Legal Terms
Copyright / Use
1) The information available through this website is the property of SPARK PE and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Any printouts using or referencing content from this website shall contain the following copyright notice: “Copyright SPARK PE, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED,” along with SPARK PE's logo. You agree not to reproduce, retransmit, photocopy, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast, or circulate the information received through this website to anyone without the express prior written consent of SPARK PE. Copying and distributing SPARK PE's original copyright-protected content to third parties from this website is forbidden.
2) SPARK PE reserves the right to monitor your use of this website to ensure compliance with this Agreement. If it is determined you are not in compliance, SPARK PE reserves the right to take such action as deemed necessary. Systematic access or extraction of content from this website, including the use of “bots” or “spiders,” is prohibited.
Updated: June 2020
Privacy Policy
SPARK PE is committed to preserving and safeguarding your right to privacy online. We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our commitment to protecting your privacy. You should be fully aware of what happens to your personal information when you visit sparkpe.org. If you have any questions or privacy concerns not answered here, we invite you to contact us.
- Choice:SPARK PE uses and discloses information in accordance with an organization's or professional's choice to restrict the use of the information. If you are a resident of California, please see the California Residents section for an overview of your rights.
- Accountability for Onward Transfer:Information is disclosed to third parties only for the purposes described in the notice and as permitted under applicable law. SPARK PE requires contracts with those third parties that include limitation on use and comparable security standards.
- Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation:SPARK PE employs substantive measures to produce high-quality, timely, and reliable data. Personal information is used in a manner compatible with the purposes for which it was collected or authorized.
- Access, Correction and Deletion:SPARK PE provides organizations and professionals with access to their business information within SPARK PE's databases and with an opportunity to correct verified inaccuracies.
- Data Security:SPARK PE applies appropriate technical, physical, and administrative data security measures to protect data against unauthorized access and disclosure.
- Accountability:SPARK PE seeks to adhere to its Privacy Principles through ongoing compliance, training, documentation, assessment, and dispute resolution initiatives.
This website may provide links to other websites that may employ different information management practices. We encourage you to carefully read the online privacy notices of these other websites.
What Information Do We Collect?
Personal information is generally defined as information that, by itself or in combination with other information, identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be linked with a particular consumer, device or household. Personal Information can include, but is not limited to, your name, address, telephone number, email address, username and password, IP address, browsing or search history, financial information, professional or employment-related information, demographic information, or any other type of information that can be linked to or associated with you.
We also collect information about website visitors indirectly through standard web logs, such as IP addresses, browser types, areas of the website visited, and the website from which a visitor came. We routinely use this web log information in the aggregate to administer and improve our website.
How Do We Use and Share Information?
SPARK PE uses the individual and business identifiable information that we collect to operate our website, to communicate with website visitors and customers, and to carry out transactions that you request or authorize.
SPARK PE shares information with third-party service providers such as payment processors, shipping and mail providers, web hosting and cloud service providers, data analytics suppliers, targeted advertising networks, and legal compliance advisors, in order to support SPARK PE Internet websites and business operations. SPARK PE contractually requires that these recipients only use the information for the intended purpose of the disclosure and that they destroy or return the information when it is no longer needed.
From time to time, SPARK PE compiles online and offline transaction and registration information for internal analyses, such as market research, quality assurance, customer experience, and operational benchmarking initiatives.
You Have Choices
SPARK PE respects your privacy preferences and offers the following ways through which you may control how we contact you and disclose your information.
Email Marketing
We provide individuals with the opportunity to opt out of receiving SPARK PE promotional emails, newsletters, and updates. You may opt out by contacting us or calling SPARK PE Customer Service at 833-737-275. We may continue to send transactional or service-related emails despite your opt-out.
Direct Mail Marketing
We provide businesses and organizations with the opportunity to be placed on our internal Do Not Mail list. You may request this by contacting us or by calling SPARK PE Customer Service at 855-858-5501.
Website Use Information
You have additional choices regarding website use information that our third-party advertisers and partners may collect through cookies, Web beacons, pixel tags, and similar media. Please see the Cookies section below for more information.
Disclosure or Sale of Personal Information
Except as noted herein, SPARK PE does not sell or share your Personal Information with any person or entity outside of SPARK PE. We may disclose certain portions of your Personal Information to analytics providers, advertising networks, and other service providers for certain business purposes.
Depending on where you reside, the disclosure of your cookie identifiers, including your IP address, in exchange for certain third-party services may be considered a sale of your Personal Information, and you may have the right to opt-out of any such sale.
SPARK PE neither collects nor sells the Personal Information of minors under 16 years of age.
Data Security
SPARK PE implements commercially reasonable security measures to protect information against unauthorized access and disclosure. These measures include technical, physical, and administrative data security safeguards.
- Establishing policies and procedures for securely managing information
- Protecting against unauthorized access by using data encryption, authentication, and virus detection technology
- Requiring service providers to comply with relevant Data Privacy legal and regulatory requirements
- Monitoring our website through recognized online privacy and security organizations
- Continually assessing our Data Privacy, information management, and data security practices
Data Retention
SPARK PE retains information for as long as an account is active or as needed to provide services. We retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Children
SPARK PE's website is not targeted, intended or expected to be of use to children. User provided contributions of content or contact information regarding or about children are expressly prohibited.
Changes to SPARK PE's Data Privacy Practices
If we make material changes to our information management and Data Privacy practices, we will post these changes on our website in order to keep you informed of how we collect, use, manage, disclose, and protect our information assets. Such changes will be posted in this section and the policy effective date will be updated accordingly.
Your Use of Our Website Is Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our collection, use, management, retention, and disclosure of your information as described in this notice.
Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
Starting January 1, 2020, under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), residents of California have the following rights:
Right to Access
You have the right to access information about the collection, disclosure and sale of your Personal Information over the past 12 months.
Submit a Right to Information Request →Right to Deletion
You have the right to deletion of information you have shared with us, subject to certain exceptions.
Submit a Right to Deletion Request →Right to Opt Out
You have the right to opt out of the sale of your Personal Information, unless such personal information was collected from a government source.
Right Not to Be Discriminated Against
You have a right not to be discriminated against for exercising your CCPA rights. This is a right we will always honor.
Categories of Personal Information Collected
| Category | When Collected | Purpose & Third Parties |
|---|---|---|
| Contact & identity information (name, address, email, phone, company, job title) | When you create an account, register for a webinar, request info, sign up for newsletters, order products, or contact SPARK PE. | Administer accounts, process orders, respond to questions, send product updates. Shared with payment processors, shipping providers, marketing firms, customer service vendors, analytics suppliers. |
| Demographic information (age, gender, job title, professional interests, veteran status) | When you create an account, participate in a survey, or submit a form. | Administer accounts, communicate about promotions, analyze consumer preferences. Shared with survey providers, marketing vendors, analytics suppliers. |
| Payment / financial information (credit/debit card number) | When you order goods or services. | Process and fulfill orders and transactions. Shared with credit/debit card processors. |
| Account access information (username, password) | When you create an account. | Administer your account, detect security incidents. Shared with web hosting and cloud service providers. |
| First-party cookie identifiers & site interaction data | Automatically when you visit or use the site. | Recognize you on return visits, analyze site interactions, detect security incidents, conduct data analysis. Shared with web hosting, cloud, and analytics providers. |
| Third-party cookie identifiers, IP addresses, browsing & search history | Automatically when you visit or use the site. | Monitor site usage, count ad impressions, evaluate email responses, provide targeted information. Shared with data analytics providers, marketing firms, and advertising networks. |
Contact SPARK PE
If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, the Services, or your dealings with SPARK PE, please contact us. SPARK PE intends to strictly enforce this Policy. If you believe there has been some violation of this Policy, please contact SPARK PE.
This Policy was last updated on June 15, 2020.