LOVE SPARK PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: January 1st, 2025

Love Spark (“Love Spark,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and disclose information when you visit our website, contact us, submit an inquiry or application, participate in a consultation, join our matchmaking network, or use our matchmaking and related services.

By using our website or voluntarily providing information to Love Spark, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

  • Name and preferred name

  • Email address and telephone number

  • Age or date of birth

  • City or general geographic area

  • Occupation and professional background

  • Relationship status

  • Relationship goals and intentions

  • Dating and relationship history

  • Values, lifestyle, interests, and personal priorities

  • Qualities and characteristics you are seeking in a partner

  • Communication and relationship preferences

  • Family and children-related information relevant to matchmaking

  • Religious or cultural background or preferences when voluntarily provided and relevant to matchmaking

  • Photographs

  • Information submitted through consultations, intake forms, matchmaking applications, or other forms

  • Information shared during calls, meetings, emails, or text communications

  • Payment and transaction information

  • Any other information you voluntarily provide to us

We may also automatically collect certain technical information when you visit our website, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages viewed, interactions with the website, referring website, approximate geographic location, and date and time of website activity.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We may use information we collect to:

  • Respond to inquiries and consultation requests

  • Schedule consultations, meetings, and services

  • Provide matchmaking and dating-readiness services

  • Understand your relationship goals, values, lifestyle, preferences, and priorities

  • Evaluate potential compatibility

  • Maintain your private Love Spark matchmaking profile

  • Identify and evaluate potential matches

  • Provide personalized matchmaking recommendations

  • Facilitate introductions between prospective matches

  • Communicate with you regarding services, appointments, events, and your account or participation

  • Process payments and maintain business records

  • Provide customer and administrative support

  • Improve our website, services, and client experience

  • Maintain website security and prevent fraud or misuse

  • Comply with applicable legal obligations

  • Protect the rights, safety, and property of Love Spark and others

  • Enforce our agreements, policies, and terms

Love Spark does not use information collected through its matchmaking services to provide psychotherapy, psychological treatment, diagnosis, or other clinical services.

3. MATCHMAKING AND SHARING INFORMATION

Matchmaking necessarily involves sharing certain information with prospective matches.

When appropriate for matchmaking purposes, Love Spark may share information such as:

  • First or preferred name

  • Age or general age range

  • General location

  • Profession or professional background

  • Interests and lifestyle

  • Relationship goals

  • Values and priorities

  • Relevant family-related information

  • Photograph

  • Other information reasonably relevant to evaluating potential compatibility

We seek to share information that is reasonably appropriate for the matchmaking purpose and consistent with the nature of the introduction.

Love Spark is designed to provide a private and personalized matchmaking experience. Your profile is not publicly displayed simply because you join the Love Spark network.

4. PHOTOGRAPHS AND PERSONAL INFORMATION

As part of an inquiry or application to participate in the Love Spark matchmaking network, you may be asked to provide a current photograph.

Your photograph and other information may be used for legitimate matchmaking purposes, including:

  • Reviewing and evaluating your profile

  • Understanding your preferences and relationship goals

  • Determining potential compatibility

  • Identifying potential matches

  • Maintaining your private matchmaking profile

  • Presenting your profile to appropriate prospective matches

  • Facilitating potential introductions

By submitting a photograph to Love Spark for matchmaking purposes, you authorize Love Spark to retain and use that photograph for these private matchmaking purposes.

When reasonably necessary to facilitate a potential introduction or evaluate mutual interest, Love Spark may share your photograph and relevant profile information with a prospective match.

Submitting a photograph for matchmaking does not authorize Love Spark to publicly post that photograph on its website, social media accounts, advertisements, or other public marketing materials.

If Love Spark would like to use your photograph, testimonial, name, or other identifying information for public marketing or promotional purposes, we will request appropriate permission or authorization.

You may contact Love Spark regarding the use of your photograph or request that it be updated or removed from your active matchmaking profile, subject to applicable legal, contractual, and legitimate business-record requirements.

You are responsible for ensuring that any photograph you provide is a photograph of you and that you have the right to provide it to Love Spark.

5. INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE

If you provide information about another person, you should have an appropriate basis or permission to provide that information.

Please avoid providing highly sensitive personal information about another person unless it is necessary for the matchmaking process and you are authorized to provide it.

6. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION

We may share information with trusted service providers and business partners who assist us in operating Love Spark, including providers for:

  • Website hosting and functionality

  • Scheduling

  • Email and communications

  • Forms and intake

  • Payment processing

  • Customer relationship management

  • Data storage

  • Analytics

  • Marketing and business administration

These providers may have access to information only as reasonably necessary to provide services to Love Spark.

We may also disclose information:

  • To prospective matches as described in this Privacy Policy

  • When required by law, legal process, or governmental authority

  • When reasonably necessary to protect the safety, rights, or property of Love Spark or another person

  • To investigate fraud, misuse, or violations of our agreements

  • In connection with a merger, acquisition, sale, restructuring, or other transfer of some or all of our business assets

7. WE DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Love Spark does not sell your personal information for monetary consideration.

We do not provide your private matchmaking profile to unrelated third parties for their independent marketing purposes.

Certain website technologies or advertising and analytics services may be treated as “sharing” under applicable privacy laws even when no money is exchanged. Where applicable, you may have rights regarding such activities.

8. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

Our website may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to:

  • Operate and secure the website

  • Remember preferences

  • Understand website traffic and usage

  • Improve website functionality and user experience

  • Measure marketing and advertising performance

Third-party service providers may use these technologies on our behalf.

You may be able to control certain cookies through your browser or device settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

9. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES

Our website or communications may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, or services.

Love Spark is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party service you use.

10. DATA SECURITY

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. DATA RETENTION

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Provide our services

  • Maintain business and transaction records

  • Communicate with you

  • Resolve disputes

  • Enforce agreements

  • Comply with legal or regulatory obligations

  • Protect legitimate business interests

When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, destroy, or anonymize it, subject to applicable legal, contractual, and business-record requirements.

12. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

Depending on your circumstances and applicable California law, you may have certain privacy rights, which may include the right to:

  • Know about certain personal information collected about you

  • Request access to certain personal information

  • Request deletion of certain personal information

  • Request correction of inaccurate information

  • Opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information

  • Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information

  • Receive equal treatment for exercising applicable privacy rights

These rights are subject to applicable legal exceptions and limitations.

13. HOW TO SUBMIT A PRIVACY REQUEST

To submit a privacy-related request, please contact:

Love Spark
Email: nansi.manokian@gmail.com
Website: www.nansimanokian.com

We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity before responding to a privacy request.

We will respond to qualifying requests within the time period required by applicable law.

14. SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

Because Love Spark provides personalized matchmaking services, individuals may voluntarily provide information that could be considered sensitive personal information under applicable law.

This may include information relating to areas such as religious or philosophical beliefs, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, family circumstances, or other personal characteristics.

Love Spark uses such information only as reasonably necessary for the matchmaking services, the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

You are not required to provide information that is not necessary or requested for a particular service.

15. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Love Spark's services are intended for adults and are not directed toward individuals under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 for matchmaking services.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to Love Spark, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps.

16. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

You are responsible for providing accurate and truthful information when participating in Love Spark services.

You should update your information when material circumstances change, including relationship status or other information relevant to your matchmaking profile.

You should also promptly notify Love Spark if you believe your account or personal information has been accessed or used without authorization.

17. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, business practices, technology, or applicable law.

When we make changes, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

Your continued use of the website or services after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective indicates acknowledgment of the updated policy.

18. CONTACT US

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how Love Spark handles personal information, please contact:

Love Spark
Email: nansi.manokian@gmail.com
Website: www.nansimanokian.com

This Privacy Policy provides general information about Love Spark's privacy practices and does not replace any specific written service agreement, consent, or other agreement that may apply to your participation in Love Spark services.