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Privacy Policy Your
privacy is important to Ascent Software. We want you to feel confident
about the privacy and security of your personal data and therefore we
have developed a website privacy policy which includes all the rights
granted to you by the Data Protection Act 2001. We hope the following
policy will help you understand how we collect, use, and safeguard the
personal data you provide to us through our website.
In this policy, "we" and "us" refers to Ascent
Software Ltd. and "our" shall be construed accordingly. We advise you to
read the policy carefully. If you have any questions regarding privacy
issues, you may write to our Data Protection Officer at the addresses
below.
1. We do not obtain any personal data, that is, information that
identifies you as an individual other than that which you choose to
provide. We only collect information that we believe to be relevant to
conduct our business, for marketing purposes and to monitor the
improvement of our products. At times we may request that you
voluntarily supply us with personal information, such as your email
address and postal address, for purposes such as corresponding with us,
registering at a site, making a purchase, or participating in an online
survey or competition.
2. We collect and use personal data to send direct marketing material on
our products, promotions and offers that may be of interest to you, to
provide you with information that you request, to respond to feedback
that you submit to the sites, to allow you to participate in any of our
online surveys and competitions and generally to be able to correspond
with you after we receive a request from you.
3. We collect, use and keep any personal information given to us by you,
strictly for the purposes indicated in this policy and as described in
our website and in strict adherence to local Data Protection laws.
4. If you browse our website, you do so anonymously: we do not collect
personal information - such as your email address. We do log your IP
address (the Internet address of your computer) and we use technologies
to give us an idea of which parts of our website you visit and how long
you spend there. But we do not link this information to anything
personally identifiable. The only other information automatically
provided to us is the type of computer and operating system you are
using. Your browser automatically supplies us with this information.
5. In some of our customer email communication, we use a device called a
"clickthrough URL." When you click on one of these URLs, you pass
through our system before arriving at the website that is your true
destination. We use clickthroughs to determine the level of interest in
particular topics and to measure the effectiveness of our
communications. We do not share this data with anyone, and we make no
attempt to match click-throughs to particular email addresses.
6. We do not send unsolicited mail, messages or junk mail. Customers
have a right to request not to receive direct marketing material by
writing to us at the address below.
7. We do not provide any third parties with any information that you
provide unless obliged to do so by law, by court order or with your
specific consent.
8. Market research using customer information is only carried out so
that we may understand our customers’ needs and business trends and in
order to develop and improve our products.
9. Third party service providers may be contracted to provide services
to us. For this purpose, we will need to provide such companies/organisations
with the necessary personal data. We will make it mandatory on such
companies/organisations to strictly comply with all applicable
provisions of law when processing your personal data in the provision of
their services to us.
10. Authorised third parties, including external service providers, with
permitted access to your information are specifically required to apply
appropriate security measures to appropriate technical and
organisational security measures that may be necessary to safeguard the
personal data being processed from unauthorised or accidental
disclosure, loss or destruction and from any unlawful forms of
processing.
11. All reasonable efforts are made to keep customer information
up-to-date. You will help us take prompt and efficient action by
informing us of any changes to your personal data by sending us an email
or writing to us at the addresses provided below.
12. You may write to us at the same addresses if you would like to know
what personal information we hold about you.
13. We strive to invest in the latest security technologies available
and maintain strict information security policies designed to prevent
unauthorised access to your information by anyone, including our staff.
14. All our staff are aware of their responsibility for maintaining
customer confidentiality and complying with our information security
policies.
15. Links that we provide to third parties websites are clearly marked
and we are not in any way responsible for the content of such websites.
We suggest that users should read the privacy policies of such
third-party websites.
16. By using this website, you signify your assent to our privacy
policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this site.
17. We reserve the right, at our complete discretion, to change, modify,
add and/or remove portions of this policy at any time. Your continued
access to or use of our website will mean that you agree to any and all
changes.
Ascent Software Limited,
110, Testaferrata Street,
Msida MSD02 - Malta
Tel: (+356) 21 322209 Fax: (+356) 21 313642
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