Privacy Policy
1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
At SparkFeet.com, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") outlines the types of information we collect, how we use and share it, and the measures we take to safeguard your data.
By using our Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Policy.
Information We Collect
Who is Responsible for Data Collection on This Website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details of the data controller in the "Information about the Responsible Entity" section of this privacy policy.
How Do We Collect Your Data?
Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This may include data that you post as content on our platform or enter into a contact form, for example. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. These are mainly technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page visit). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What Do We Use Your Data For?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What Rights Do You Have Regarding Your Data?
You have the right to obtain free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. For this purpose and for further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When you visit this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
Account Registration and Security
To access certain features of our Services, you may be required to create an account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information and password and for any activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following providers:
Amazon Web Services
We host parts of our Service with AWS. The provider is Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg ("AWS").
When you visit our website, your personal data is processed on AWS servers. Personal data may also be transferred to the AWS parent company in the USA. The data transfer to the USA is based on EU Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here.
For further information, please refer to the AWS Privacy Policy.
The use of AWS is based on Art. 6 (1) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring a reliable presentation of our website. If consent has been requested, processing will be carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.
Vercel
Our website is hosted on Vercel, a platform that provides cloud infrastructure for deploying and scaling web applications. Vercel may process certain personal data as part of its hosting and analytics services. This data is handled in compliance with applicable data protection regulations, including GDPR where applicable. Vercel ensures the security of data through encryption both in transit (TLS 1.2 or higher) and at rest (AES-256) and does not sell or share personal data with third parties for their business interests. Additionally, Vercel provides tools to anonymize sensitive data and supports compliance with privacy regulations through features like access control and audit trails. For more details on Vercel’s privacy practices, please refer to their Privacy Policy.
3. User Conduct
Acceptable Use
As a user of our Services, you agree not to engage in any activity that is unlawful, harmful, harassing, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable. You are also responsible for adhering to our Community Guidelines and ensuring that any content you create, upload, or share complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
Intellectual Property Rights
The content available on our Services, including but not limited to images, videos, text, and software, is the property of SparkFeet.com or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, and non-transferable license to access and use the Services and the content therein subject to these Terms.
User Content
By submitting, posting, or displaying content on or through our Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, display, and otherwise exploit such content in connection with our Services. You represent and warrant that you have the necessary rights and permissions to grant this license.
4. General and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done. We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Controller's Name and Address
The controller for data processing on this website is:
Acus Media OÜ | Veskiposti tn 2-1002 | Tallinn 10138, Estonia
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage Duration
Unless a specific storage period is specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.
General Information on Data Processing
If you have given consent to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR, if special categories of data according to Art. 9 (1) GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49 (1) lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your terminal device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), processing is additionally based on § 25 (1) TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process it based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal basis will be provided in the respective paragraphs of this privacy policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we work with various external entities. In some cases, the transfer of personal data to these external entities is necessary. We only disclose personal data to external entities if this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, if we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR in the disclosure, or if another legal basis allows data disclosure. When using processors, we only disclose personal data of our customers based on a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation, including profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR). If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising, including profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.
Information, correction, and deletion
You have the right, within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you can contact us at any time. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can demand the restriction of data processing instead of deletion. If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have filed an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may – apart from their storage – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Objection to advertising emails
The use of contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.
Google Authentication and User Data
We use Google's authentication API to provide secure sign-in capabilities. When you choose to sign in with Google, we collect and store certain information from your Google account that is necessary for authentication and account management. This includes:
- - Your email address
- - Your Google profile name
We only collect and process this information to provide and improve our services, and we handle all user data in accordance with our privacy policy and applicable data protection laws. You can manage or delete the information we have access to through your Google Account settings at any time.
4. Data Collection on this Website
Cookies
Our websites use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small data packets that do not harm your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after you end your browsing session. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.
Cookies can come from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies serve various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used for analyzing user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary for carrying out the electronic communication process, for providing certain functions requested by you (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only on an individual basis, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.
5. Third-Party Content
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites or resources. We are not responsible for the content, products, or services available from these third parties and assume no liability for any loss or damage resulting from your use of or reliance on such content, products, or services.
6. Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may revise this policy from time to time.