SPARKLI AG (“Sparkli,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to the highest standards of privacy for children, parents, and educators. This privacy notice explains how we collect and process your personal data on our informational website (the “Website”) and on social media.

SPARKLI AG
‍Churerstrasse 158, 3rd floor
8808 Pfäffikon Switzerland
‍Email: support@sparkli.ai

3.1. When you visit our Website

‍When you visit our Website, the server automatically logs general technical data like the IP address and operating system of your device, the date and time of your visit, the website you came from, and the type of browser you use to access our Website.

When you sign up for the Sparkli app or our newsletter, we collect your email address, any professional role you self-identify (e.g., "Parent" or "Teacher"), as well as limited technical data (e.g., the timestamp of your signup).

We use technical/essential cookies to ensure site functionality and security.

We do not use any non-essential cookies (e.g. for marketing or analytics purposes). 

We track overall trends in the traffic of our Website using anonymous, aggregated usage data through plausible.io’s cookie-less, privacy-friendly analytics. 

‍Important: Our Website does not require children to submit any personal data.

3.2. When you interact with us on social media

‍We maintain pages and profiles on popular social media platforms. When you interact with us on these platforms (e.g., by liking or commenting on our posts or sending us messages), we receive and process the corresponding data from you. In addition, the platforms provide us with certain information, such as statistics on the use of our content.

Please note: The operators of the platforms analyze your behavior and may combine this data with other information they already have about you. They also use this data for their own purposes and on their own responsibility, for example for advertising, market research, or to further develop their services. You can find out more about how the respective platforms process your data in their privacy policies.

We process your personal data primarily for the following purposes and based on the following grounds for processing:­

• To prepare and conclude contracts in the course of our business activities.

• Based on and within the scope of your consent, if applicable. You can revoke your consent at any time.

• To comply with legal obligations (e.g., keeping of business records).

• Where legally permitted, based on our interests to communicate with you and third parties (even outside the preparation or conclusion of a contract), to provide the Website, to optimize your user experience, to maintain and potentially expand our business relationship with you, to improve, expand, and market our offerings, to ensure IT security and data protection, to prevent crimes and other misconduct, and to enforce, defend, or avert legal claims.

• We do not use behavioral tracking or advertising on platforms intended for children.
  

• All children’s accounts in the Sparkli App will be tied to an adult’s account to ensure parental or school consent and oversight.

• Use of the Sparkli App with only a pseudonym (i.e., without disclosing children’s names) will be possible.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data.

We use a limited number of service providers for the purposes described in this privacy notice (in particular, for Website hosting, secure email delivery and analytics). These service providers receive the data they need to provide their services to us.

In this context, we also transfer personal data between countries. We limit the transfer of personal data outside Switzerland, the EU, and the EEA as far as possible, but it cannot be entirely avoided. If the respective country does not have a level of data protection recognized by Switzerland, we use standard contractual clauses to ensure adequate data protection, where necessary and possible supplemented by additional security measures.

Personal data in the Sparkli App will be stored within Switzerland, the EU, or the EEA only.

Your data is stored securely and processed in accordance with the Swiss Data Protection Act (FADP) and the EU GDPR.

We use appropriate and state-of-the-art technical and organizational security measures against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized manipulation, deletion, alteration, access, disclosure, use, or loss of your personal data.