In the official blog post by their co-founder Alex Tyagulsky, they promised to give users the option to not storing account credentials on their servers, as quoted below: To summarise these concerning paragraphs, our email account credentials and email contents are always stored on their server for some features to function, even if we do not opt into these features, such as Team Services and Push Notifications. However, Spark Services are always used regardless if we use the team features, as indicated in (2). From the first sight, we might mistake Spark Services with Team Services due to the wording in (3). We can see that the email content while using Spark Services is stored on their server from (3). The ‘bad guy’ here is the so-called Spark Services, which is not even explicitly defined anywhere. This information is stored on our secure servers in order to make Services available to you, so you can collaborate with your teammates around email. It allows you to have a secure space where you share information such as email conversations, shared email drafts, have private discussions, or create links to specific emails. (3) Email content while using Spark Services: We allow you and your colleagues to create teams within the Service. Without using these services, none of the features mentioned above will function.
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In order for you to take full advantage of additional App and Service features, such as “send later”, “sync between devices” and where allowed by Apple – “push notifications” we use Spark Services. Without such access, our Product won’t be able to provide you with the necessary communication experience. (2) OAuth login or mail server credentials: Spark requires your credentials to log into your mail system in order to receive, search, compose and send email messages and other communication. Consequently, “We”, “Us” and “Ours” refers to the Data Controller. (the “Data Controller” of your personal data).
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(1) Spark Application (the “App”) and Spark for Teams Service (the “Service”) are brought to you by Readdle, Inc.
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The relevant parts are quoted here in the following three paragraphs. So I did some research on their Privacy Policy, which is quite concerning. But recently I became more privacy aware.
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I really wanted to use the iOS email client by Readdle.