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Privacy Policy

Ascent Analytics, Inc.

Effective as of November 1, 2021.

This Privacy Policy describes how Ascent Analytics, Inc. (“Ascent OS”, “we”, “us” or “our”) handles personal information that we collect through our website and services (collectively, the “Service”), as well as through social media, our marketing activities, our live events, and other activities described in this Privacy Policy.

In the course of providing services to our business customers, we process certain personal information on their behalf, subject to the restrictions of their contracts with us. Unless otherwise stated herein, this Privacy Policy does not apply to that personal information.

Personal information we collect

Information you provide to us. Personal information you may provide to us through the Service or otherwise includes:

Third party sources. We may combine personal information we receive from you with personal information we obtain from other sources, such as our marketing partners with whom we have entered into joint marketing relationships.

Automatic data collection. We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, your activity over time on our sites and other online services, and your interactions with our marketing communications such as:

Cookies. Some of our automatic data collection is facilitated by cookies and similar technologies. For more information, see our Cookie Notice.

How we use your personal information

We use your personal information for the following purposes or as otherwise described at the time we collect it:

Service delivery. We use your personal information to:

Research and development. We may use your personal information for research and development purposes, including to analyze and improve the Service and our business. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified or other anonymous data from personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Service and promote our business.

Marketing and advertising. We and our third-party advertising partners may collect and use your personal information for marketing and advertising purposes:

Compliance and protection. We may use your personal information to:

How we share your personal information

We may share your personal information with the following parties and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:

Affiliates. Affiliates, for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Lead engagement customers. If you submit your information to our lead engagement input form, you are instructing Ascent OS to share your personal information with the customer whose website features the lead engagement input form. Once your personal information has been shared with the Ascent OS customer, it will also be subject to the customer’s privacy policy and the customer may use your personal information for its own purposes. We encourage you to closely read the customer’s privacy policy before submitting your information. Please note that we do not control and we are not responsible for our customer’s processing of your personal information.

Service providers. Companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Service or our business (such as information technology, hosting, customer relationship management and support, communications delivery, marketing, advertising, and website analytics).

Advertising partners. Third party advertising companies that collect information about your activity on the Service and other online services to help us advertise our Service, and/or use customer lists that we share with them to deliver ads on their platforms on our behalf to those customers and similar users.

Professional advisors. Professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, bankers and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

Authorities and others. Law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate for the compliance and protection purposes described above.

Business transferees. Acquiring and other relevant parties to business transactions (or potential transactions) involving a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization, sale or other disposition of all or any portion of the business or assets of, or equity interests in, Ascent OS or our affiliates (including, in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

Your choices

You have the following choices with respect to your personal information.

Access or update your information. If you have registered for an online account with us, you may review and update certain account information from your account.

Opt-out of marketing communications. You may opt-out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email, or by contacting us. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.

Cookies. For information about cookies employed by the Service and how to control them, see our Cookie Notice.

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit the do not track website.

Declining to provide information. We need to collect personal information to provide certain services. If you do not provide the information we identify as mandatory, we may not be able to provide those services.

Access, amend, deletion, and opt-out. You may contact us to request access to, update or correct inaccuracies in, delete, or opt-out of certain uses of, your personal information. We will respond as required by law.

Other sites and services

The Service may contain links or integrations that allow you to access to websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. For example, our Service may allow solar professionals or their clients to access online services that offer financing for solar projects. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on web pages or in mobile applications or other online services that are not associated with us. Ascent OS does not have access to the personal information that is provided to these third parties and providing personal information to these third parties is at your own risk. We do not control websites, mobile applications or online services operated by third parties, and we are not responsible for their actions.

Security

We employ a number of technical, organizational and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

International data transfer

We are headquartered in the United States and may use service providers that operate in other countries. Your personal information may be transferred to the United States or other locations where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.

Children

We do not intentionally collect the personal information of children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal information through the Service from a child under 16 without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian as required by law, we will delete it.

Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Service. If required by law we will also provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach you, such as via email or another manner through the Service. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the modified version (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your use of the Service after the effective date of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy.

How to contact us

Email: support@ascentos.ai

Mail:

Ascent Analytics, Inc.
3941 Park Dr., STE 20522
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
USA

Information for California residents

Scope. This section describes how we collect, use, and share the Personal Information of California residents as a “business” under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and their rights with respect to their Personal Information. For purposes of this section, “Personal Information” has the meaning given in the CCPA but does not include information exempted from the scope of the CCPA.

Your California privacy rights. As a California resident, you have the rights listed below. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases we may decline your request as permitted by law.

How to exercise your rights You may submit requests to exercise your California privacy rights described above as follows:

We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.

We will need to verify your identity to process your information, access and deletion requests and reserve the right to confirm your California residency. To verify your identity, we may require you to provide government identification, give a declaration as to your identity under penalty of perjury and/or provide additional information. Your authorized agent may make a request on your behalf upon our verification of the agent’s identity and our receipt of a copy of valid power of attorney given to your authorized agent pursuant to California Probate Code Sections 4000-4465. If you have not provided your agent with such a power of attorney, you must provide your agent signed permission to exercise your CCPA rights on your behalf, provide the information we request to verify your identity, and provide us with written confirmation that you have given the authorized agent permission to submit the request. Authorized agents are required by California law to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices to protect their clients’ information.

Personal information that we collect, use and disclose. The chart below describes our practices regarding the collection and disclosure of Personal Information currently and during the 12 months preceding the effective date of this Privacy Policy by reference to the categories of Personal Information specified in the CCPA. Information you voluntarily provide to us, such as in free-form webforms, may contain other categories of personal information not described below.

Statutory category of Personal Information
(Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140)
Personal Information we collect in this category
(See the Personal Information section above for description)
Identifiers Contact data
Commercial information Data related to:
  • Account data
  • Research data
  • Communications
  • Marketing data
  • Online activity data
Financial information Purchase history, invoices, etc.
Online identifiers
  • Account data
  • Device data
Internet or network information
  • Marketing data
  • Device data
  • Online activity data
Geolocation data Device data
Inferences May be derived from your:
  • Account data
  • Marketing data
  • Device data
  • Online activity data

Sources. We describe the sources from which we collect these categories of Personal Information in the section above entitled “Personal Information we collect”.

Purposes. We describe the business and commercial purposes for which we collect these categories of Personal Information in the section above entitled “How we use your personal information”.

Disclosure. We describe the categories of third parties to which we disclose these categories of Personal Information above in the section above entitled “How we share your personal information”.

Notice to EEA and UK users

The information provided in this “Notice to EEA and UK users” section applies only to individuals in the European Economic Area and in the UK and explains our approach to any personal information that we collect from you or which we have obtained about you from a third party and the legal basis for processing for your personal information. It also sets out your rights in respect of our processing of your personal information.

Personal Information

References to “personal information” in this Privacy Policy are equivalent to “personal data” governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Controller

Ascent OS Inc. is the controller of your personal information covered by this Privacy Policy.

Legal basis for processing

The legal bases of our processing of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy will depend on the type of personal information and the specific context in which we process it. However, the legal bases we typically rely on are set out in the table below. We use your Personal Information only as permitted by law.

Processing purpose* Legal basis
* Details regarding each processing purpose listed here are provided in the section above titled “How we use your personal information”.
To operate our Service Processing is necessary to perform the contract governing our provision of our Service or to take steps that you request prior to signing up for the Service. If we have not entered into a contract with you, we process your personal information based on our legitimate interest in providing the Service you access and request.

For research and development

For marketing purposes

For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety

Sharing your personal information as described in Privacy Policy

These activities constitute our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal information for these activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
To comply with law Processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
With your consent Processing is based on your consent. Where we rely on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it any time in the manner indicated when you consent or in the Service.

Use For New Purposes

We may use your personal information for reasons not described in this Privacy Policy where permitted by law and the reason is compatible with the purpose for which we collected it. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and explain the applicable legal basis.

Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to establish or defend legal claims, or for fraud prevention purposes.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

When we no longer require the personal information we have collected about you, we will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. If we anonymize your personal information (so that it can no longer be associated with you), we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

Your Rights

If you are located in the EEA, you have the following rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you:

You may submit these requests by email (support@ascentos.ai) or to our postal address provided above. We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and process your request. Applicable law may require or permit us to decline your request. If we decline your request, we will tell you why, subject to legal restrictions.

Cross-Border Data Transfer

If we transfer your personal information out of the EEA or the UK to a country not deemed to provide an adequate level of personal information protection for purposes of applicable data protection laws such that additional safeguards are required, the transfer will be performed:

You may contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal information out of the EEA or the UK.