Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

Gamerz Dojo Foundation

Last updated: June 5, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Gamerz Dojo Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you visit, use, make a purchase, make a donation, become a sponsor, register for an event, participate in a program, or otherwise communicate with us through our Shopify store, website, forms, events, programs, or related services.

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Gamerz Dojo Foundation. “You” and “your” refer to customers, donors, sponsors, supporters, website visitors, program participants, parents or guardians, volunteers, or other individuals whose personal information we collect.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using or accessing our website, Shopify store, or related services, you acknowledge that we may collect, use, and disclose your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access our services.

About Gamerz Dojo Foundation

Gamerz Dojo Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization created to support youth, families, gamers, and the community through gaming, education, mentorship, healthy gaming culture, community programs, events, fundraising, and related nonprofit initiatives.

Our Shopify store may be used to sell merchandise, offer digital products, accept donations, process sponsorships, promote events, support fundraising campaigns, and provide resources connected to our mission.

Unless otherwise stated, 100% of proceeds from sales, donations, and sponsorships processed through our Site are deposited directly into the Gamerz Dojo bank account and used to support our charitable mission, programs, events, education initiatives, community outreach, and related nonprofit operations.

Purchases made through the store may include merchandise, digital products, event-related items, fundraising products, sponsorships, or other offerings. Donations may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Purchases of merchandise, sponsorships, tickets, or other goods and services may not be fully tax-deductible. Please consult your tax advisor regarding the deductibility of any purchase, donation, or sponsorship.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices, technology, Shopify services, fundraising activities, legal requirements, or operational needs.

When we update this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised version on our website or Shopify store, update the “Last updated” date, and take any other steps required by applicable law.

How We Collect Personal Information

We collect personal information from several sources, including:

  1. Information you provide directly to us;

  2. Information collected automatically when you use our website, Shopify store, or related services; and

  3. Information we receive from Shopify, payment processors, service providers, advertising platforms, fundraising tools, event platforms, and other third parties.

The information we collect depends on how you interact with us.

Personal Information You Provide Directly

When you use our website, Shopify store, programs, events, donation pages, sponsorship forms, or related services, you may provide personal information, including:

Contact Information

This may include your name, email address, phone number, billing address, shipping address, organization name, and other contact details.

Order Information

This may include your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, payment confirmation, order history, purchased items, delivery preferences, return or exchange information, and customer service communications.

Donation, Sponsorship, and Fundraising Information

If you make a donation, purchase merchandise, become a sponsor, participate in a fundraiser, or support a campaign through our Site, we may collect your name, contact information, billing information, transaction amount, transaction date, order details, sponsorship details, donation details, campaign information, and any message, dedication, or note you choose to provide.

We use this information to process transactions, issue receipts, fulfill orders, acknowledge donors or sponsors where appropriate, maintain nonprofit financial records, support fundraising campaigns, communicate about impact, and comply with tax, accounting, audit, and legal obligations.

Gamerz Dojo Foundation does not sell, trade, or rent donor or sponsor names, contact information, giving history, or sponsorship history to third parties for their own fundraising or marketing purposes.

Account Information

If customer accounts, member accounts, or login features are enabled, we may collect information such as your username, password, account preferences, order history, donation history, registration history, and other information used for account access or security.

Event, Program, and Volunteer Information

If you register for an event, program, class, workshop, fundraiser, tournament, volunteer activity, mentorship opportunity, or related offering, we may collect information needed to process your registration, communicate with you, confirm eligibility, manage attendance, provide updates, support program participation, or operate the event or program.

Customer Support and Communications

If you contact us, we may collect the information you choose to provide, including your message, contact details, order number, donation details, sponsorship details, support request, feedback, or other communications.

You may choose not to provide certain information. However, doing so may prevent you from using some features of our services, completing a purchase, receiving an order, making a donation, becoming a sponsor, registering for an event, participating in a program, or receiving support.

Information We Collect Automatically

When you visit or interact with our website, Shopify store, emails, ads, or related services, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage. This may include:

  • Device information;

  • Browser type;

  • IP address;

  • Network connection information;

  • Referring website or source;

  • Pages viewed;

  • Products viewed;

  • Items added to cart;

  • Checkout activity;

  • Search activity on the Site;

  • Email opens or clicks;

  • Interactions with advertisements or social media links;

  • Date, time, and duration of visits;

  • Approximate location based on IP address;

  • Cookies, pixels, tags, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies.

We may use cookies, pixels, tags, web beacons, software development kits, analytics tools, and similar technologies to operate our Site, improve user experience, remember preferences, understand traffic, measure marketing effectiveness, prevent fraud, and support advertising or retargeting efforts.

Information We Receive from Third Parties

We may receive personal information from third parties, including:

  • Shopify and Shopify-related services;

  • Payment processors;

  • Shipping and fulfillment providers;

  • Print-on-demand or merchandise vendors;

  • Email marketing platforms;

  • SMS communication platforms;

  • Analytics providers;

  • Advertising platforms;

  • Social media platforms;

  • Donation or fundraising tools;

  • Event registration tools;

  • Customer support tools;

  • Fraud prevention and security providers;

  • Professional advisors, such as accountants, legal counsel, or nonprofit compliance providers.

For example, payment processors may collect payment information such as credit card details, debit card details, billing address, or bank information to process transactions. Gamerz Dojo Foundation generally receives payment confirmation and transaction-related details, but we do not directly store full credit card numbers.

Any personal information we receive from third parties will be handled according to this Privacy Policy.

How We Use Personal Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

Providing Products, Services, and Support

We use personal information to process orders, complete transactions, confirm purchases or donations, arrange shipping, deliver digital products, provide customer support, manage returns or exchanges, maintain customer accounts, and communicate with you about your orders or account.

Donations, Sponsorships, Fundraising, and Nonprofit Administration

We may use personal information to process donations, sponsorships, fundraising purchases, campaign contributions, donor acknowledgments, sponsorship acknowledgments, receipts, nonprofit records, financial reporting, accounting, audits, tax compliance, and related nonprofit administration.

Funds received through the Site, including proceeds from sales, donations, and sponsorships, are deposited directly into the Gamerz Dojo bank account and used to support our charitable mission, programs, events, education initiatives, community outreach, and related nonprofit operations.

Events, Programs, and Community Activities

We may use personal information to register participants, manage attendance, send event updates, coordinate volunteers, provide program-related communications, support youth and family programming, and operate activities connected to Gamerz Dojo Foundation’s mission.

Marketing and Communications

We may use personal information to send newsletters, updates, promotional messages, fundraising appeals, event announcements, abandoned cart reminders, merchandise updates, program updates, donor updates, sponsorship opportunities, and other communications that may be of interest to you.

Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before sending marketing communications. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us.

Email and SMS Communications

By providing your contact information through our Site, Shopify store, programs, events, forms, or fundraising campaigns, you may choose to receive transactional and promotional communications from Gamerz Dojo Foundation by email and/or SMS.

These communications may include order confirmations, receipts, shipping updates, tournament reminders, academy and course announcements, merchandise promotions, mental health resource updates, community news, fundraising events, donor updates, sponsor updates, and program-related messages.

You may opt out of promotional emails by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in our emails. You may opt out of promotional SMS messages by replying STOP to our official phone number. You may also opt in to SMS updates by texting START to our official phone number where available.

Please note that transactional or administrative messages, such as purchase confirmations, donation receipts, event confirmations, safety updates, or critical program notices, may still be sent even if you opt out of promotional messages. Message and data rates may apply depending on your mobile carrier.

Advertising and Retargeting

We may use personal information and usage data to show relevant advertisements, measure advertising performance, create audiences, understand campaign effectiveness, and improve our outreach. This may include working with advertising partners, social media platforms, or analytics providers.

Security and Fraud Prevention

We use personal information to detect, investigate, prevent, or respond to fraudulent, illegal, unauthorized, or harmful activity. We may also use information to protect our website, Shopify store, users, organization, rights, property, and the rights of others.

Legal and Compliance Purposes

We may use personal information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, subpoenas, court orders, tax requirements, nonprofit recordkeeping obligations, accounting obligations, audit requirements, and other legal processes.

Improving Our Services

We may use personal information to analyze usage trends, improve our website or Shopify store, develop new products or programs, troubleshoot technical issues, improve customer experience, and better understand how supporters interact with Gamerz Dojo Foundation.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Like many websites, we use cookies and similar technologies on our Site. Cookies help us operate the Site, remember your preferences, understand how visitors use the Site, improve performance, support checkout functionality, and provide relevant communications or advertisements.

Cookies and similar technologies may be used by Shopify, analytics providers, advertising platforms, payment processors, social media platforms, and other service providers.

Most browsers accept cookies by default. You can usually set your browser to remove or reject cookies through your browser settings. Please note that blocking or removing cookies may affect the functionality of the Site and may prevent certain features from working correctly.

Depending on your location, you may also have access to additional cookie consent tools, privacy preference settings, or opt-out mechanisms.

Our Site may recognize the Global Privacy Control, also known as “GPC,” where required by applicable law. If we receive a valid GPC signal, we will treat it as a request to opt out of certain sharing or targeted advertising for the browser or device sending the signal, where applicable and technically feasible.

Other than Global Privacy Control where required, we do not currently respond to “Do Not Track” signals.

How We Disclose Personal Information

We may disclose personal information to third parties in the following circumstances:

Service Providers and Vendors

We may share personal information with vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf, including Shopify, payment processing, order fulfillment, shipping, print-on-demand production, customer support, email delivery, SMS messaging, marketing, analytics, fraud prevention, cloud storage, IT services, accounting, legal services, and other operational support.

Payment Processors

Payment information is processed by third-party payment processors. We do not directly store full payment card numbers.

Shipping and Fulfillment Partners

We may share order and shipping information with fulfillment providers, shipping carriers, print vendors, or merchandise partners so they can produce, package, and deliver your order.

Donation, Sponsorship, and Fundraising Tools

We may share information with donation platforms, sponsorship tools, fundraising platforms, accounting tools, or nonprofit administration providers as needed to process transactions, issue receipts, maintain records, and manage campaigns.

Marketing and Advertising Partners

We may share limited personal information or usage data with marketing and advertising partners to help us measure campaigns, show relevant ads, build audiences, and improve outreach.

We do not sell personal information for money. However, certain privacy laws define “sale” or “sharing” broadly to include some advertising, retargeting, analytics, or marketing-related data disclosures. Where required, we provide the ability to opt out of such sharing or targeted advertising.

Legal, Compliance, and Protection Purposes

We may disclose personal information if necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to subpoenas or legal requests, protect our rights, enforce our terms and policies, prevent fraud, protect users, or defend the security and integrity of our services.

Organizational Changes

If Gamerz Dojo Foundation undergoes a reorganization, merger, transfer of assets, partnership change, or similar organizational event, personal information may be transferred or disclosed as part of that process, subject to applicable law.

With Your Consent or Direction

We may disclose information when you direct us to do so, request that we share it, or otherwise provide consent.

Sensitive Personal Information

We do not intentionally collect or use sensitive personal information through our Shopify store unless you voluntarily provide it or unless it is necessary for a specific program, event, legal requirement, or service you request.

We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.

Please do not send sensitive personal information through insecure channels, including regular email, unless specifically requested and appropriate safeguards are in place.

Children’s Privacy

The Shopify store is intended for use by adults, parents or guardians, donors, supporters, and customers who are legally able to make purchases, donations, sponsorships, or registrations.

Gamerz Dojo Foundation may offer programs, events, educational activities, gaming activities, mentorship opportunities, or community initiatives that benefit youth and families. However, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the Shopify store without appropriate parent or guardian involvement or consent.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information to us through the Site without appropriate consent, please contact us so we can review and delete the information where required.

We do not knowingly sell or share personal information of individuals under 16 years of age as those terms are defined under applicable privacy laws.

Program-specific youth registrations, waivers, consent forms, safety policies, educational services, or participation agreements may be subject to additional privacy notices, consent forms, or policies.

Donor and Sponsor Privacy

Gamerz Dojo Foundation respects the privacy of donors, sponsors, and supporters.

We do not sell, trade, or rent donor or sponsor names, contact information, donation amounts, giving history, sponsorship history, or campaign participation details to third parties for their own marketing or fundraising purposes.

We may use donor and sponsor information to:

  • Process donations, sponsorships, and fundraising transactions;

  • Send receipts and acknowledgments;

  • Maintain required financial records;

  • Communicate about the impact of contributions;

  • Provide updates about our mission, programs, events, and fundraising campaigns;

  • Recognize donors or sponsors where appropriate and with respect for stated preferences;

  • Comply with tax, accounting, audit, and legal obligations.

If donor or sponsor recognition is offered, you may contact us to request that your donation or sponsorship be listed anonymously where possible.

Third-Party Websites and Links

Our website or Shopify store may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, social media pages, payment tools, fundraising tools, partner websites, or other online services that are not operated or controlled by Gamerz Dojo Foundation.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites or platforms. If you follow a third-party link, you should review that third party’s privacy policy and terms.

Our inclusion of a link does not necessarily imply endorsement of the third party, its content, or its practices.

Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to help protect personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure.

We cannot guarantee perfect security. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials, passwords, and access information confidential. If you believe your account or information has been compromised, please contact us immediately.

Retention of Personal Information

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide our services, process orders, maintain records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, support nonprofit accounting, issue donation records, maintain sponsorship records, and protect our rights.

The length of time we retain information depends on the type of information, the purpose for which it was collected, legal requirements, tax and accounting obligations, audit requirements, and operational needs.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights may include the right to:

  • Access the personal information we have about you;

  • Request correction of inaccurate information;

  • Request deletion of personal information;

  • Request a copy of your personal information;

  • Opt out of targeted advertising;

  • Opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information, as defined by applicable law;

  • Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, where applicable;

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;

  • Appeal a denied privacy request, where required by law.

To exercise privacy rights, please contact us using the information in the “Contact Us” section below.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. We will respond to privacy requests as required by applicable law.

You may also opt out of marketing emails by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our emails. You may opt out of promotional SMS messages by replying STOP.

California Privacy Notice

If you are a California resident, California privacy laws may provide additional rights regarding your personal information.

In the past 12 months, we may have collected the following categories of personal information:

  • Identifiers, such as name, email address, phone number, billing address, shipping address, IP address, and account information;

  • Commercial information, such as purchase history, order details, donation history, sponsorship history, merchandise preferences, and transaction information;

  • Internet or electronic network activity, such as browsing activity, Site interactions, device information, and cookie data;

  • Geolocation-related information, such as approximate location inferred from IP address;

  • Communications, such as customer service messages, support requests, and emails;

  • Inferences, such as preferences based on purchases, donations, sponsorships, browsing, or interactions with the Site.

We may disclose these categories of information to service providers, vendors, Shopify, payment processors, shipping providers, fulfillment partners, donation platforms, fundraising tools, analytics providers, marketing partners, advertising partners, and legal or compliance partners as described in this Privacy Policy.

We do not sell personal information for money. However, we may share certain information with advertising or analytics partners in a way that may be considered “sharing” or “sale” under California privacy law. You may opt out of such sharing where applicable by using available privacy controls on the Site, enabling a recognized browser-based opt-out signal such as Global Privacy Control, or contacting us.

We do not knowingly sell or share personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

International Users

If you access our services from outside the United States, please understand that your personal information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other countries where Shopify, our service providers, or partners operate.

These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those in your country. Where required, we will use appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, your donor information, your sponsorship information, your communication preferences, or your privacy rights, please contact us at:

Gamerz Dojo Foundation
Website: https://www.gamerzdojo.com
Email: info@gamerzdojo.com
Phone: +1 888-545-3656
Mailing Address: 987 S State, Clearfield, UT 84015