ASCENT PORTAL PRIVACY POLICY

The Sources of Information

You acknowledge that Ascent Portal uses certain technology on our website to collect information from visitors, which may include the use of cookies. Ascent Portal uses this technology to collect information about how our visitors use our website, including information relating to the frequency of visits to our website, average length of visits, and which pages are viewed during a visit. This information is used to improve the site content and performance. The use by you of any Ascent Portal password-protected service product or client application may be governed by separate privacy and security policies that may be accessed within such products/applications. By using those products/applications you are subject to those additional privacy policies and securities policies, and you agree to be bound by those terms and conditions. Specifically, you agree that Ascent Portal may gather usage statistics and usage data from your use of such products/applications to evaluate your use of these products/applications, to improve the Ascent Portal products and services, and to ensure that you are complying with the terms of the applicable agreements between you and Ascent Portal. The statistics and data collected may or may not be aggregated. These statistics contain no personal information and will not be used to gather personal information. In addition, “cookies” allow us to recognize your computer each time you return to our website, verify your registration or password information during a particular session so that you do not have to input your password multiple times as you navigate the site, and suggest products or services that may interest you. Most web browsers allow you to modify your preferences to notify you when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject our cookies, some areas of the website may not function properly or may not be accessible. The technology we use cannot obtain information from your hard drive or pass on a computer virus.

Ascent Portal Protecting Your Privacy

Ascent Portal is committed to protecting the privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. Access to personal information is limited to Ascent Portal personnel and those authorized third parties who may host your data on our behalf (such as our third-party CRM provider) or may assist in providing the products and services you requested. Ascent Portal maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that aim to protect the information against loss, misuse, damage or modification and unauthorized access or disclosure. Some of the features of the Ascent Portal information security program are:

A dedicated group that designs, implements and provides oversight to our information security program;

The use of specialized technology such as firewalls and access control lists;

Testing of the security and operability of products and services before they are introduced to the Internet, as well as ongoing scanning for publicly known vulnerabilities in the technology;

Monitoring of our systems infrastructure to detect weaknesses and potential intrusions; and

Implementing controls to identify, authenticate and authorize access to various systems or sites.