Privacy policy.
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to ascendtogether.com and Ascend and its partners and subsidiaries, and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Ascend include ascendtogether.com. The Ascend website is a company services description site. By using the Ascend website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of Your Personal Information
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Ascend does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Ascend may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, or provide client support. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Ascend, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Ascend may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Ascend or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Ascend; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Ascend, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
Ascend may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Ascend, in order to determine what Ascend services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Ascend to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Ascend. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Ascend website.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
•Delete your personal information from our records; and
•Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
•Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
•Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
•Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
•Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
•Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
•Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
•Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
•Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
•Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
Ascend does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Ascend may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Ascend, you may opt out of such communications by responding "unsubsribe".
Changes to this Statement
Ascend reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Ascend welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Ascend has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Ascend at:
Ascend
201 N Union St., Ste 110
Alexandria VA, Virginia 22314
Email Address:
info@ascendtogether.com