Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 9, 2026

Spark Detective (“Spark Detective”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy. This policy describes the information we process when you use sparkdetective.com, our online games, invitations, and related features (“Services”).

1. Information we collect

• Account and contact information: your email address, account identifier, name or profile information made available when you sign in, and contact details you choose to provide.
• Service and game information: settings such as language, game progress, invitations, referrals, feedback, and actions taken in the Services. If you enter responses or other content, we process what you submit to provide the relevant feature.
• Photos and other uploads: images or other materials you voluntarily submit to photo or AI-assisted features, together with information needed to analyze them and provide the requested result.
• Purchase and entitlement information: purchases, product access, transaction identifiers, payment status, and necessary billing contact information. Payment card details are handled by payment processors such as Stripe rather than collected as full card numbers by our website.
• Technical and usage information: IP address, browser and device data, page visits, approximate location inferred from IP, referring links, event logs, cookies, local storage, and similar identifiers used for functionality, security, troubleshooting, measurement, and attribution.
• Communications: messages, requests, and feedback you send to us, including emails and customer-support conversations.

2. How we use information

We use information to operate and personalize the Services; create and restore accounts; provide game, invitation, photo-analysis and AI features; fulfill purchases; answer requests; prevent abuse and fraud; maintain service security; understand feature performance; measure marketing effectiveness; and comply with applicable laws. Where required, we rely on your consent for particular processing, such as optional marketing communications or non-essential technologies.

3. Sharing and service providers

We share information with providers that help us operate the Services, subject to their roles and applicable agreements. Depending on the features you use, these may include:

• Authentication: Clerk and login providers such as Google.
• Payment processing: Stripe and associated payment networks.
• Hosting and storage: providers such as Railway and Supabase.
• Analytics and advertising measurement: tools such as Google Tag Manager and Google measurement services, Meta, and PostHog.
• AI and media processing: service providers that process content you choose to upload or submit to AI-powered features, to produce the requested output.
• Communications: email or messaging delivery providers where relevant.

We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect rights and safety, or in connection with a legitimate business transaction. Third-party services may process information under their own privacy notices.

4. Cookies, local storage, and measurement

Our Services may use cookies and browser storage for sign-in, saving preferences and game progress, referrals, security, and analytics. Advertising and analytics partners may use technologies to measure visits or conversions. You can manage cookies using your browser settings and available provider controls; restricting storage may affect functionality. Where applicable law requires consent for non-essential tracking, that consent should be obtained before such tracking is used.

5. AI-assisted features and your uploads

If you use an AI-assisted feature, content you submit may be sent to an AI-processing provider to fulfill the request. Please do not upload sensitive information about yourself or others unless you are comfortable with the feature's processing, and only upload material you have the right to share. AI-generated outputs may be imperfect. This policy does not promise that every third-party provider has identical data-retention or model-training practices.

6. Retention and security

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Services, meet legal and accounting requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, and maintain security, taking into account the type of information and purpose. Retention periods can vary by record and provider. We use reasonable organizational and technical security measures, but no online system is guaranteed to be completely secure.

7. Your choices and privacy rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or portability of personal information, and to withdraw consent where processing relies on it. You may also opt out of marketing emails using the unsubscribe link when provided. To submit a privacy request, contact us using the address below. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request and may retain limited information where legally required.

8. International processing

Our Services and providers may process information in countries other than your country of residence. Where required, we use applicable safeguards for international transfers.

9. Children's privacy

The Services are not directed to children under 18. If you believe a child has supplied us with personal information, contact us so we can review and take appropriate steps.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy to reflect changes in our Services, vendors, or legal obligations. We will post the updated policy on this page and revise the effective date. Material changes will be communicated where required by law.

11. Contact

For questions or requests about privacy, contact Spark Detective at shushiradio@gmail.com.