Ascend Vanta Legal & Trust Center
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
Ascend Vanta believes privacy rights should be clear, accessible, and respected. This page explains how visitors may manage choices related to the sale, sharing, targeted advertising, cookies, tracking technologies, and certain uses of personal information.
Overview
This page explains how Ascend Vanta handles requests related to the sale or sharing of personal information, targeted advertising, advertising cookies, tracking technologies, analytics tools, pixels, tags, and similar digital marketing systems.
Privacy language can feel complicated. Ascend Vanta’s approach is simple: people should understand what information may be collected, how it may be used, and what choices may be available to them.
Ascend Vanta does not sell personal information as a core business practice. However, certain advertising, analytics, retargeting, or tracking technologies may be considered “sharing” or targeted advertising under some privacy laws. This page explains how visitors may manage those choices.
What “Sell” or “Share” May Mean
Privacy laws may define “sell” and “share” broadly. In some regions, selling personal information may include exchanging personal information for money or other valuable consideration. Sharing may include disclosing personal information to third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising, targeted advertising, retargeting, or similar purposes.
These definitions can apply even when no money changes hands. For example, certain advertising pixels, analytics systems, retargeting tools, social media advertising platforms, or conversion tracking technologies may involve data sharing under some privacy laws.
- Advertising pixels
- Retargeting technologies
- Cross-context behavioral advertising tools
- Marketing analytics platforms
- Conversion tracking scripts
- Social media advertising tools
- Third-party campaign measurement systems
- Website activity tied to advertising identifiers
Ascend Vanta aims to explain these practices clearly and provide meaningful choices where required or appropriate.
Ascend Vanta’s Position
Ascend Vanta does not sell personal information as a core business practice.
We do not build our business around selling visitor, lead, client, or user information to data brokers. We do not treat personal information as a product to be traded.
Ascend Vanta may use trusted service providers and digital tools to operate the website, measure marketing performance, understand visitor behavior, manage inquiries, protect systems, and improve user experience. Some of these tools may involve cookies, tracking technologies, or third-party platforms.
Where applicable privacy laws treat these activities as a sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or similar activity, Ascend Vanta aims to provide a clear way for visitors to opt out.
Your Privacy Choices
Visitors may have the ability to control or limit certain uses of personal information depending on where they live, the tools used on the website, browser settings, and applicable privacy laws.
Reject All
Limits cookie use to strictly necessary cookies needed to operate the website and remember the cookie choice.
Accept All
Allows strictly necessary, analytics, marketing, and functional cookies where applicable.
Manage Browser Settings
Visitors may block, delete, or limit cookies through browser or device privacy settings.
Request Opt-Out
Visitors may request opt-out of sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or similar activity where applicable.
Cookie choices may not remove all previously stored cookies. Visitors can clear browser data to remove existing cookies or local storage from their browser or device.
How to Opt Out
Visitors who want to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, targeted advertising, or non-essential tracking may use the website’s cookie banner by selecting Reject All.
If a cookie choice has already been made, visitors may use the website’s cookie preference option, where available, to reopen the cookie banner and change their selection.
- Select Reject All on the cookie banner
- Use the cookie preference option to change a previous choice
- Clear browser cookies or local storage
- Use browser privacy settings to block third-party cookies
- Enable supported browser-level privacy signals where available
- Use platform-level advertising controls provided by third-party services
Ascend Vanta aims to honor valid opt-out choices in accordance with applicable law and available technology.
Global Privacy Control and Browser Signals
Some browsers, extensions, devices, or privacy tools may allow visitors to send a privacy preference signal, such as a Global Privacy Control signal.
Where required by applicable law and technically feasible, Ascend Vanta aims to respect recognized browser-based opt-out preference signals as a request to opt out of sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or similar activities.
Browser signals may depend on the visitor’s device, browser, extension, privacy settings, website technology, and applicable law.
California Privacy Rights
California residents may have specific rights under California privacy laws, including the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, California residents may also have rights to request access, deletion, correction, information about data practices, limitation of certain sensitive personal information uses, and non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights.
- Right to know what personal information is collected
- Right to know how personal information is used or disclosed
- Right to request deletion
- Right to request correction
- Right to opt out of sale or sharing
- Right to limit certain sensitive personal information uses where applicable
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights
Ascend Vanta does not discriminate against individuals for exercising legally protected privacy rights.
Targeted Advertising and Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising
Some privacy laws distinguish between general advertising and targeted advertising based on activity across different websites, apps, or services.
Ascend Vanta may use or later add advertising, analytics, or campaign measurement tools that help understand how visitors arrive at the website, what content they view, and whether marketing efforts lead to inquiries or conversions.
Where these technologies are treated as targeted advertising, sale, sharing, or profiling under applicable law, visitors may use the cookie banner, browser controls, or privacy request process to manage applicable choices.
Categories of Information That May Be Involved
Depending on website functionality, cookie settings, third-party tools, browser settings, and visitor activity, certain categories of information may be collected or associated with cookies, analytics, advertising, or tracking technologies.
- IP address
- Device type
- Browser type
- Operating system
- Approximate location
- Referral source
- Pages viewed
- Time spent on site
- Button clicks or form interactions
- Advertising identifiers where applicable
- Campaign source or conversion activity
- Website usage and performance data
Ascend Vanta aims to use this information for clear business, website, security, analytics, marketing, or user experience purposes.
Third-Party Platforms and Service Providers
Ascend Vanta may use trusted third-party platforms to support website hosting, analytics, advertising, CRM management, lead tracking, form handling, automation, scheduling, security, spam prevention, performance monitoring, and other business operations.
These third-party providers may process information on Ascend Vanta’s behalf or may independently control certain information depending on the service, tool, configuration, or applicable law.
- Website hosting providers
- Analytics platforms
- Advertising platforms
- Tag management systems
- CRM and lead management tools
- Email and automation platforms
- Scheduling or embedded widget providers
- Security and spam protection tools
- Performance monitoring services
- Payment or billing platforms where applicable
Ascend Vanta expects third-party tools to handle information responsibly and in accordance with their own privacy, cookie, and security practices.
Massachusetts Privacy and Security Notice
Ascend Vanta is based in Massachusetts and takes the protection of personal information seriously.
When personal information involving Massachusetts residents is collected, stored, processed, or transmitted, Ascend Vanta aims to use reasonable safeguards aligned with applicable Massachusetts privacy and data security expectations.
These safeguards may include administrative, technical, and physical protections appropriate to the size, scope, and nature of Ascend Vanta’s business and the information involved.
International Privacy Rights
Visitors from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, and other countries or regions may have privacy rights under applicable data protection laws.
These rights may include access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, consent withdrawal, data portability, and rights related to profiling or certain marketing activities.
Where required, non-essential cookies and similar technologies should only operate after a valid consent choice. Visitors may withdraw or change consent where available.
Ascend Vanta aims to respect valid privacy choices in accordance with applicable laws and the technical controls available on the website.
Children’s Privacy
Ascend Vanta’s website and services are intended for business audiences and are not directed toward children.
Ascend Vanta does not knowingly sell or share personal information of children. If child-related information is discovered, Ascend Vanta will take reasonable steps to address it in accordance with applicable law.
Sensitive Personal Information
Ascend Vanta does not intentionally seek to collect sensitive personal information through general website browsing or standard marketing interactions.
Sensitive personal information may include government identifiers, financial account information, precise location information, health information, biometric information, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, political opinions, union membership, or similar categories defined by applicable law.
Visitors should avoid submitting sensitive personal information through website forms unless specifically requested and necessary for a legitimate purpose.
Verification of Privacy Requests
Some privacy requests may require reasonable verification before Ascend Vanta can process them. Verification helps prevent unauthorized access, deletion, disclosure, or modification of personal information.
The level of verification may depend on the request, the type of information involved, the risk of harm, and applicable privacy law.
Ascend Vanta may be unable to fulfill certain requests if the requester cannot be reasonably verified or if the request conflicts with legal, security, contractual, accounting, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, or legitimate business obligations.
Authorized Agents
Where applicable law allows, a person may use an authorized agent to submit a privacy request on their behalf.
Ascend Vanta may request proof that the agent has permission to act for the individual. Ascend Vanta may also need to verify the identity of the individual who is the subject of the request.
Requests made by authorized agents may be denied if appropriate permission or verification cannot be confirmed.
Limitations and Exceptions
Privacy rights are important, but some requests may be limited by applicable law, operational needs, security requirements, or legitimate business obligations.
- Completing transactions or requested services
- Maintaining business records
- Complying with legal obligations
- Protecting against fraud, spam, abuse, or security threats
- Debugging or repairing website functionality
- Exercising legal rights or defending legal claims
- Maintaining records of privacy choices
- Protecting the rights, safety, or security of users, clients, or Ascend Vanta
Ascend Vanta aims to apply limitations narrowly and respectfully.
Non-Discrimination
Ascend Vanta does not discriminate against individuals for exercising legally protected privacy rights.
This means Ascend Vanta will not deny website access, provide a different level of website functionality, or treat a visitor unfairly solely because they exercised applicable privacy rights.
Some website features may function differently if cookies, tracking tools, or optional technologies are rejected or disabled.
How Cookie Choices Affect the Website
Selecting Reject All may limit analytics, marketing, advertising, and functional cookies. This may reduce Ascend Vanta’s ability to understand website performance, measure marketing effectiveness, personalize features, or improve campaign attribution.
Strictly necessary cookies may still operate because they are required for website function, security, consent storage, or requested services.
Visitors may also clear browser data, block third-party cookies, or use browser-level privacy settings for additional control.
Relationship to Other Ascend Vanta Policies
This page should be read together with Ascend Vanta’s broader privacy and website policies.
Together, these policies explain how Ascend Vanta approaches privacy, cookies, security, responsible technology, website use, and user choice.
Changes to This Page
Ascend Vanta may update this page from time to time to reflect changes in privacy laws, cookie practices, advertising tools, analytics systems, website functionality, technology providers, or business operations.
When changes are made, the updated version may be posted on the Ascend Vanta website.
Continued use of the website after updates means the revised version applies going forward.
Ascend Vanta’s Privacy Choice Promise
Ascend Vanta believes trust is part of every digital experience.
People should feel confident that their information is handled with clarity, security, respect, and purpose.
We aim to provide privacy choices that are clear, accessible, and aligned with our values: Clarity Before Creation, Human First, AI Enhanced, Measure What Moves, and Presence Before Promotion.