This privacy notice (the “Privacy Notice”) describes how FreeWill Co. (“FreeWill”, “we,” “our,” or “us”) obtains, uses and shares personal information and other information in connection with the operation of the sites available at www.freewill.com, www.getestately.com, and www.cryptoforcharity.io, and with related services (collectively, the “Site”). Our Site is intended primarily to provide access to self-help software and materials for users interested in creating and managing an estate plan, and in making charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations.
Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, or any other U.S. state with applicable state consumer privacy laws should also review our Privacy Notice for U.S. Consumers, which supplements this Privacy Notice.
What personal information we obtain
FreeWill obtains information (i) when you use or visit our Site; (ii) that you provide when you create a FreeWill account; (iii) that you submit when you create a will or other legal document (with or without creating a FreeWill account); (iii) that you submit when using our Stock Gifts, Stock Liquidation, Qualified Charitable Distribution, Outside Bequest, Beneficiary Designation, Donor-Advised Fund, CryptoForCharity platform and other software tools; (iv) that you share about others; and (v) that is automatically collected about your interactions with the Site.
- Personal information you provide when you create a FreeWill account:
- email address; and
- user password.
- Personal information you choose to submit when you utilize the Site to create a will or other legal document, or to create or facilitate a charitable gift (with or without creating a FreeWill account):
- first, middle and last name;
- date of birth;
- city, state, zip code and address;
- email address;
- telephone number;
- gender;
- marital status and information regarding your family members and pets, if any;
- names of your elected guardians(s), beneficiary(s), agents, trustees and/or executor(s);
- estimated value of your estate and information concerning your assets and accounts, such as a description or address of real estate property;
- charitable donations (specific amount or percentage of total estate);
- names and addresses of your physicians and preferred hospitals; and/or
- favorite pastimes, religious beliefs, and preferences for end-of-life care.
- Personal information you share about others:
- You may share personal information about other people, such as the name and email of a friend or contact with whom you want to share information about the Site, the name of an executor or gift recipient, or contact information for your nominated agents. Do not give us information about others unless you are authorized or have their consent to do so. We will use their information for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice.
- Information automatically collected about your visit and Site usage:
- We may automatically collect information when you visit our Site or participate in surveys, including through cookies, browser pixels, web beacons and other technologies (collectively “Cookies”). We may use Cookies to administer and understand Site usage and improve our content and offerings. We may also use Cookies to collect aggregate information about site users.
- The information collected for these purposes (may include, (i) http headers, (ii) browser type data, (iii) browser settings, (iv) device information, (v) resolution, (vi) access time stamps, (vii) operating system information, (viii) user site navigation – such as page views, (ix) user button clicks, (x) events defined by various user activity, (xi) IP address, (xii) demographic information, and other information collected by automated means) may be disclosed to or collected directly by our third-party web analytics service providers, such as Google Analytics. For more information about the use of Cookies for Interested-Based Advertising and Cookie opt-outs, see here and here. For more information about our use of cookies please see our Cookie Policy.
