Invent Spark, Inc., respects the
privacy of every individual who visits our website. This privacy
statement provides notice of the standards and terms under which Invent Spark protects
the privacy of information supplied by visitors to sites on the World Wide Web
that are owned and operated by Invent Spark, including www.inventspark.com. This privacy statement provides notice of our
information collection practices and of the ways in which your information may
be used. This policy may change from time to time, so please check back
periodically to review this information.
What information does
Invent Spark collect
and how is it used?
A. Personally-Identifiable
Information:
Invent Spark typically receives specific data about its website visitors only when such
information is provided voluntarily, such as when our visitors request
information, sign up for membership, purchase or enroll for services, provide resume information for
employment opportunities, or send us e-mail. Of course, some of these
activities require that you give us information, such as when you make a
purchase, use a credit card to pay for services, submit your resume, or request
certain types of information. When you provide personally-identifiable
information to Invent Spark through one of our websites, it will be used to fulfill your
specific request. You may also request that Invent Spark not use your information
by sending an e-mail to support@inventspark.com, however, Invent Spark reserves
the right, in its discretion, to send you bulletins and other important
information about Invent Spark services. Absent any instructions from you,
Invent Spark may
use information you provide to inform you about additional services and products
offered by Invent Spark and other goods and services providers with whom Invent
Spark has
relationships and whose offerings might be of interest to you. Invent
Spark will
not, however, sell or trade your personally-identifiable information unless we
are authorized or legally required to do so, or in the case of imminent physical
harm to the visitor or others. On those Invent Spark sites where you may provide
Invent Spark with credit card or other ordering information via the web, Invent
Spark protects and
secures this information by employing commercially customary web-based security
and encryption protocols, examples of which include Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
On those occasions where you voluntarily offer any feedback or suggestions,
Invent Spark
will treat that portion of the information as non-confidential and
non-proprietary and, except as otherwise expressed in this privacy statement,
Invent Spark assumes no obligation to protect such information from disclosure.
B. Non Personally-Identifiable (Generic) Information:
In general, Invent Spark gathers some generic information automatically. Generic
information does NOT reveal the identity of the visitor. It usually
includes information about the Internet address assigned to your computer, the
number and frequency of visitors, and the Invent Spark sites visited.
Invent Spark gathers
this information for the limited purpose of determining customer service and
website needs. Invent Spark does not combine information collected in this way with
any personally-identifiable information.
C. Exceptions and Limitations:
Notwithstanding the foregoing and in compliance with applicable laws, Invent
Spark (i)
cooperates fully with state, local, and federal officials in any investigation
relating to any content (including personal or private electronic communications
transmitted to Invent Spark) or purported unlawful activities of any user of the Service,
and (ii) takes reasonable measures to protect its proprietary rights. For
the limited purposes of accomplishing such cooperation and measures and in
compliance with applicable laws, Invent Spark may be required to disclose personally
identifiable information. In addition, Invent Spark may elect to monitor the areas
of communication of any kind (i) to satisfy any law, regulation, or government
request; (ii) if such disclosure is necessary or appropriate to operate Invent
Spark; or
(iii) to protect the rights or property of Invent Spark or others. In connection
with the potential sale or transfer of any of its interest in
www.inventspark.com, Invent Spark reserves the right to
sell or transfer your information (including, but not limited to name, address
information, and other information you provided to Invent Spark) to a third party that (i)
concentrates its business in communication products or services; (ii) agrees to
be Invent Spark's successor in interest with regard to the maintenance and protection of
information collected and maintained by Invent Spark; and (iii) agrees to the obligations
of this policy statement. |
