
- 15. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
- 16. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
- 17. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal Information You Disclose to Us
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
- names
- email addresses
- mailing addresses
- usernames
- passwords
- contact preferences
- contact or authentication data
- billing addresses
- phone numbers
- job titles
- debit/credit card numbers
- payout preferences
- bank information
- fundraiser information
- job applicant information
Sensitive Personal Information. When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we process the following information that may be considered ?sensitive? personal information under applicable laws:
- social security numbers or other government identifiers
- information revealing political opinions
- certain financial and payment data
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you choose to make purchases, such as your payment instrument number, and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is handled and stored by Stripe, PayPal and Amazon Pay. You may find their privacy notice link(s) here:
https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full, and
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like your Facebook, X, or other social media account. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect certain profile information about you from the social media provider, as described in the section called "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?" below.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information Automatically Collected
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. You can find out more about this in our Cookie Notice: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=2712b9d2-7f2f-4b3b-8662-738dd6738209.
The information we collect includes:
Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called "crash dumps"), and hardware settings).
Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device's location based on your IP address. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
- To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
- To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
- To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
- To fulfill and manage your orders. We may process your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services.
- To enable user-to-user communications. We may process your information if you choose to use any of our offerings that allow for communication with another user.
- To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.
- To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time. For more information, see "WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?" below.
- To deliver targeted advertising to you. We may process your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising tailored to your interests, location, and more. For more information see our Cookie Notice: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=2712b9d2-7f2f-4b3b-8662-738dd6738209.
- To protect our Services. We may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
- To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our Services to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them.
- To determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns. We may process your information to better understand how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you.
- To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual?s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
- To prevent fraud. Prevent fraudulent activity and financial purchases
- Account verification. creators (fire on instagram), nonprofits
WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:
- Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Learn more about withdrawing your consent in the ?WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?? section.
- Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
- Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
- Send users information about special offers and discounts on our products and services
- Develop and display personalized and relevant advertising content for our users
- Analyze how our Services are used so we can improve them to engage and retain users
- Support our marketing activities
- Diagnose problems and/or prevent fraudulent activities
- Understand how our users use our products and services so we can improve user experience
- Verify the identity of our users
- Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
- Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time. Learn more about withdrawing your consent in the ?WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?? section.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:
- If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
- For investigations and fraud detection and prevention
- For business transactions provided certain conditions are met
- If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim
- For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin
- If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse
- If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province
- If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records
- If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced
- If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
- If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations
WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers.
We may share your personal information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents ("third parties") who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work, subject to our agreements with such third parties and any provisions therein designed to help safeguard your personal information.
The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:
- Ad Networks
- Cloud Computing Services
- Communication & Collaboration Tools
- Data Analytics Services
- Data Storage Service Providers
- Finance & Accounting Tools
- Government Entities
- Order Fulfillment Service Providers
- Payment Processors
- Performance Monitoring Tools
- Product Engineering & Design Tools
- Retargeting Platforms
- Sales & Marketing Tools
- Social Networks
- Testing Tools
- User Account Registration & Authentication Services
- Website Hosting Service Providers
We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
Other Users. When you share personal information (for example, by posting comments, contributions, or other content to the Services) or otherwise interact with public areas of the Services, such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly made available outside the Services in perpetuity. If you interact with other users of our Services and register for our Services through a social network (such as Facebook), your contacts on the social network will see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within our Services, and view your profile.
Sharing of Information with Campaign Creators and Benefitting Nonprofits.
Buyer?s personal information is shared with sellers and, for Giving Campaigns, the benefitting nonprofit. Sellers (and the benefitting nonprofit, if applicable) will have access to the buyer?s name, email address, mailing address, phone number, employer and occupation, depending on whether that information was entered at checkout. No seller will have access to billing addresses or credit card information of any buyers. If you are located in the EU or Canada, you may choose not to share your information with the seller or benefitting nonprofit.
Political Campaigns.
If you are a political campaign creator (i.e. seller), please note the following:
- Bonfire?s costs for the services and goods includes the value of the buyer information that Bonfire will send to you as the political campaign seller.
- Bonfire cannot provide individualized special pricing to campaign headquarters but any general discounts or sales offered on our Website shall be available to all campaign sellers.
- Bonfire does not verify buyer information related to political contribution regulations. You as the political campaign seller are responsible for ensuring contributions are lawful and properly disclosed. Bonfire provides political campaign sellers with information necessary to report campaign contributions. It is the sole responsibility of the campaign to report political contributions and to return to the buyer any contributions that the campaign cannot legally accept.
- Bonfire will not ship to any user with a shipping or billing address outside of the United States if the user purchases a shirt from a political campaign seller.
If you choose to purchase a shirt from a political campaign seller, please note the following:
- Your purchase will be reported by the political campaign as a campaign contribution.
- If you are purchasing a shirt from a verified political campaign, then Bonfire must collect your name, occupation, and employer and provide that information to the political campaign.
- If you choose to donate additional funds to the campaign, you will be limited to $100 to any given political campaign seller in a single transaction.
- Political campaigns are generally prohibited from accepting contributions from corporations, nonprofits, labor organizations, and foreign nationals. Before making this purchase, you must affirm that you are an individual eligible to make U.S. political contributions.
Charitable Organizations.
If you are a charitable organization creator (i.e. seller), please note the following:
- We are not responsible for tracking donations. You, as the charitable organization seller, are responsible for carrying out those responsibilities and requirements. For example, if a user donates to your campaign through our Website or purchases a shirt through our Website, you as the charitable organization seller can access reports from Bonfire's dashboard with that user?s information, the amount donated, the amount paid at time of checkout and the user?s shipping address, in order for you to carry out any of your responsibilities as a non-profit organization.
- Contributions made by Bonfire or Bonfire Sellers to OCF as a result of a Charitable Sales Promotion may result in a tax-deductible charitable contribution to the Campaign creator. Please see our full Giving Campaign Terms and Conditions located at https://www.bonfire.com/terms-and-conditions/
If you choose to purchase a shirt from a charitable organization seller, please note the following:
- If you are purchasing a product that benefits a verified charitable organization, then Bonfire will collect your name and some additional information, such as your telephone number, occupation and employer, as well as a detailed breakdown of the purchase total, seller profit from the total and any additional donation added by you, and provide that information to the charitable organization and/or the seller of the campaign.
- Contributions made by Bonfire or Bonfire Sellers to OCF as a result of a Charitable Sales Promotion does not result in any tax-deductible charitable contribution to any purchasers of products. Please see our full Giving Campaign Terms and Conditions located at https://www.bonfire.com/terms-and-conditions/
WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
The Services may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, services, or applications. Accordingly, we do not make any guarantee regarding any such third parties, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of such third-party websites, services, or applications. The inclusion of a link towards a third-party website, service, or application does not imply an endorsement by us. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy notice. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Services. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.
DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to gather information when you interact with our Services. Some online tracking technologies help us maintain the security of our Services and your account, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions.
We also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies on our Services for analytics and advertising, including to help manage and display advertisements, to tailor advertisements to your interests, or to send abandoned shopping cart reminders (depending on your communication preferences). The third parties and service providers use their technology to provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests which may appear either on our Services or on other websites.
To the extent these online tracking technologies are deemed to be a "sale"/"sharing" (which includes targeted advertising, as defined under the applicable laws) under applicable US state laws, you can opt out of these online tracking technologies by submitting a request as described below under section "DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?"
Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=2712b9d2-7f2f-4b3b-8662-738dd6738209.
Google Analytics
We may share your information with Google Analytics to track and analyze the use of the Services. The Google Analytics Advertising Features that we may use include: Remarketing with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impressions Reporting and Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reporting. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across the Services, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can opt out of Google Analytics Advertising Features through Ads Settings and Ad Settings for mobile apps. Other opt out means include http://optout.networkadvertising.org/ and http://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.
DO WE OFFER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED PRODUCTS?
As part of our services, we offer products, features, or tools powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, or similar technologies (collectively, ?AI Products?). These tools are designed to enhance your experience and provide you with Innovative solutions. The terms in this Privacy Notice govern your use of the AI Products within our services.
Use of AI Technologies
We provide the AI Products through third party service providers ("AI Service Providers?). As outlined in this Privacy Notice, your input, output, and personal information will be shared with and processed by these AI Service Providers to enable your use of our AI Products for purposes outlined in ?WHAT LEGAL BASIS DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?? You must not use the AI Products in any way that violates the terms or policies of any AI Service Provider.
Our AI Products
Our AI Products are designed for the following functions:
- AI bots (customer support)
- Image generation
- Product insights
- Data analysis
- Targeting and personalization
How we process your data using AI
All personal information processed using our AI Products is handled in line with our Privacy Notice and our agreement with third parties. This ensures high security and safeguards your personal information throughout the process, giving you peace of mind about your data?s safety.
HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party social media account details (like your Facebook or X logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider. The profile information we receive may vary depending on the social media provider concerned, but will often include your name, email address, friends list, and profile picture, as well as other information you choose to make public on such a social media platform.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant Services. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notice to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
IS YOUR INFORMATION TRANSFERRED INTERNATIONALLY?
Our servers are located in the United States. If you are accessing our Services from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information (see "WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?" above), in the United States, and other countries.
If you are a resident in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland, then these countries may not necessarily have data protection laws or other similar laws as comprehensive as those in your country. However, we will process and protect your personal information as described in this privacy notice.
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).
HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Thus, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.
DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
Bonfire does not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from persons under thirteen (13) years of age, and our Services are not directed to persons under thirteen (13). If you are under thirteen (13) years of age, then please do not use, access or submit any personal information to us via the Services at any time or in any manner. If Bonfire learns that it has collected personal information of persons under thirteen (13) years of age without verified parental consent, then Bonfire will take the appropriate steps to delete this information. By using our Services, you affirm that you are over thirteen (13) years of age. We are not liable for any damages that may result from a user?s misrepresentation of his or her age. Parents or legal guardians of children under thirteen (13) cannot agree to the terms of this policy on their behalf.
EU Age Limitation: Due to data privacy laws in the European Union, we do not ask for or knowingly accept personal information from EU users under the age of sixteen (16). If you are a resident of the EU or UK, by using our Services, you affirm that you are over sixteen (16) years of age. We are not liable for any damages that may result from a user?s misrepresentation of his or her age. If Bonfire learns that it has collected personal information of residents of the EU or UK under sixteen (16) years of age through the Services without verified parental consent, then Bonfire will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.
WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority.
If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
Withdrawing your consent
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below or updating your preferences.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, replying "STOP" or "UNSUBSCRIBE" to the SMS messages that we send, Changing their communication preferences within their account settings, or by contacting us using the details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you ? for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:
- Contact us using the contact information provided.
- Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. You may also opt out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Services. For further information, please see our Cookie Notice: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=2712b9d2-7f2f-4b3b-8662-738dd6738209.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at [email protected].
CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser DNT signals. Because there currently is not an industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.
DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:
Category | Examples | Collected |
A. Identifiers | Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name | YES |
B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records statute | Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information | YES |
C. Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law | Gender, age, date of birth, race and ethnicity, national origin, marital status, and other demographic data | NO |
D. Commercial information | Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information | YES |
E. Biometric information | Fingerprints and voiceprints | NO |
F. Internet or other similar network activity | Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements | YES |
G. Geolocation data | Device location | YES |
H. Audio, electronic, sensory, or similar information | Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities | YES |
I. Professional or employment-related information | Business contact details in order to provide you our Services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us | YES |
J. Education Information | Student records and directory information | NO |
K. Inferences drawn from collected personal information | Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual?s preferences and characteristics | YES |
L. Sensitive personal Information | Account login information, debit or credit card numbers, financial information including account access details, social security numbers and citizenship or immigration status | YES |
We only collect sensitive personal information, as defined by applicable privacy laws or the purposes allowed by law or with your consent. Your acceptance of this privacy notice and continued use of the Services includes your explicit consent to our processing of your sensitive personal information as described in this privacy notice. If you do not consent to the use of your sensitive personal information as described herein, do not provide any sensitive personal information to us or use the Services.
Sensitive personal information may be used, or disclosed to a service provider or contractor, for additional, specified purposes. You may have the right to limit the use or disclosure of your sensitive personal information. We do not collect or process sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:
- Receiving help through our customer support channels;
- Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
- Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.
We use and retain the personal information we collect as needed to provide the Services or for as long as you have an account with us, or as applicable.
Sources of Personal Information
Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect in "WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?"
How We Use and Share Personal Information
Learn about how we use your personal information in the section, "HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?"
We collect and share your personal information through:
- Targeting cookies/Marketing cookies
- Social media cookies
- Beacons/Pixels/Tags
- Social media plugins: Facebook Login operated by Facebook, Inc. and Sign In with Google operated by Google, Inc.. We use social media features, such as a "Like" button, and widgets, such as a "Share" button, in our Services. Such features may process your Internet Protocol (IP) address and track which page you are visiting on our website. We may place a cookie to enable the feature to work correctly. If you are logged in on a certain social media platform and you interact with a widget or button belonging to that social media platform, this information may be recorded to your profile of such social media platform. To avoid this, you should log out from that social media platform before accessing or using the Services. Social media features and widgets may be hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Services. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy notices of the companies that provide them. By clicking on one of these buttons, you agree to the use of this plugin and consequently the transfer of personal information to the corresponding social media service. We have no control over the essence and extent of these transmitted data or their additional processing.
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers or other third parties as described in this policy.
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. We do not sell your personal information for monetary consideration. However, we may process your personal information for purposes of targeted advertising or profiling. Under certain U.S. laws, such activities may be considered a ?sale,? and you may have rights regarding opting-out of the processing of your personal information for these purposes as described herein.
We have disclosed the following categories of personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months:
- Category A. Identifiers
- Category B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records law
- Category D. Commercial information
- Category F. Internet or other electronic network activity information
- Category G. Geolocation data
- Category H. Audio, electronic, visual, and similar information
- Category I. Professional or employment-related information
- Category K. Inferences drawn from collected personal information
- Category L. Sensitive personal information
The categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information for a business or commercial purpose can be found under "WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?"
As mentioned above, while we do not ?sell? personal information for monetary consideration, we have shared the following categories of personal information to third parties in the preceding twelve (12) months, including for the above purposes (including targeted advertising and profiling) which may be considered a ?sale? under applicable law:
- Category A. Identifiers
- Category B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records law
- Category D. Commercial information
- Category F. Internet or other electronic network activity information
- Category G. Geolocation data
- Category K. Inferences drawn from collected personal information
As mentioned above, while we do not ?sell? personal information for monetary consideration, we have shared personal information to the following categories of third parties:
- Ad Networks
- Social Networks
- Retargeting Platforms
- Data Analytics Services
- User Account Registration & Authentication Services
Your Rights
You may have rights under certain US state data protection laws depending on where you reside. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:
- Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal information
- Right to access your personal information
- Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal information
- Right to request the deletion of your personal information
- Right to obtain a copy of the personal information you previously shared with us
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights
- Right to opt out of the sale of your personal information or the sharing of your personal information under applicable laws for certain purposes, including for targeted advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects ("profiling")
Depending on the state where you live, you may also have additional rights with regard to your personal information. Please contact us using the means described below for more information regarding such rights and to exercise your rights.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by visiting https://bonfireapp.typeform.com/to/DsqBkM, by emailing us at [email protected], by calling toll-free at 1-855-537-2613, by visiting https://www.bonfire.com/contact/, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
You can opt out from the selling of your personal information, targeted advertising, or profiling by disabling cookies in Cookie Preference Settings.
Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.
Request Verification
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.
If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request and the agent will need to provide a written and signed permission from you to submit such request on your behalf.
Appeals
Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at [email protected]. We will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may submit a complaint to your state attorney general.
California "Shine The Light" Law
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?"
DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this privacy notice. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at [email protected] or contact us by post at:
- Bonfire Funds, Inc.
- 3420 Pump Rd.
- Mailbox #351
- Henrico, VA 23233
- United States
Based on the applicable laws of your country, region, or state of residence in the US, you may have certain rights as described in this policy. To exercise these rights or to submit a request, please contact us at [email protected] or visit: https://bonfireapp.typeform.com/to/DsqBkM.