Privacy

Revised August 2025

Respecting the wishes of our volunteers, supporters, and other individuals who interact with us (“you”, “your”, “users”) is very important to KABOOM!; that’s why our Privacy Notice (“Notice”) is important. We want you to be comfortable sharing your Personal Information with us, and to know what we do with your information when it is entrusted to us. This Notice describes how we process Personal Information, defined as “information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable natural person.”

Any information collected on the KABOOM! Website (“Website”) will be used for the purposes stated. This Notice applies to the services offered from the Website.

By accessing or using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our Website.

Collection of Personal Information
The following Personal Information will be collected from users via our Website.

Category of Personal Information Collected	Examples
Identifiers	Names, Dates of Birth, Mailing Addresses, Phone Numbers, Email Addresses, Log-in Information like Username/Password (if we offer account creation), Organization Name, Job Title
Internet and Network Activity Information	Data related to interactions with and/or transactions conducted on our Site (e.g., the web pages you visit including the date and time of such access, links you click, and features you use), IP Addresses, Browser Type/Version, Device, Operating System We collect this information using the cookies and other tracking technologies described below. To control these tools, please read the “Your Choices” section below.
Location Information (non-precise)	Zip/Postal Code
Financial Information	Bank Account Numbers, Payment Card Information
Engagement History	Donations, Event Participation
Other	Any other Personal Information that Users may enter on the Website (e.g. comments, chat transcripts, email, or other correspondence)

Sources of Personal Information
We collect and obtain information from:

You. We collect Personal Information directly from you through forms you complete on our Website, transactions made on our Website, and any email and direct correspondence with us.
Service Providers. We work with service providers who collect information on our behalf in order to provide services to us. We only allow our service providers to use your Personal Information in connection with the services they provide us.
Cookies and Similar Technologies. We use tracking tools like browser cookies and web beacons to collect information from and your devices passively. We collect information when you interact with our Website, our content, and our emails that we or our vendors send to you. To learn more about these tools, how we use them, and how you can control them, please read the “Your Choices” section below.

We may also combine information. For example, we may combine information that we have collected offline with information we collect online.

Use of Personal Information
The Personal Information we collect is used to:

Fulfill requests. We use Personal Information to fulfill your requests and for any other purpose for which the information was collected (including facilitating and coordinating volunteer placement with our community partners), or for which you provide your consent (if required).
Respond to questions or comments from users. We use Personal Information to respond to your emails, questions, comments, requests for information or customer support.
Process financial transactions. We also use your Personal Information to complete the transactions you request (including donations) and to maintain a record of these transactions.
Thank individuals who made donations. We may use your Personal Information to publicly recognize and thank donors for their generosity newsletters (which you can opt out of at any time).
To provide our Website and for internal business purposes. This includes, operating, providing, enhancing, and improving the Website, for example, by developing new features and functionality, and personalizing or customizing the Website, content and experiences for you.
To send service-related updates and promotional communications. We may send you administrative messages and information. We may also notify individuals about upcoming events, updates to our website, and newsletters (which you can opt out of at any time).
For advertising, marketing, and analytics purposes. This includes personalizing your online experience, display advertisements that are targeted to your interests, and analyzing and determining the effectiveness of our online ads and Website. We might also use your Personal Information to analyze donation giving patterns, make budget projections, and solicit future donations.
For safety, security, compliance, and due diligence purposes. We use information to protect our company or others. We also may use information to protect our Website, as well as to detect and investigate activities that may be illegal or prohibited.
To comply with applicable laws and regulations and enforce our legal rights. For example, we may use Personal Information to exercise contractual rights, to comply with financial reporting obligations (which includes keeping a record of each donor’s giving history for IRS purposes), court orders, warrants, or subpoenas, and/or to pursue or defend against legal threats and/or claims in accordance with applicable law.

We may also use Personal Information as otherwise disclosed or permitted by law, or as we may notify you from time to time. In addition, we may analyze your information in aggregate and/or de-identified form to operate, maintain, manage, and improve our Website.

How We Share Personal Information
However, we may share your Personal Information with:

Service providers. We share Personal Information with companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate our Website or our business (such as payment processing, hosting, analytics, email delivery, software).
Community/Funding Partners. If you sign up to volunteer with us, we may share your contact information (name, email address, phone number) with our community and/or funding partners, including our municipal partners, for the purposes of facilitating and coordinating volunteer placement, for event promotion and logistics, and for the purpose of reporting volunteer impact data back to the community. We may also share information with select community/fundraising partners so that they can provide you with promotional materials and other materials that may be of interest to you. However, KABOOM! is not responsible for the privacy practices of these business partners, which may use this information for their own purposes.
Marketing and Advertising Partners. We may share your Personal Information with advertising and marketing partners for analytics and advertising-related purposes, such as for retargeting purposes, measuring ad performance and understanding how consumers interact with our ads.
Law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties. We may share the above categories of Personal Information as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate to comply with law or for the compliance, fraud prevention, and safety purposes described above.
Organizations in connection with a business transfer. We will share your Personal Information if we are acquired by or enter into a merger with another company, or otherwise reorganize our business.

Your Rights and Choices
Opt-Out of Promotional Emails. To stop receiving our promotional emails, use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each message. Even if you opt out of getting marketing messages, we will still send you transactional messages. These include responses to your questions. You may also request at any time that KABOOM! no longer send email communications (including fundraising communications) to you by emailing KABOOM! at [email protected].

Opt-Out of Public Acknowledgement. On occasion, KABOOM! recognizes and thanks donors publicly. If you would prefer not to be recognized, or that your gift remain anonymous, please let us know by contacting us at [email protected]. Your wishes will be respected.

California Shine the Light. California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine the Light” law, permits California residents to annually request, free of charge, information about certain categories of Personal Information a business has disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. To submit a Shine the Light request, please send an email with the subject line “California Shine the Light Request” to [email protected].

Cookies and Similar Technologies

KABOOM! may use technology to obtain information from your browser when you visit the Website and your browser interacts with us; these are often called cookies.

Cookies provide a way for websites to recognize whether or not you have visited the site before. We use cookies at log-in registration and elsewhere when you enter customized information. Recording a cookie at such points makes your online experience easier and more personalized. It also allows us to recognize you as a customer and automate your online experience

You can control certain cookies and tracking tools. We use the following types of cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website. This category of cookies cannot be disabled.
Analytical cookies. These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. Information collected by Google Analytics cookies will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States of America in accordance with its privacy practices. To see an overview of privacy at Google and how this applies to Google Analytics, visit https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You may opt out of tracking by Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Advertising or targeting cookies. These cookies are used to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests. Our third-party advertising partners may use the cookies for our retargeting purposes, or to build a profile of your interests and deliver relevant advertising on other websites. You can opt out of tracking on our website or others for online behavioral advertising by visiting the DAA’s Consumer Choice page at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

You may also disable cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to disable all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the website.

Disabling a cookie or category of cookie does not delete the cookie from your browser. You will need to do this separately within your browser. If you have disabled one or more analytical cookies, we may still use information collected from cookies prior to your disabled preference being set.

Do Not Track. We currently do not respond to browser-based “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Data Retention

We may retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Information, the purposes for which we process your Personal Information, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. Our Website may be hosted on third-party platforms that provide secure data storage and management. Your data may be stored through their databases and applications, protected by industry-standard security measures, including firewalls and encryption.

That said, please be aware that despite our best efforts, no data security measures can guarantee 100% security. While we strive to protect information transmitted on or through our website, we cannot and do not guarantee the security of any information you transmit on or through this website.

Children Under 13
Our website is not intended for those under the age of thirteen. If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from an individual under the age of thirteen, we will delete that personal information. If you believe we might have information from or about an individual under the age of thirteen, please contact us at [email protected].

External Linked Sites
We are not responsible for the collection, use or security of information by companies or organizations outside of KABOOM! that may be linked to our website. Users are encouraged to read the privacy policies of websites reached through the use of links from the KABOOM! website.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time at KABOOM!’s discretion. You will be notified by email (where possible and required by law) of any material changes to this Policy. We will also post an updated version on our website. Please check our website periodically for updates.

Contact Us
For comments or inquiries into our Privacy Policy, please contact KABOOM! by email at [email protected].