Our goal is to help parents who want their children to develop healthy behaviors online. Our products and services monitor the time kids spend online, the sites, apps and games they are using, and gives parents the tools to manage Internet access in their home. As we build these tools, we are committed to the principles of respecting your privacy, keeping your data safe, and letting you decide how your information is used and shared.
This is our Privacy Pledge:
We will be transparent and plain-spoken about that data we collect and how we use it.
We will only collect and use data to improve the usefulness of Spotlite’s products and services.
We will only access data that is personally identifiable to you when you tell us to do so.
We will never sell your Personally identifiable information.
We will always take your privacy and the security of your data seriously.
To learn more about the data we collect, how that data is used, and the ways it can be shared both by us and by you, please read Spotlite’s Privacy Policy below. Or, if you have any questions, contact us at privacy@spotlite.io.
Version 1.0
Last revised on: December 15, 2014
Spotlite designs products and tools that monitor the time kids spend online, the sites, apps and games they are using, and gives parents the tools to manage Internet access in their home.
This Privacy Policy applies to Spotlite’s Wi-Fi and Internet usage monitoring devices (“Devices”), our websites located at www.getspotlite.com, spotlite.io among others (individually a “Site” and collectively “Sites”) and our mobile applications (each an “App” and collectively the “Apps”). The Devices, Sites and Apps are collectively referred to in this Policy as the “Spotlite Service,” and by proceeding to use the Spotlite Service you consent that we may process the data that we collect from you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
This policy may change over time, but any future changes will not affect data that was collected under a previous version of this policy. If any modifications substantially change your rights, we will send an email summarizing the changes to the address associated with your Spotlite account and provide notice on the Site.
If something in this policy does not make sense or if you have any questions, please contact us.
The Spotlite Service collects information:
Spotlite collects industry standard data from everyone who visits our Sites—even if you don’t have a Spotlite account. This includes log data that automatically records information about your visit, such as your browser type, operating system, the URL of the page that referred you, the different actions you performed, and the IP address you used to access pages on the Site. We use this type of information to provide you with an experience that’s relevant to your location based on the IP address, to prevent Site misuse, and to ensure the Site is working properly. We also collect data from cookies (see “How Spotlite Uses Cookies” below).
Spotlite may also ask you to participate in surveys (processed by Spotlite or third parties) that help us understand your use of the Spotlite Service. Any personal information you provide to Spotlite (or supplied by you or Spotlite to such third-party survey providers) in connection with these surveys will only be used in relation to that survey and as stated in this policy.
Spotlite uses your data to provide you with the best experience possible and to improve and protect the Spotlite Service.
Spotlite will never share personally identifiable information with third parties for marketing purposes without your consent.
Personally identifiable information is data that includes a personal identifier like your name, email or address, or data that could reasonably be linked back to you. We will only share this data under the following circumstances:
To contact you: We may use your email address to contact you for administrative purposes, for customer service purposes, or regarding your use of the Spotlite Service.
With your consent: We may use your contact details to send you information and recommendations about our products, or to ask you to participate in surveys about your use of the Spotlite service. You may also let us share personal information with third-parties for their own marketing uses, which are subject to their privacy policies.
For legal or safety reasons: We may provide information to a third party if we believe in good-faith that we are required to do so for legal reasons. For example, to respond to legal process, or comply with state and federal laws (or the applicable laws of foreign countries other than the United States). We may also do this to protect the security or integrity of the Spotlite Service, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Spotlite, its employees, users or others.
In the event of a business transition: We may disclose or transfer your personal information in connection with the sale, merger, bankruptcy, sale of assets or reorganization of our company. The promises in this Privacy Policy will apply to your data if transferred to the new entity.
If we are going to release your data, we will do our best to provide you with notice in advance by email, and inform you of the choices you may have regarding your personal information.
Spotlite may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information with third-parties in a number of ways. We may share such information with other users to help them better understand their Internet usage compared to others, raise awareness about health and safety issues, or help us generally improve our system. We may also provide partners or the public with information about Internet and device usage patterns for research purposes or to enhance the public good. When we provide this information, we ensure that it is either impractical or impossible to identify you with the data, and contractually prohibit recipients from ever doing so themselves.
Spotlite is committed to protecting your information from unauthorized access and disclosure. We have certain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in place that are designed to help protect the security and integrity of your information.
We use industry-standard methods such as secure socket layer technology (SSL) encryption to keep your data safe and secure while it is transmitted over your home network and through the Internet to our servers, and security best-practices to protect it when it is in our possession.
We store your personal information only as long as you maintain a Spotlite account. Even as a Spotlite customer your data may be periodically purged from our systems to ensure its proper handling and destruction.
At any time you may change or delete your personal information on Spotlite’s servers through the controls in your account.
You can deactivate your account and remove all personally identifiable information from our servers by contacting Customer Support, though for operational reasons backup copies may remain in our possession for a short time.
Spotlite may continue to use your non-Personally identifiable information after you deactivate your account.
We use cookies and other technologies like pixel tags and web beacons to improve the functionality of the Spotlite Service. You can typically remove and reject cookies from our Site with your browser settings. Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings. If you remove or reject our cookies, it could affect how our Site works for you. We do not tie the information gathered by cookies and other technologies to personal information.
We use Google Analytics cookies allow us to see how you use our services so we can improve your experience. We encourage you to read the Google Privacy Policy. If you prefer to not have data reported by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
We may use clear gifs in our HTML-based emails to let us know which emails have been opened by recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
Our notifications, marketing and survey emails contain instructions on how to “opt-out.”Opting-out of these emails will not end transmission of important service-related emails that are necessary to your use of the Spotlite Service.
We welcome your comments or questions about this privacy policy. You can email us with any questions or comments at privacy@spotlite.com.
You may also contact us at our address:
Privacy Officer
Spotlite Labs Inc.
8201 164th Ave NE, Suite 200
Redmond, WA 98052