How to remove yourself from Kindsight
Kindsight (formerly iWave) sells fundraising prospect data for charitable fundraising. It runs a privacy opt-out page at go.kindsight.io/privacy-opt-out, and its privacy policy explains how to opt out of its databases. California's registry lists privacy+california@iwave.com as the contact.
View all 506 brokers- Opt-out page
- go.kindsight.io
- Method
- Online form
- Privacy email
- privacy@kindsight.io
- Time to remove
- About 14 days
- Last updated
How to opt out of Kindsight
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Open the privacy opt-out page
Kindsight gives California's registry go.kindsight.io/privacy-opt-out as the place to exercise privacy rights.
- 2
Find the right section of the policy
Kindsight's privacy policy has separate sections for iWave, engage, Ascend and Connect, and AdvancementRM. The iWave policy has a part called "How You Can Opt-Out of the Databases".
- 3
Ask for the name of the data provider if it supplied your data
If a third-party provider that had your consent to sell or license your data passed it to iWave, iWave says it will tell you the provider's name so you can opt out with them directly. The policy links the request.
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Email the privacy contact
Write to privacy+california@iwave.com, the address in the registry entry, if the page doesn't cover your request.
Watch out for
- Opting out with Kindsight doesn't reach the provider that supplied your data. The policy sends you to that provider for its own opt-out.
- Kindsight's policy covers marketing emails separately: every marketing message has an unsubscribe link, and that only stops email.
What Kindsight holds about you
- Full name and aliases
- Current address
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses
- Age and date of birth
- Employment and education
What Kindsight is known to collect, not a check of your listing.
Does it come back?
Kindsight doesn't publish a relisting policy. Its databases are built from public records, data brokers and aggregators, clients and government entities, so records can return from those sources.
Your rights
California: CCPA. If you live in California, the CCPA lets you ask a business to delete the personal information it holds about you and to stop selling or sharing it. Businesses generally have 45 days to respond.
California: the Delete Act. Data brokers that hold information on Californians must register with the state. California residents can use DROP, the state's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, to send one deletion request to every registered broker at once.
Other US states. Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and a growing list of other states give residents a similar right to delete. Vermont, Texas and Oregon also make data brokers register with the state. Where no state law applies, the broker's own opt-out above still works for most people.
General information, not legal advice.
Frequently asked
Is Kindsight the same as iWave?
California's registry lists the data broker as iWave Information Systems, doing business as Kindsight. The privacy policy page for iWave sits on kindsight.io.
Where does Kindsight get my data?
Its policy names publicly available records, data brokers, data aggregators, clients and government entities.
Who is the data sold to?
The policy says the databases are used for charitable fundraising, meaning nonprofits look up potential donors.
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