Security

At Partspark, security is foundational — not an afterthought. We are committed to protecting your designs, personal information, and transactions with industry-leading practices.

Encryption Everywhere

All data in transit is protected with TLS 1.2+ encryption. Data at rest is encrypted using AES-256 across our cloud infrastructure. Your design files, personal information, and payment data are never transmitted in plain text.

Secure Cloud Infrastructure

Our Platform is hosted on enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified providers. We leverage geographically distributed data centres to ensure high availability and redundancy.

Authentication & Access Controls

We enforce strong authentication mechanisms for all accounts. Internally, access to production systems and customer data is restricted on a least-privilege, need-to-know basis with role-based access controls (RBAC).

Monitoring & Threat Detection

We continuously monitor our systems for suspicious activity, unauthorised access attempts, and vulnerabilities. Automated alerting ensures our team can respond rapidly to potential security events.

Secure File Handling

Design files you upload are stored in isolated, access-controlled environments. Files are processed in sandboxed systems and are only shared with manufacturing partners necessary to fulfil your order. Files are retained only as long as needed and then securely deleted.

Payment Security

All payment processing is handled by Stripe, a PCI DSS Level 1 certified payment provider — the highest level of certification in the payments industry. We never store your full credit card number on our servers.

Vulnerability Management

We conduct regular security assessments of our Platform, including automated vulnerability scanning and code reviews. Dependencies are monitored for known vulnerabilities and patched promptly. We follow responsible disclosure practices and welcome reports from security researchers.

If you discover a potential security vulnerability, please report it responsibly to security@partspark.com.au. We will acknowledge receipt, investigate, and keep you informed of our progress.

Incident Response

We maintain a documented incident response plan to ensure rapid and effective response to security events. In the unlikely event of a data breach, we will comply with the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme under Part IIIC of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and notify affected individuals and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) as required by law.

Data Sovereignty & Compliance

We are committed to compliance with Australian privacy and data protection legislation, including:

  • Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs);
  • Notifiable Data Breaches scheme (Part IIIC, Privacy Act);
  • Spam Act 2003 (Cth) for electronic communications;
  • Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2, Competition and Consumer Act 2010);
  • Queensland Information Privacy Act 2009 where applicable.

Where data is processed or stored by third-party providers outside Australia, we take reasonable steps to ensure those providers comply with obligations comparable to the APPs, as required by APP 8.

Employee & Partner Security

All team members with access to customer data are required to follow our internal security policies. Manufacturing partners in our network are vetted and contractually obligated to maintain appropriate security and confidentiality standards when handling your designs and order information.

Business Continuity & Backups

We maintain regular, encrypted backups of critical systems and data. Our infrastructure is designed for resilience with automated failover and redundancy to minimise downtime in the event of hardware failure or other disruptions.

Security Contact

For security-related inquiries, vulnerability reports, or concerns, please contact our security team: