Last Updated March 17, 2021

spikeview, Inc. (“spikeview,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) has prepared this Privacy Policy to explain what Personal Data (defined below) we collect, how we use and share that data, and your choices concerning our data practices.. Through our mobile application (the “App”) and website (the “Site”), we provide a platform that allows parents and children to showcase their talents, achievements, and interests and control how that information is presented to the world (such services, including the Site and the App, are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the “Service”).

This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and forms part of our Terms of Service.

Before using the Service or submitting any Personal Data to spikeview, please review this Privacy Policy carefully and Contact us at team@spikeview.com if you have any questions. By using the Service, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site or otherwise use the Service.

We collect information that alone or in combination with other information in our possession could be used to identify you (“Personal Data”) as follows:

Personal Data You Provide: We collect Personal Data when you contact us and interact with the Service. The Personal Data collected during these interactions may vary based on what you choose to share with us, but it will generally include name, email address, username, password, and information uploaded through the Service such as photos, videos, documents, and descriptions of achievements, awards, activities, interests, hobbies, and skills.

Personal Data We Collect Through Our Social Media Pages : We have pages on social media sites like Facebook and LinkedIn (“Social Media Pages”). When you interact with our Social Media Pages, we will collect Personal Data that you elect to provide to us, such as your contact details. In addition, the companies that host our Social Media Pages may provide us with aggregate information and analytics regarding the use of our Social Media Pages.

Personal Data We Receive Automatically From Your Use of the Service : When you visit, use and interact with the Service, we may receive certain information about your visit, use or interactions. For example, we may monitor the number of people that visit the Service, peak hours of visits, which page(s) are visited, the domains our visitors come from (e.g., google.com, yahoo.com, etc.), and which browsers people use to access the Service (e.g., Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc.), broad geographical information, and navigation pattern. In particular, the following information is created and automatically logged in our systems:
  • Log data: Information that your browser automatically sends whenever you visit the Site (“log data”). Log data includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, and how you interacted with the Site.
  • Cookies: Please see the “Cookies” section below to learn more about how we use cookies.
  • Device information: Includes name of the device, operating system, and browser you are using. Information collected may depend on the type of device you use and its settings.
  • Usage Information: We collect information about how you use our Service, such as the types of content that you view or engage with, the features you use, the actions you take, and the time, frequency and duration of your activities.

    • Cookies: We use cookies to operate and administer our Site, gather usage data on our Site and improve your experience on it. A “cookie” is a piece of information sent to your browser by a website you visit. Cookies can be stored on your computer for different periods of time. Some cookies expire after a certain amount of time, or upon logging out (session cookies), others survive after your browser is closed until a defined expiration date set in the cookie (as determined by the third party placing it), and help recognize your computer when you open your browser and browse the Internet again (persistent cookies). For more details on cookies please visit All About Cookies.

    Analytics: We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the Site and enhance your experience when you use the Site. For more information on how Google uses this data, go to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

    Messages: We collect and process, which includes scanning and analyzing, information you provide in the context of composing, sending, or receiving messages through the Service’s messaging functionality. That information includes the content of the message and information about when the message has been sent, received and/or read, as well as the participants of the communication. Please be aware that messages sent to other users of the Service will be accessible by those users and that we are not responsible for the manner in which those users use or disclose messages.

    Online Tracking and Do Not Track Signals : We and our third party service providers, including Facebook, may use cookies, pixels, or other tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities over time and across different websites following your use of the Site and use that information to send targeted advertisements. Our Site currently does not respond to “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) signals and operates as described in this Privacy Policy whether or not a DNT signal is received. If we do respond to DNT signals in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy to describe how we do so.

    Your Choices: On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive a notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. Please see the links below for guidance on how to modify your web browser’s settings on the most popular browsers:

    • Internet Explorer
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple Safari

    Please note that if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site and you may not be able to benefit from the full functionality of the Site.

    Advertising networks may use cookies to collect Personal Data. Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s online resources at http://www.networkadvertising.org and follow the opt-out instructions there.

    If you access the Site on your mobile device, you may not be able to control tracking technologies through the settings.

We may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
  • To provide the Service and allow users to express themselves and communicate with other users of the Service;
  • To respond to your inquiries, comments, feedback or questions;
  • To send administrative information to you, for example, information regarding the Service, and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies;
  • To analyze how you interact with our Service;
  • To maintain and improve the content and functionality of the Service;
  • To develop new products and services;
  • To prevent fraud, criminal activity, or misuses of our Service, and to ensure the security of our IT systems, architecture and networks; and
  • To comply with legal obligations and legal process and to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or other third parties.

Aggregated Information: We may aggregate Personal Data and use the aggregated information to analyze the effectiveness of our Service, to improve and add features to our Service, to assess demand for various opportunities available through the Service, to drive Service content and/or partnerships, to create interest-based groups or channels focused on certain areas of interest, and for other similar purposes. In addition, from time to time, we may analyze the general behavior and characteristics of users of our Services and share aggregated information like general user statistics with prospective business partners. We may collect aggregated information through the Service, through cookies, and through other means described in this Privacy Policy.

Marketing: We may use your Personal Data to contact you to tell you about products or services we believe may be of interest to you. For instance, if you elect to provide your email, we may use that information to send you special offers. You may opt out of receiving emails by following the instructions contained in each promotional email we send you. In addition, if at any time you do not wish to receive future marketing communications, you may contact us at team@spikeview.com. If you unsubscribe from our marketing lists, you will no longer receive marketing communications but we will continue to contact you regarding management of your account, other administrative matters, and to respond to your requests.

In certain circumstances we may share your Personal Data with third parties without further notice to you, unless required by the law, as set forth below:
  • Vendors and Service Providers: To assist us in meeting business operations needs and to perform certain services and functions, we may share Personal Data with vendors and service providers, including providers of hosting services, email communication software and email newsletter services, advertising and marketing services, payment processors, customer relationship management and customer support services, and analytics services. Pursuant to our instructions, these parties will access, process or store Personal Data in the course of performing their duties to us. We take commercially reasonable steps to ensure our service providers adhere to the Security standards we apply to your Personal Data.
  • Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of all or a portion of our assets, or transition of service to another provider, your Personal Data and other information may be shared in the diligence process with counterparties and others assisting with the transaction and transferred to a successor or affiliate as part of that transaction along with other assets.
  • Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements, (ii) protect and defend our rights or property, (iii) prevent fraud, (iv) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Services, or the public, or (v) protect against legal liability.
  • People You Share and Communicate With: The Service allows you to connect with other users, including the entire spikeview community, and share Personal Data and other content with them.
  • Public Profile Share And Sharing Of Other Information: If your profile is public, your spikeview profile will be visible to the general public and the profile data will be searchable and viewable on the Internet. You can configure your profile setting to be private again but spikeview cannot guarantee that any caches or otherwise saved versions of the publicly shared profile or the profile data will not be searchable or viewable on the Interne. Please also keep in mind information that you voluntarily disclose online to your connections, in comments to the spikeview blog, postings to the entire spikeview community and so forth become available to other users and can be collected and used by others, in accordance with the privacy settings you select in your account preferences. Your public profile and any images, captions or other content that you submit to the Service in a manner that any other user can view may be redistributed through the Internet and other media channels. We cannot control what other users will do with such content after you have disclosed it. Your name may be displayed to other users when you upload images or videos or send messages through the Service and other users can contact you through messages and comments.
  • Spider Chart: When at least one accomplishment is included in your profile, the “Spider Chart” and the related summaries feature will become visible to your connections and other users of the Service.
  • Leaderboard: spikeview may feature your profile picture and your first name and your last name initial in connection with a new “Leaderboard” feature on the Service which will be shared with the general public. If you do not wish to have your data featured on the “Leaderboard”, you can opt out by updating the settings to disable this feature in your account or emailing us at team@spikeview.com.
  • Notifications: We may send you notifications, including push notifications on the App to your mobile device, in order to make you aware of certain activities that may occur within your account, such as when someone has entered a new post or when you have new notifications. You may opt-out of receiving these types of communications by turning them off at the device level or emailing us at team@spikeview.com.

We keep Personal Data for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, while we have a business need to do so, or as required by law (e.g. for tax, legal, accounting or other purposes), whichever is the longer.

Please log in to your account or contact us at team@spikeview.com if you need to change or correct your Personal Data.

Our Service is available to and used by children who are under the age of 13.

Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act requires that online service providers obtain parental consent before they collect personally identifiable information online from children who are under 13

If you are 13 years old or under, you may only use and disclose information to us with your parent’s or guardian’s consent. Your parent or guardian can view all information within or associated with your Service account. Please know that misrepresenting your age is illegal

If you are a parent or guardian of a spikeview user, please know that we collect personal information through the Service from your child only when we are authorized by you. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child without appropriate consent as outlined herein, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

After obtaining verifiable parental consent, we collect, use and share Personal Data relating to such children as described in the “Personal Data We Collect,” “How We use Personal Data,” and “Sharing and Disclosure of Personal Data” sections of this Privacy Policy.

Our third-party service providers Microsoft, Inc., GoDaddy Inc., Wix.com, Ltd. and Automattic Inc. may collect, receive, or maintain Personal Data from children in connection with the operation of the Service.

Please contact us at team@spikeview.com if you have questions about these third parties’ data practices.
In addition, parents or guardians can contact us at team@spikeview.com to:
  • request copies of the Personal Data we collected about their child;
  • direct us to delete the Personal Data we collected about their child;
  • direct us to stop collecting or using Personal Data regarding their child; and
  • prohibit the disclosure of Personal Data regarding their child to third parties not needed to provide the Service.

The Service may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by spikeview, including social media services (“Third Party Sites”). spikeview has no control over the nature, content or availability of such sites. spikeview does not warrant the accuracy or quality of the information provided by such site or that such sites are error-free or that materials from such sites is free of viruses. By providing these links we do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed these sites. Moreover, the information that you share with Third Party Sites will be governed by the specific privacy policies and terms of service of the Third Party Sites and not by this Privacy Policy. Please contact the Third Party Sites directly for information on their privacy practices and policies.

You use the Service at your own risk. We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures to protect Personal Data both online and offline from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. However, no Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from us may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via the Service or e-mail. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Data to spikeview via the Internet. In addition, we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Service, or third party websites.

If you are a California resident, California law requires us to provide you with some additional information regarding how we collect, use, and share your “personal information” (as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)).

Sale of Personal Data

The CCPA sets forth certain obligations for businesses that “sell” Personal Data. We do not sell Personal Data.

California privacy rights

California residents can make the following requests to us about their Personal Data under the CCPA:

  • That we provide you with the categories of Personal Data we collect, disclose or sell about you; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your Personal Data; and the categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Data. Such information is also set forth in this Privacy Policy.
  • That we provide a copy of Personal Data we hold about you;
  • That we delete certain Personal Data we have about you; and/or
  • That we provide you with information about the financial incentives that we offer you, if any.

California residents can also designate an authorized agent to make such requests on their behalf. The CCPA further provides you with the right to not be discriminated against for exercising your rights, as provided for in applicable law. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under California law. For example, we may need certain information for legal compliance, in order to provide the Service to you, or because we are acting at the direction of a school. We also will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request. If you would like further information regarding your legal rights under California law or would like to exercise any of them, please contact team@spikeview.com.

Shine the Light Disclosure

Under California Civil Code Sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to obtain certain information regarding our disclosure, if any, of certain categories of Personal Data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. We do not share Personal Data with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

By using our Service, you understand and acknowledge that your Personal Data will be transferred from your location to the facilities and servers of spikeview in the United States and treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By using the Service and/or submitting Personal Data to spikeview, you are indicating your consent to these terms.

In certain circumstances providing Personal Data is optional. However, if you choose not to provide Personal Data that is needed to use some features of our Services, you may be unable to use those features. You can also contact us at team@spikeview.com to ask us to update or correct your Personal Data.

The Service, and our business may change from time to time. As a result we may change this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do we will post an updated version on this page, unless another type of notice is required by the applicable law. By continuing to use our Service or providing us with Personal Data after we have posted an updated Privacy Policy, or notified you by other means if applicable, you consent to the revised Privacy Policy and practices described in it.

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or information practices, please feel free to contact us at team@spikeview.com.

The various opportunities, including awards, grants, scholarships, internships and other program opportunities, contained on spikeview.com is for general information purposes only. While we endeavor to keep the opportunity details up to date and correct, spikeview has no control over and no liability for any third party scholarship or financial aid or other opportunities provided, including the legality of any such opportunities, the truth or accuracy of any listings and the ability of scholarship providers to provide scholarships or awards. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. Details for opportunities listed may change at any time. Thus, for official and updated information, including application forms, please contact the opportunity provider directly.