Privacy Policy
Last Updated: March 11, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how SproutEd LLC, including its brands and services such as Attorney Credits, Attorney Wire, Affordable CLE, and I-Course (collectively, “SproutEd,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, stores, uses, retains, and discloses personal information.
This Privacy Policy applies when:
SproutEd respects the confidentiality and privacy of visitors to our websites and is committed to protecting it through compliance with this Privacy Policy. SproutEd is based in the United States and primarily provides services to professionals located in the United States. All information collected through our Services is processed and stored in the United States.
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.
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.
When you use the Services, we may automatically collect information including:
This information helps maintain the functionality and security of the Services.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SproutEd may use personal information and other information collected through the Services for purposes including:
Users may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link provided in such emails. Users may continue to receive transactional or account-related communications.
SproutEd maintains subscriber and audience databases relating to newsletters, educational services, and digital platforms.
These databases may include:
Subscriber and audience data may be used to:
SproutEd may measure subscriber counts, audience engagement, newsletter performance, and related analytics using internal systems and third-party analytics providers. Metrics such as subscriber totals, open rates, click-through rates, engagement trends, and similar audience analytics are estimates derived from available measurement technologies and may vary depending on the measurement methodology used. These metrics are used for internal analytics, editorial planning, and advertising or sponsorship measurement.
SproutEd may generate analytics datasets derived from interactions with the Services (“Platform Data”). Platform Data may include:
Platform Data may be used for research, analytics, benchmarking, product development, and commercial purposes. Platform Data is typically aggregated or de-identified before being used. SproutEd may use aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified data derived from the Services to develop research reports, benchmarking analyses, analytics products, industry insights, and other commercial offerings. Such data does not identify individual users and may be used, published, licensed, or distributed for lawful business purposes.
SproutEd may work with analytics and advertising technology providers to measure website traffic, newsletter engagement, and advertising performance across our websites and publications.
These providers may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to collect information such as:
These technologies help measure audience engagement, evaluate advertising performance, and improve the Services.
SproutEd does not authorize third parties to use automated systems, bots, scrapers, or artificial intelligence systems to access or extract content, engagement data, or platform data from our Services for the purpose of training artificial intelligence models without prior written permission. Unauthorized scraping may violate our Terms of Use. SproutEd prohibits the use of automated systems, artificial intelligence agents, bots, crawlers, scraping tools, or similar technologies to access, collect, copy, or extract information from our Services, websites, newsletters, publications, subscriber databases, or analytics datasets without prior written permission. Such activities may violate our Terms of Use and applicable law.
Certain services operated by SproutEd, including Attorney Wire, publish editorial content summarizing legal developments, regulatory actions, litigation, and industry news. These summaries may reference publicly available materials from courts, government agencies, law firms, media organizations, or other public sources for commentary, reporting, and educational purposes. SproutEd publications may reference, summarize, quote, or link to third-party reporting, publicly available documents, regulatory materials, court filings, or other external sources for purposes of commentary, reporting, analysis, and education. All trademarks, service marks, and copyrights referenced remain the property of their respective owners. Such references are provided for informational and editorial purposes.
Content published through SproutEd services and publications, including Attorney Wire, is provided for informational and editorial purposes only. Such content does not constitute legal advice, professional advice, or recommendations regarding any specific legal matter. Readers should consult qualified legal counsel or other appropriate professionals regarding specific legal issues or circumstances.
We may disclose personal information in the following circumstances.
We may share information with service providers that assist in operating the Services including:
We may disclose information when required to comply with legal obligations or regulatory authorities.
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.
SproutEd may use artificial intelligence, machine learning systems, or similar technologies to assist in the creation, editing, summarization, or analysis of editorial content, research materials, and professional information published through our Services, including Attorney Wire. Artificial intelligence tools may be used to assist human editors and researchers, but all editorial content is reviewed and curated for informational and educational purposes. AI-assisted tools may also be used to support analytics, research, product development, and service improvements across our platforms.
We implement commercially reasonable safeguards designed to protect personal information.
We retain personal information as long as necessary to provide services, comply with legal obligations, and maintain regulatory records.
Certain SproutEd Services involve the delivery of video-based educational content. In connection with providing these Services, SproutEd may collect information relating to a user’s interaction with video content, including viewing activity, playback duration, and course participation information.
This information may be used for purposes including:
SproutEd does not disclose personally identifiable video viewing information to third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy or as required by law.
California residents have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
SproutEd may collect categories of personal information including:
Personal information may be disclosed to service providers including:
Personal information is retained for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, comply with legal obligations, and maintain regulatory records.
California residents have the right to:
SproutEd does not sell or share personal information as defined under California law.
Individuals who wish to exercise privacy rights described in this Privacy Policy may submit a request by contacting SproutEd using the contact information listed at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Requests may include:
SproutEd may take reasonable steps to verify the identity of the individual submitting a request before responding. We will respond to verified requests within the time periods required by applicable law.
Nevada residents may request confirmation that their personal information is not sold. SproutEd does not sell personal information as defined under Nevada law.
Residents of these states may have rights including:
Our Services are intended for professionals and are not directed toward children under the age of 16. SproutEd does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that personal information from a child under 16 has been collected, we will take reasonable steps to delete such information.
This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page.
SproutEd LLC
2604 B El Camino Real #204
Carlsbad, CA 92008
P.O. Box 15774
Chattanooga, TN 37415
Phone: 760-434-1885
Email: help@sprouteducation.com