The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you, as a user and visitor to datAscent, what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit datAscent, how we may use that information, whether we will disclose it to anyone, and the options you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information. This privacy policy applies to the datAscent site and other Internet-accessible datAscent-branded services like datAscent e-mail that incorporates this policy. Finally, please note that this policy applies only to datAscent, and not to other companies' or organizations' Web sites to which we link.

Information About All datAscent Visitors
In general, our site automatically gathers certain usage information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to datAscent and its different sections and services, such as site reviews. We only use such data in the aggregate. This aggregate data helps us determine how much our customers use parts of the site, so we can improve our site to assure that it is as appealing as we can make it for as visitors as possible. For example, datAscent uses a technology nicknamed "cookies" that tells us how and when pages in our site are visited, and by how many people. These cookies also allow us to pass information between different sections of our website to save you from having to frequently re-enter information from previous areas.  We also may provide statistical "ratings" information, never information about you personally, to our datAscent partners about how our members, collectively, use datAscent. We do this so they can also understand how much people use their areas and our site in general which helps them to provide you with the best possible Web experience possible.

Information About You
If you are a datAscent member, when you access datAscent you may obtain access to features of the datAscent service that contain personal information, such as your account profile.  We may also use that information to let you know of additional products and services about which you might be interested.  However, this personal information will never be shared with any of our partners other than in an aggregate form.  For example, we may identify that we have a certain percentage of users within a geographic area to help our partners determine whether a valuable service may be available to you. We may ask you for information about your interests so that both you and we can take advantage of the interactivity of the online medium, but you may always choose to respond or not.  We also use cookie technology in order to improve your experience, including to remember your preferences or customized settings when you use datAscent, and to help authenticate your access to your personal information.

Disclosure
We do not use or disclose information about your individual visits to datAscent or information that you may give us on datAscent, such as your name, address, email address or telephone number, to any outside companies. datAscent may be required to share such information in response to legal process, such as a court order or subpoena, or in special cases such as a physical threat to you or others. And, as we mention above, we may share with our Web site partners aggregated statistical "ratings" information about the use of datAscent or its users aggregate geographical locations.

Children Using datAscent
datAscent makes all efforts to protect the safety and privacy of minors using our services, and encourages you to be actively involved with your children's use of the Internet in general.  datAscent is a general audience site, and we do not knowingly collect information about children. For parents who are datAscent members, we recommend that you review information on the web such as Safekids.com before you allow your children to explore the Internet.  You can also obtain additional information about safe surfing through the Federal Trade Commission web site.

datAscent Privacy Policy Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy for datAscent, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone.

Questions regarding this privacy policy should be directed via email to our privacy administrator at privacy@datascent.com, to return to the Site, please use the "Back" button on your browser.