Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Sparkline Analytics at app.sparklinecapital.com (the “App”), operated by Sparkline Capital LP. By accessing or using the App — including reading its publicly available pages, whether or not you have an account — you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. You must be at least 18 years old to use the App.

Some parts of the App — including individual fund and peer-group pages — are publicly available and may be read without an account. Which parts are public is at our sole discretion and may change at any time, including closing public access entirely; we do not undertake to keep any page public. Everything else requires an account.

Access to accounts is granted at our sole discretion. We may approve, deny, suspend, or revoke access at any time, with or without notice or reason. Your account is personal and non-transferable: keep your email account secure, and do not share sign-in links, codes, or access with others. You are responsible for activity that occurs through your account.

The App and its data are provided for your internal business and professional use. You agree not to: (a) access the App by means of scrapers, crawlers, bots, scripts, headless browsers, or any other automated means, or access any non-public interface; (b) systematically download, copy, extract, or compile the App’s data, scores, or analytics; (c) redistribute, resell, publish, or otherwise make the App’s data or scores available to third parties or the public; (d) use the App’s data or scores to develop, train, calibrate, or validate any machine-learning or artificial-intelligence model, dataset, index, scoring system, or competing product or service; (e) reverse engineer or attempt to derive the underlying models, scores, or methodology; (f) circumvent access controls or share your access with others; (g) interfere with the operation or security of the App; or (h) use the App for any unlawful purpose.

Automated access we do permit. Subsections (a) and (d) do not apply to automated clients that our robots.txt expressly permits, to the extent of the public pages it permits them to fetch and the uses it contemplates. That file is a deliberate grant and controls where it conflicts with this section. It grants nothing as to pages behind sign-in, and the rest of this section — including (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) — applies in full to everyone. We may change or withdraw that permission at any time by changing the file.

All content in the App — including factor scores, analytics, methodology, software, and design — is owned by or licensed to Sparkline Capital LP and protected by intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the App consistent with these Terms. No other rights are granted. The App’s scores, analytics, and methodology are proprietary and commercially valuable; you acknowledge that unauthorized extraction, disclosure, or use of them would cause irreparable harm for which monetary damages would be inadequate, entitling us to injunctive relief in addition to any other remedies. The restrictions on use of the App’s data and scores survive any termination of your access.

The App is an interactive data and analytics tool. Its content is factual and informational, generated by quantitative methodology applied uniformly across funds, and driven by your own selections. Nothing in the App constitutes financial, investment, tax, or legal advice; an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security; or a recommendation of any fund, security, or strategy. Use of the App does not create an investment-advisory or client relationship with Sparkline Capital LP (an SEC-registered investment adviser; registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training). Past performance is not indicative of future results, and any investment involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. See our Disclosures for more on the nature of the App and its data.

The App and its content are provided “as is” without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or availability of the App or any information in it, including third-party data.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Sparkline Capital LP shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from your use of, or inability to use, the App. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the App is to discontinue use.

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, and expenses arising from your use of the App or violation of these Terms.

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Delaware. Any disputes arising under these Terms shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, unless we elect, at our sole discretion, to resolve the dispute through binding arbitration instead.

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force. Failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it. We may update these Terms at any time; continued use of the App constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. Questions? Email compliance@sparklinecapital.com.