Spark Bar ("we," "us," or "our") operates a wholesale marketing website intended solely for licensed distributors and retailers of age-restricted nicotine products. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
IMPORTANT: This website is restricted to adults 21 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect information from minors. This site does not sell products directly to consumers.
We automatically collect and process your IP address to determine your geographic location (state-level). This information is used exclusively for:
If you manually select your state location via a profile selector or site preference settings, we store this information to ensure accurate compliance with your jurisdiction's regulations.
When multiple state indicators are present (IP address, user-declared preference, form submissions), we apply the most restrictive compliance policy among them to ensure legal compliance. This "strictest policy" approach protects both you and our business from inadvertent regulatory violations.
For example: If your IP address indicates California but you declare Texas, we will apply California's stricter regulations (including flavor restrictions and Proposition 65 warnings).
When you confirm that you are 21 years of age or older, we store a secure, HTTP-only cookie to remember your age verification status for 180 days. This cookie:
When you submit a distributor inquiry or contact form, we collect:
Compliance Note: State information extracted from form submissions is used to apply the strictest applicable compliance requirements. This ensures we maintain legal compliance across all jurisdictions where we conduct business.
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:
We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Specifically:
We retain detailed logs of compliance-related events for 24 months, including:
These logs are used exclusively for regulatory compliance, audit defense, and legal protection purposes. They help us demonstrate compliance with federal and state tobacco/nicotine product marketing laws.
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
You have the right to:
To exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at privacy@getsparkbar.com
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
This website is NOT intended for individuals under 21 years of age.We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from someone under 21, please contact us immediately at privacy@getsparkbar.com, and we will promptly delete such information.
This website is intended for use within the United States and is governed by U.S. law. If you are accessing our website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page indicates when this policy was last revised. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:
Spark Bar
Email: privacy@getsparkbar.com
General Inquiries: info@getsparkbar.com
Location: Tampa Bay, FL