Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5 June 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Sparkl ("Sparkl", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use the Sparkl mobile application and the website at sparkl.gg (together, the "Service"). We built Sparkl to treat your collection — and your data — with care.

1. Who we are

Sparkl is a premium iPhone application for trading-card-game collectors. It lets you scan and identify cards, organize your collection, track its estimated market value, build decks and binders, and set price alerts. The Service is operated by Sparkl. If you have any questions about this policy or your data, contact us at contact@sparkl.gg.

2. Information we collect

2.1 Account information

You can create an account using Sign in with Apple or Continue with Google. When you do, we receive a limited set of details from that provider — your name (if shared), your email address (or a provider-relayed/private email), and a stable account identifier — which we use to create and secure your account and to sync your collection across your devices. We never receive your Apple or Google password.

2.2 Collection & usage content you create

To provide the Service, we store the data you add to your collection — for example the cards you scan or add, finishes and conditions, quantities, binders, decks, wishlist and price-alert targets, and notes. We also store app preferences such as language and display settings.

2.3 Card scanning (camera)

When you scan a card, the app uses your device camera to capture an image solely to recognize the card. Scan images are used only for card identification, are not used to identify you, and are not retained longer than necessary to process the recognition. We do not access your camera for any other purpose, and we do not access your photo library unless you explicitly choose to import an image.

2.4 Purchases

Card scanning is free and unlimited. Sparkl also offers an optional paid "Pro" subscription. Purchases are processed by the Apple App Store; we receive your subscription/entitlement status from Apple but never your full payment-card details.

2.5 Device & diagnostic data

Like most apps and websites, we automatically receive limited technical data such as device type and operating-system version, app version, language, approximate region, and basic interaction or crash/diagnostic events. This helps us keep the Service reliable and improve it.

2.6 Website analytics

The sparkl.gg website uses Cloudflare Web Analytics, a privacy-first, cookieless measurement tool that reports aggregate metrics (such as page views and referring sources) without tracking you across other sites and without using advertising cookies.

3. How we use information

• Provide, maintain, and sync the Service and your collection across devices;
• Authenticate you and keep your account secure;
• Identify scanned cards and display estimated market values, history, and alerts;
• Process and manage your Pro subscription;
• Provide customer support and respond to your requests;
• Monitor, debug, and improve performance, features, and reliability;
• Detect, prevent, and address fraud, abuse, or security issues;
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for third-party advertising.

4. Google user data & Limited Use

If you choose to sign in with Google, Sparkl requests only your basic Google profile and email address, and only for authentication and account management. Sparkl's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Specifically, we use Google user data only to provide and improve the sign-in and account features you request; we do not transfer it to others except as necessary to provide the Service, comply with applicable law, or as part of a merger or acquisition; we do not use it for advertising; and we do not allow humans to read it unless we have your consent, it is necessary for security or to comply with law, or the data has been aggregated and anonymized. You can disconnect Google access at any time from your Google Account's connected-apps settings.

5. How we share information

We share information only as described here:

• Service providers: trusted vendors who process data on our behalf to run the Service — for example hosting and content delivery (Cloudflare), authentication (Apple, Google), purchase processing (Apple), and card market-price data sources. They may only use the data to perform services for us.
• Legal & safety: when required by law, regulation, legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Sparkl, our users, or the public.
• Business transfers: in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, subject to this policy.

We never sell your personal information.

6. Legal bases for processing (EEA/UK)

If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process your personal data on the following bases: performance of a contract (to provide the Service you request), legitimate interests (to secure, maintain, and improve the Service), consent (where required, e.g. optional features — which you may withdraw), and legal obligation.

7. Data retention

We keep your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the Service, and thereafter only as required to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When you delete your account, we delete or anonymize your personal data within a reasonable period, except where retention is legally required.

8. Security

We use technical and organizational measures designed to protect your information, including encryption in transit and access controls. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we work to protect your data and to promptly address any issues.

9. Your rights & choices

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, export, or restrict the processing of your personal data, to object to certain processing, and to withdraw consent. You can delete your account at any time from within the app, which removes your associated personal data as described above. To exercise any right, email contact@sparkl.gg; we will respond as required by applicable law. If you are in California, we do not sell or "share" your personal information as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA, and you will not be discriminated against for exercising your rights. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.

10. International transfers

We may process and store information in countries other than your own. Where we transfer personal data internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) where required by law.

11. Children's privacy

Sparkl is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age of digital consent in your country, which may be higher — for example 16 in parts of the EEA), and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you believe a child has provided us personal data, contact contact@sparkl.gg and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, provide additional notice. Your continued use of the Service after an update means you accept the revised policy.

13. Contact us

Questions, requests, or concerns about this policy or your data? Email contact@sparkl.gg.