Privacy policy

ASCEND Therapeutics, Inc. (ASCEND) is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our web sites. ASCEND will only collect personally identifiable information (such as your name, address, telephone number, or
e-mail address) when you provide it to us. ASCEND will use personal information only for the purpose indicated to you when you provided it. We may refer to this information in order to better understand your needs and to help us improve our products and services. We may use this information to contact you. ASCEND will not disclose, sell, rent, or exchange such personally identifiable information to any other organization or entity unless the user is first notified and expressly agrees to it or as otherwise required by law.

This web site uses cookies to make it easy to use. Cookies provide the user with access to functions like log-in. This occurs by way of interaction between you, as the visitor, and this web site. A cookie is a small text file sent from our server to your web browser. There are two kinds of cookies. Session cookies are sent between your computer and the server during the time that you are visiting our web site so that the web site functions properly during your visit and so that information does not disappear. Session cookies are not stored on your computer; they disappear when you close your web browser.  

Permanent cookies are saved as a text file on your computer and enable the site to recognize your computer’s IP address (the computer’s identification number) the next time you log in. This allows you to receive relevant information from us each time you visit our web site. The goal of the cookies used by this web site, no matter which kind, is to simplify your experience as the user. A cookie never contains a virus and cannot influence or destroy information on your computer.

Web browsers can be set up so that cookies are automatically refused or you are informed if a web page contains cookies. The procedure for doing so will vary depending on the system you are operating. For example, if you are using Internet Explorer 7.0 to browse the Internet, you may deactivate cookies by selecting ‘Tools,’ ‘Internet Options,’ choosing the ‘Privacy’ tab, clicking on ‘Advanced,’ checking the ‘Override automatic cookie handling’ box, and choosing ‘Block’ or ‘Prompt’ as appropriate. Further information about cookies can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm. For information on how to deactivate cookies on your computer, check with the software company that provides your web browser.

We use third-party advertising technology to serve ads when you visit our web site and sites upon which we advertise. This technology uses information about your visits to this web site and the sites upon which we advertise to serve our ads to you. In the course of serving our advertisements to you, a unique third-party cookie may be placed or recognized on your browser. In addition, we use web beacons, provided by our third-party ad server, to help manage and optimize our online advertising. These web beacons enable our ad server, on our behalf or on behalf of our agent, to recognize a browser’s cookie when a browser visits this site and to learn which banner ads bring visitors to our web site. Our third-party ad server is performing its functions on our behalf or on behalf of our agent, and we may, directly or indirectly, instruct the ad server to enable other service providers to receive information about our site related to our online advertising. To learn more about our third-party ad-serving partner, cookies, and opting out, please click here.

This ASCEND web site is not intended or designed for browsing by children. ASCEND will not collect any personally identifiable information from any visitor that we know to be a minor.

For your convenience, ASCEND web sites may contain links to other web sites controlled by third parties. This privacy statement does not cover these sites, and ASCEND shall not be responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other sites. Information on the privacy policies of these sites can be found on the respective web sites.

ASCEND reserves the right to amend this policy at any time. It should be noted that this privacy policy does not create any contractual or other legal right in or on behalf of any party.