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IGNITE Impact Challenge Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 3/31/2026

GG Professionals Inc. and IGNITE National (“GGP”, “IGNITE”, “we”, “us”, or alternative first person reference) are both committed to protecting your privacy. Should you provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement (the “Privacy Policy”) that explains our data collection, use, and disclosure practices for our website, https://ignitenational.org/2026-impact-video-challenge and all related sites, and services provided by us that link to or reference this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Website”).

By accessing or using the Website, you consent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Website.

GGP and IGNITE jointly determine the purposes and means of processing personal information collected in connection with the IGNITE Impact Challenge. As joint controllers, GGP and IGNITE are responsible for ensuring that personal information is processed in accordance with applicable privacy laws. The Bigglesworth Family Foundation does not collect or process personal information in connection with the Contest, and will solely be responsible for providing prize funds to GGP for administration.

Participants may contact either GGP or IGNITE using the contact information provided below regarding questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise applicable privacy rights. We may internally coordinate responses to ensure compliance with legal obligations.

What Information Does this Privacy Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies only to personal information collected on the Website where this Privacy Policy is posted and does not apply to any other information collected by the IGNITE Impact Challenge through any other means.

What Types of Personal Information We Collect

When you visit our Website, you may provide personal information to us directly. We may collect such personal information to:

Submit a Submission (individually or as part of a team)
Register as a Team Captain or team member
Sign up to receive updates
Participate in contests or other promotions
Respond to inquiries or requests

This information may include:

Full Name
Email address
Mailing address
Telephone number
Age confirmation
Team affiliate and Team Captain designation (if applicable)
Payment and tax-related information required for prize administration (such as taxpayer identification number, W-9 information, or other tax documentation, if selected as a Winner)
Any other information voluntarily provided in connection with a Submission

If a Submission is made by a team, we may collect personal information from each team member for eligibility verification, communications, and prize administration purposes.

If a Submission is made by a team, the designated Team Captain may provide personal information on behalf of team members for Contest administration purposes. However, each team member remains responsible for ensuring the accuracy of their personal information and for complying with applicable eligibility and documentation requirements.

What We Do with the Personal Information We Collect

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with better services, and in particular for the following reasons:

To provide our services, including to provide updates on special events, news, and email announcements of interest, to verify user information, and to provide you with our services;
To improve our services, including to undertake internal research for technological development and demonstration and to upgrade or enhance our services;
To contact you, including to send information to you in response to your requests;
To comply with applicable laws and regulatory obligations;
To administer the Contest, including verifying eligibility, communicating with Participants and Team Captains, evaluating Submissions, announcing Winners, processing Prize payments, issuing required tax documentation, and facilitating prize acceptance through third-party service providers; and
For any other purpose disclosed to you at the time we collect your information with your consent.

How We Share Personal Information

We do not sell personal information. However, we may share personal information in the following circumstances:

Between GGP and IGNITE in their capacity as joint controllers for purposes of administering the Contest;
With affiliated organizations involved in administering the Contest (including Games for Change and IGNITE National);
With judges evaluating Submissions;
With third-party service providers who assist with website hosting, submission processing, prize administration, tax reporting, payment processing, or documentation portals (such as the Ignite Impact Challenge Kaleidoscope portal);
When required by law, regulation, subpoena, or legal process;
To protect our legal rights or prevent fraud.

Any third-party service providers are contractually required to use personal information solely for the purposes for which it is shared and to maintain reasonable data security safeguards.

Our Commitment to Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How We Use Cookies

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, preferences, and interests by gathering and remembering information about your usage patterns.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes, and then the data are removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from fully utilizing the Website.

Links to Other Websites

Our Website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, please note that we do not have any control over the other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting such sites, and this privacy statement does not govern such sites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling Your Personal Information

Depending on your location, applicable law may provide you with some or all of the rights listed below. However, such rights are not absolute and may be subject to certain exceptions.

Right to Know: You may have the right to know what personal information we have collected about you.
Right to Access & Data Portability: Subject to certain exceptions, you may have the right to request a copy of the personal information we collected about you. We will provide the responsive information in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily useable format that allows you to transmit the information to another entity without hindrance.
Right to Correction and Deletion: You may have the right to request that we correct or delete your personal information in certain circumstances.
Third Party Marketing: Individuals who provide certain personal information in connection with obtaining products or services for personal, family or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us once a calendar year information about the customer information we shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of customer information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared customer information for the immediately prior calendar year.
Do Not Track: We do not currently process or comply with any web browser’s “do not track” signal or similar mechanisms.
Opt-out of Newsletters. You may opt-out of receiving our newsletters at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter email or by reaching out to us using our contact information provided later in this Privacy Policy.

To exercise your access, portability, correction, and deletion rights, you may submit a request by sending an email to impactchallenge@ignitenational.org or using the information provided in the “Contact Us” section below. Once we receive your request, we may verify it by requesting additional information sufficient to confirm your identity.

Additional California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA Notice)

If you are a California resident, you may have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the “CCPA”), with respect to personal information collected and processed by GGP and IGNITE as joint controllers, subject to applicable exceptions and limitations.

In the preceding twelve (12) months, we may have collected the following categories of personal information:

Identifiers (such as name, email address, mailing address, IP address)
Personal information categories listed in Cal. Civ. Code §1798.80(e) (such as contact information and, for prize winners, tax identification information)
Internet or other electronic network activity information (such as website usage data)
Audio, visual, or similar information (such as video Submissions and related materials)

We collect this information for the business purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including Contest administration, prize fulfillment, tax reporting, communications, security, and compliance with legal obligations.

We collect personal information directly from Participants (including Team Captains submitting information on behalf of team members), automatically through website interactions, and from service providers assisting with Contest administration.

Subject to applicable exceptions, California residents may have the right to:

Request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you;
Request deletion of personal information we have collected from you;
Request correction of inaccurate personal information;
Limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information (if applicable);
Be free from discrimination for exercising your privacy rights.

To exercise your rights, you may submit a request by emailing impactchallenge@ignitenational.org. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf. We may require written authorization and identity verification consistent with applicable law.

We do not sell personal information and do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are defined under California law. We collect sensitive personal information (such as tax identification information for prize winners) solely for prize administration and legal compliance purposes and do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes beyond those permitted under applicable law.

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including contest administration, prize fulfillment, tax reporting, and legal compliance.

Children and Minors

Our Website is intended for a general audience and not intended for children. The IGNITE Impact Challenge is open only to individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years old. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from an individual under 18, we will delete such information. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child has provided us with their personal information without your consent, please contact us at impactchallenge@ignitenational.org to request the deletion of the information.

How Do We Protect Personal Information?

We utilize reasonable information security measures to safeguard your personal information against unauthorized access, modification, or destruction. However, no data transmission over the internet and no method of data storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its security.

With regard to the IGNITE Impact Challenge, we restrict access to personal information to our employees, contractors, and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop, improve or support the Website. If we share personal information with service providers, we require that they also use reasonable information security measures to safeguard your personal information and only use your personal information for the purposes for which we share it with them.

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including Contest administration, prize fulfillment, tax reporting, compliance with legal obligations, dispute resolution, and enforcement of agreements.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any information that is collected via the Website is covered by the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is collected. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via e-mail and/or a prominent notice on this page, corresponding with such change becoming effective and update the “Last Updated” reference at the top of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Website after such update will be subject to the then-current Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at
GG Professionals Inc.
15021 Ventura Blvd Ste 1027
Sherman Oaks, Ca 91403
ggpcharity@gmail.com

IGNITE National
510 16th Street
Oakland, CA
94612
impactchallenge@ignitenational.org

GGP and IGNITE will coordinate to respond to your inquiry.