Privacy Policy

a. You access or use our websites and related webpages (the "Services" or "Websites"), including but not limited to:

b. You use our services, including:

c. You communicate with us in any manner, including by chat, email, telephone, or other communications.

a. Information You Provide

When you create an account, purchase services, register for courses, subscribe to newsletters, or communicate with us, we may collect personal information including:

This information is used to provide services, process purchases, report CLE credits, communicate with users, market and advertise to you, inform you of new or existing products or services.

b. Payment Information

When you make a purchase through our websites, payment information may be processed by our third-party payment processors including Stripe, PayPal, and Affinipay ("Payment Processor").

SproutEd does not store or receive your full credit card number.

Stripe processes payment information in accordance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS).

Stripe's privacy policy is available at:

https://stripe.com/privacy

Payment processors may retain payment credentials for purposes including:

SproutEd does not control how payment processors use or store payment information.

c. Information We Collect Automatically

When you use the Services, we may automatically collect information including:

This information helps maintain the functionality and security of the Services.

d. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our websites may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to collect information about how users interact with the Services.

These technologies may be used to:

Users may adjust cookie settings through their browser. Where required by applicable law, our websites may present users with cookie consent tools allowing users to manage tracking preferences.

Some web browsers may transmit "Do Not Track" signals. Because there is not yet a universally accepted standard for how to respond to such signals, SproutEd currently does not respond to Do Not Track signals.

e. Email Tracking

Emails and newsletters distributed by SproutEd, including Attorney Wire, may contain tracking technologies such as pixels, unique identifiers, or similar technologies that allow us to understand how recipients interact with communications.

These technologies may allow us to measure:

This information helps us improve editorial content, evaluate the effectiveness of communications, measure audience engagement, and support advertising or sponsorship programs associated with our publications.

f. Third-Party Email Service Providers

SproutEd may use third-party service providers to deliver newsletters, communications, and marketing emails. These providers may include email delivery and marketing platforms such as Mailchimp, HubSpot, SendGrid, or similar services.

These providers may process limited personal information such as email addresses and engagement metrics for the purpose of distributing communications and measuring performance of those communications.

g. Digital Advertisement and Measurement

SproutEd may work with advertising and analytics partners to measure the performance of advertising and sponsorship placements across our websites, newsletters, and digital services.

These technologies may collect technical information including:

This information is used to measure advertising effectiveness, improve advertising relevance, and support sponsorship programs.

SproutEd does not sell personal information in the traditional sense of providing identifiable user information to third parties for independent marketing use.

Advertising and sponsorship measurement activities may involve the use of third-party service providers acting on our behalf to measure advertising performance or provide advertising technology services.

SproutEd may measure audience engagement and advertising performance across its websites, newsletters, and digital publications, including Attorney Wire. Metrics such as subscriber counts, open rates, click-through rates, audience engagement trends, and similar analytics may be calculated using internal systems or third-party analytics providers. These metrics are used to evaluate the performance of editorial content, newsletters, and advertising placements and to support sponsorship and advertising programs.

h. Email and Newsletter Engagement

When you receive emails or newsletters from us, including Attorney Wire, we may collect engagement information including:

This information helps us understand how readers interact with our content.

i. Professional Information

SproutEd may collect and maintain professional information relating to attorneys and other legal professionals who interact with our Services, Websites, newsletters, and publications, including Attorney Wire. This information may include publicly available professional information such as professional affiliation, jurisdiction, practice areas, law firm or employer information, and other professional details obtained from publicly available sources, professional directories, law firm websites, court filings, or information voluntarily provided by users. Professional information may be used for purposes including delivering services, editorial content, research, analytics, benchmarking, audience measurement, professional communications, and the development of new products, services, and professional information platforms.

j. Publicly Available Information

SproutEd may collect information about legal professionals and organizations from publicly available sources including law firm websites, professional directories, court filings, regulatory filings, public databases, and other publicly available professional information sources. Publicly available information may be combined with information collected through the Services for research, analytics, benchmarking, editorial content, and product development.

1. providing access to our websites and services
2. delivering continuing legal education programs
3. processing purchases and managing user accounts
4. reporting CLE credits to regulatory authorities
5. responding to customer service inquiries
6. sending newsletters and editorial publications
7. communicating about existing products and services offered by SproutEd
8. informing users about new educational programs, research products, analytics tools, and other services
9. conducting marketing and promotional communications
10. measuring engagement with marketing communications
11. improving the relevance and quality of communications
12. analyzing audience engagement and usage patterns
13. developing new products, services, and features
14. improving existing educational programs and platforms
15. conducting research and analytics relating to the legal profession

1. subscriber contact information
2. professional information
3. engagement information relating to use of the Services

4. deliver newsletters and editorial content
5. improve services
6. measure audience engagement
7. support advertising and sponsorship programs
8. develop analytics and benchmarking products
9. develop new services and products

1. website usage patterns
2. newsletter engagement trends
3. course participation analytics
4. anonymized professional engagement trends
5. aggregated usage patterns

1. browser type
2. device identifiers
3. IP address
4. general geographic location derived from IP address
5. interaction with websites, newsletters, advertisements, or sponsored content

a. Service Providers

We may share information with service providers that assist in operating the Services including:

b. Regulatory and Legal Requests

We may disclose information when required to comply with legal obligations or regulatory authorities.

c. Corporate Transactions

If SproutEd is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing transaction, or sale of assets, user information — including subscriber databases and analytics datasets — may be transferred as part of that transaction. Subscriber information, professional information, audience engagement data, and aggregated platform analytics may be treated as business assets of SproutEd and may be transferred, licensed, or assigned as part of any corporate transaction involving SproutEd or its services.

1. verifying completion of educational programs
2. maintaining records required for continuing legal education compliance
3. improving video streaming functionality
4. analyzing engagement with educational content
5. maintaining system integrity and preventing misuse of the Services

a. Categories of Personal Information Collected

SproutEd may collect categories of personal information including:

b. Categories of Personal Information Disclosed

Personal information may be disclosed to service providers including:

c. Retention

Personal information is retained for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, comply with legal obligations, and maintain regulatory records.

d. Rights

California residents have the right to:

SproutEd does not sell or share personal information as defined under California law.

1. requests to access personal information
2. requests to correct inaccurate information
3. requests to delete personal information where applicable
4. requests relating to applicable state privacy rights

1. access to personal data
2. correction of inaccurate data
3. deletion of personal data
4. opt-out of certain processing activities