Effective date: August 7, 2026. Last reviewed: August 7, 2026.
1. Purpose
Spring Theory connects companies with university graduate programs to sponsor student capstone and consulting projects. Email is how we reach the faculty and corporate contacts who take part. This policy governs how we send it, and it applies to everyone sending on our behalf, including employees, contractors, agents, affiliates, and third-party service providers.
2. Prohibition on unsolicited advertising
Spring Theory prohibits the advertising or promotion of springtheory.com, or any Spring Theory domain, property, or service, through unsolicited bulk email.
This prohibition is binding on all senders acting for or on behalf of Spring Theory, including affiliates, resellers, contractors, and third-party service providers. We do not authorize any party to promote Spring Theory through unsolicited bulk email, and we do not accept leads, traffic, or introductions generated that way. Any vendor or partner found doing so will have their engagement terminated.
3. Who we contact
We send business-to-business email to professional contacts at companies and universities, at their work addresses, in a professional capacity. Our recipients fall into these categories:
Existing and former clients and partners: organizations that have sponsored or participated in a Spring Theory project.
Prior contacts: people who have previously corresponded with us, met with us, attended a call, or asked to be kept informed.
Referrals: people introduced to us by a colleague or by someone at their organization.
Professionally relevant business contacts: individuals whose stated professional role makes them responsible for university partnerships, corporate innovation, analytics, or talent programs. These contacts are identified from business data sources and public professional profiles.
We do not email consumers, personal addresses, or individuals in a personal capacity.
4. What we do not do
We do not send unsolicited bulk email advertising our website. We do not sell, rent, or share our contact lists. We do not use harvested, scraped, or randomly generated addresses. We do not conceal the sender's identity, use forged headers, or use false or misleading subject lines. We do not continue contacting anyone who has asked us to stop.
5. Opting out
Every message we send identifies Spring Theory and provides a way to opt out. A reply asking to stop is enough. No form and no link are required.
Opt-out requests are honored immediately and automatically. Our sending platform processes the request on receipt and adds the address to a permanent suppression list applied across every sending domain and inbox we operate. Suppression persists indefinitely and survives list rebuilds.
To opt out, reply to any message or write to unsubscribe@springtheory.com.
6. Sending practices
All Spring Theory sending domains publish SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records. We monitor bounce and complaint rates and remove invalid addresses. We verify address validity before sending and suppress addresses that hard-bounce. We do not send from domains that misrepresent our identity.
7. Reporting abuse
If you receive a message from Spring Theory, or referencing springtheory.com, that you believe violates this policy, contact abuse@springtheory.com. We investigate every report and will terminate any sender or vendor found in violation.
8. Enforcement and review
Violations by staff or contractors are grounds for termination of the engagement. This policy is reviewed at least annually.
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