Data breaches → GiveSendGo
Was your data in the GiveSendGo breach?
2022 · givesendgo.com · ~89,966 accounts exposedHigh severity · 6/10
GiveSendGo (givesendgo.com) suffered a data breach in 2022 that exposed around 89,966 accounts. If you had an account, some of your personal data may be circulating in leaked databases. The fastest way to know is to check your own email — free, in about 30 seconds, no password required.
What happened
In February 2022, the Christian fundraising service GiveSendGo suffered a data breach which exposed the personal data of 90k donors to the Canadian "Freedom Convoy" protest against vaccine mandates. The breach exposed names, email addresses, post codes, donation amount and comments left at the time of donation.
Breach details sourced from Have I Been Pwned, the industry-standard breach database. Risk analysis by Nullivo.
What was exposed, and why it matters
Not all breaches carry the same risk — what matters is which fields leaked. Here is what the GiveSendGo breach exposed and what each item actually enables:
Reveals where you live, work or travel, which supports both targeted scams and physical-safety risks.
Links this leak to your other accounts — a reused username lets anyone build a profile of you across platforms.
Puts you on spam and phishing lists, and confirms to attackers that you hold an account with this service — which makes impersonation emails more believable.
Also listed in this breach: Email addresses, Geographic locations, Names, Purchases.
What to do if you were affected
These steps are ordered for this specific breach — the most urgent action given what leaked comes first.
- Location data: Review location sharing on the accounts you still hold with this service.
- Names and usernames: Search your usual username to see what else it exposes, and use distinct handles for sensitive accounts.
- Email addresses: Treat any message referencing this service with suspicion, and never act on links in unexpected emails.
- Check whether your own email appears in this breach — run a free scan to confirm before you spend time on the steps above.
How urgent is this now?
This data has been circulating for around 4 years, which means it has been copied, combined with other leaks and indexed by search tools many times over.
Remember: a breach can't be "un-leaked" — once a database is out, it exists in countless copies. The goal is to make the leaked data useless: change what can be changed, lock down what can't, and remove what has been republished.
Frequently asked questions
What data was exposed in the GiveSendGo breach?
The GiveSendGo breach exposed location data, names and usernames, email addresses. Reveals where you live, work or travel, which supports both targeted scams and physical-safety risks.
How many people were affected by the GiveSendGo breach?
Around 89,966 accounts were exposed, making it a smaller, more targeted breach.
What should I do if I had a GiveSendGo account?
Review location sharing on the accounts you still hold with this service. You can check whether your own email appears in this breach with a free Nullivo scan — no password required.
Breaches that exposed similar data
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