Updated: 2024-09-01
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To opt out of GoFundMe's arbitration clause in the United States, you must:
- Send a written notice to [email protected] including the following details (quoted from ToS). You can use the opt-out notice template below.
Your notice must include your name and address, the title of and link to your GoFundMe campaign (if any), the email address you use to access your GoFundMe account (if you have one), and a CLEAR statement that you want to opt out of this Arbitration Agreement. You must send your opt-out notice to [email protected] with the subject line “Arbitration Opt-Out Notice”.
Arbitration Opt-Out Notice
I am declining both the agreement to arbitrate and the class-action waiver in the new GoFundMe Terms of Service.
Specifically, I am referring to the new GoFundMe terms of service posted at https://www.gofundme.com/c/gofundme-terms-of-service effective 2024 September 1. I am opting out of the arbitration clause, and I am stating my disagreement to the class-action waivers, per section "18.1 (h) Dispute Resolution & Arbitration: Opt Out".
Consider this an unequivocal statement that I wish to opt out of the arbitration clause and the class-action waiver in the GoFundMe Terms of Service.
My account information is as follows:
Email: Email here
Full name: Full name here
Address: Address here
Please update your records accordingly.
Best regards,
signature here
18.1 (h) Opt Out
You may opt out of this Arbitration Agreement. To opt out, you must notify GoFundMe in writing no later than 30 days after first becoming subject to this Arbitration Agreement including any updates to the Arbitration Agreement. Your notice must include your name and address, the title of and link to your GoFundMe campaign (if any), the email address you use to access your GoFundMe account (if you have one), and a CLEAR statement that you want to opt out of this Arbitration Agreement. You must send your opt-out notice to [email protected] with the subject line “Arbitration Opt-Out Notice”. If you opt out of this Arbitration Agreement, all other parts of these Terms of Service will continue to apply to you. GoFundMe will continue to honor the valid opt outs of users who validly opted out of the Arbitration Agreement in a prior version of the Terms of Service.