Privacy

Ascent's web-site privacy policy

This section describes privacy policies and practices for web sites operated by Ascent Technology, Inc., such as the type of information Ascent gathers from Ascent's web sites, when Ascent gathers it, how Ascent uses it, and with whom Ascent shares it.

Ascent operates the www.ascent.com, www.ascentworkzone.com, www.smartairport.com, www.smartairline.com, and other web sites from its facilities in Cambridge, MA, USA. Ascent uses the public areas of these web sites to provide general information about Ascent, Ascent's products, and Ascent's services. Ascent uses the password-protected areas of these web sites to enable licensed and registered users of Ascent's products and/or services to view non-public information about Ascent's products and to obtain user and technical support services.

You can visit the public areas of Ascent's web sites without revealing information about yourself unless you choose to do so. For example, you may choose to provide personal information, such as your name, title, company name, and contact information, so that Ascent may correspond with you and/or provide material that you request. Ascent does not use the information you choose to provide over the public areas of Ascent's web sites for any other purpose.

To visit password-protected areas of Ascent's web sites, you must be a registered user of Ascent's products and/or services, and you must provide personal information, such as your name, title, company name, telephone and fax numbers, mailing address, and email address, so that Ascent may issue a password to you and so that Ascent may correspond with you. Ascent does not provide your personal information to any other parties. However, if you choose to participate in on-line user forums, chat rooms, or other forms of communication restricted to registered users, other participants will have access to your contact information and other information you provide in those on-line user forums, chat rooms, and other forms of communication. Ascent is not responsible in any way for the actions of participants in on-line user forums, chat rooms, or other forms of communication restricted to registered users. If you do not want your information to be used in this way, do not participate in an on-line user forum, chat room, or other form of communication restricted to registered users.

From time to time, Ascent may host public discussion forums, chat rooms, or other forms of communication that are accessible through one or more of Ascent's web sites. If you participate in a public discussion forum, chat room, or other form of communication, the information you provide will be available to parties that have access to these activities. These parties may or may not be registered users of Ascent's products and/or services. Ascent is not responsible in any way for the actions of participants in its public discussion forums, chat rooms, and other forms of communication. If you do not want your information to be used in this way, do not participate in public discussion forums, chat rooms, or other forms of communication.

Ascent may personalize and customize web sites for certain visitors—generally, prospective customers who want to view product demonstrations, operate the products on a trial basis, or use services on a trial basis. If you choose to visit one of Ascent's customized web sites, Ascent will collect personal information from you, such as your name, title, company name, telephone and fax numbers, mailing address, and email address, so that Ascent may issue a password to you, correspond with you, and provide customized material to you. By choosing to visit one of Ascent's customized web sites, you agree to let Ascent collect this information from you and use it in combination with other information you may have given to Ascent. If you do not want your information to be used in this way, do not visit one of these web sites.

Ascent may be required by government or judicial order to disclose personal information you provide to Ascent.

Ascent's web sites may contain links to web sites Ascent does not operate. Ascent is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of any other web sites.

How to obtain additional information

If you require additional information about Ascent's web-site privacy policies and practices, contact Ascent's president:

Karen A. Prendergast
President
Ascent Technology, Inc.
Fifth Floor
One Broadway
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1190, U.S.A.
Telephone: +1.617.395.4800
Fax: +1.617.395.4700