Privacy Policy
We build high-performance software and AI systems with the conviction that privacy should be simple, explicit, and written in plain English.
01.Overview & Plain-English Commitment
Welcome to SproutNet Marketing (“SproutNet”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), an elite AI and custom software engineering consultancy headquartered in Austin, Texas. We operate the website located at sproutnetmarketing.com.
As software engineers with enterprise backgrounds in identity, cloud architecture, and cybersecurity, we treat data privacy as a core engineering tenet rather than an afterthought. This policy explains in straightforward, plain English what data we collect when you visit our website, submit an inquiry, or book a discovery meeting, exactly why we need it, how our service providers handle it, and the rights you retain over your information.
Our Austin Commitment: We collect only the minimum data required to evaluate engineering projects, schedule meetings, protect against malicious web traffic, and maintain site performance. We never sell, monetize, or broker your personal information.
02.What We Collect
We adhere to data minimization principles. We do not require you to create an account to view our public website, and we only collect personal information when you deliberately choose to transmit it to us.
When you initiate a project discussion or request engineering consulting via our contact form, we collect:
- Full Name – To address you professionally.
- Work Email Address – To reply to your technical inquiry.
- Company / Organization – To understand your business context.
- Phone Number (Optional) – If you request a telephone follow-up.
- Project Scope & Message – Information you share regarding technical requirements, stack preferences, timeline, and estimated budget.
When you schedule a discovery session using our Google Calendar booking link, Google collects your name, email address, chosen meeting time, timezone, and any introductory agenda notes you share so we can coordinate the calendar invite and video conference link.
This site is hosted in the United States on Vercel Inc. (hosting and CDN, United States).
To safeguard our infrastructure against automated scrapers, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and form spam, we process IP addresses and request counts, kept for about one hour, used only for rate limiting.
03.How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information you share with us strictly for legitimate business and operational purposes:
Reviewing your project specifications, providing architecture recommendations, discussing technical feasibility, and transmitting formal proposals.
Coordinating discovery calls, managing calendar slots, dispatching automated meeting confirmations, and sending Google Meet / video links.
Analyzing aggregated traffic metrics to optimize site speed, eliminate 404 broken links, refine page accessibility, and improve content clarity.
Enforcing rate limits, neutralizing malicious bots, blocking automated spam submissions, and defending against unauthorized tampering.
04.Service Providers & Subprocessors
This site is hosted in the United States on Vercel Inc. (hosting and CDN, United States). To deliver an enterprise-grade, secure web experience, SproutNet partners with trusted third-party service providers. Each provider is chosen for their stringent security standards, industry certifications, and clear privacy commitments.
Below is the complete list of service providers utilized on this website:
Hosts the website and delivers content via its global CDN in the United States and global edge network.
Sends contact form emails.
Spam protection.
Rate limiting by IP address.
Receives and stores inquiries.
Meeting booking.
05.No Selling or Renting of Personal Data
Absolute Zero-Sale Guarantee
SproutNet Marketing does not sell, rent, monetize, barter, or trade your personal information to third parties, data brokers, advertising agencies, or marketing syndicates. We never have, and we never will.
Your contact details, company information, and technical project discussions are treated with the highest standard of confidentiality. We only share information with the specific infrastructure processors listed in Section 4 for the sole purpose of operating our site and communicating directly with you.
06.Data Retention & Lifecycle
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the business purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention window is mandated by legal, accounting, or compliance obligations:
- Contact Form Inquiries: Retained in our secure corporate email archive for the duration of our commercial dialogue and project scoping. If no formal engagement commences, inactive prospect records are pruned on an annual cycle.
- Calendar Booking Records: Maintained within Google Calendar history to retain scheduling context and past consultation meeting notes.
- Rate-Limiting Tokens: IP addresses and request counts are kept for about one hour and used only for rate limiting before being automatically purged.
- Turnstile Verification Tokens: Cryptographic bot validation challenges expire immediately upon single-use validation.
You may request the immediate deletion of your contact records at any time by reaching out via our contact form.
08.Your Rights & How to Contact Us
Depending on your location and applicable jurisdiction (including Texas, California, and broader United States or international privacy laws), you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
To exercise any of these rights, simply transmit your request through our Contact Form located at the bottom of this page or anywhere on our website.
We review and process verified privacy requests promptly from our Austin, TX office without undue delay, typically within 10 to 30 business days, at no cost to you.
09.Children's Privacy
SproutNet Marketing provides enterprise AI engineering, software architecture, and cloud modernization exclusively for commercial entities and business professionals. Our website and services are not directed to, or intended for use by, minors.
We do not knowingly collect, solicit, or maintain personal information from individuals under the age of 13 (or under 16 where applicable by regional law), in strict accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you have reason to believe that a minor has submitted personal information to our site, please contact us immediately through our contact form, and we will delete that data from our records without delay.
10.Changes to This Policy
As we refine our technical stack, deploy new architectural capabilities, or adapt to evolving federal and state privacy statutes, we may update this Privacy Policy.
Any modifications will be posted directly to this page, and the “Last updated” timestamp at the top of the document will reflect the date of the latest revision. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of our website following the posting of revisions confirms your acknowledgment of the updated terms.