Privacy Policy

Asc3nd Technologies Group, LLC ("Asc3nd," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you visit or interact with our websites and online services that link to this Policy (collectively, the "Website"). This Policy is intentionally technology-neutral so it can apply as our Website, service providers, integrations, and technologies evolve.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect personal information directly from you, automatically through the Website, from your organization, from service providers or business partners, or from public and other lawful sources. This may include:

• Contact and business information, such as name, email address, telephone number, employer, organization, job title, and professional information.
• Information you provide through forms, correspondence, requests for information, demonstrations, proposals, events, surveys, downloads, recruiting activities, or other interactions.
• Applicant information, such as resumes, employment and education history, qualifications, licenses, certifications, and references.
• Device and Website information, such as IP address, browser or device characteristics, identifiers, pages viewed, links selected, approximate location derived from network information, and security or diagnostic data.
• Information collected through cookies, analytics, pixels, tags, scripts, APIs, embedded content, local storage, artificial intelligence tools, and similar current or future technologies.
• Other information you voluntarily provide or that we may lawfully collect for a disclosed or compatible business purpose.

2. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to operate, secure, maintain, and improve the Website; respond to inquiries and requests; provide and develop products, services, and solutions; manage customer, vendor, teaming, subcontractor, reseller, OEM, and other business relationships; conduct sales, marketing, recruiting, events, and business development; analyze Website use and performance; prevent fraud and security incidents; comply with contracts, government requirements, law, audits, and legal process; protect Asc3nd's rights, systems, personnel, customers, and operations; support corporate transactions; and carry out other disclosed, compatible, or legally permitted purposes.

3. Cookies and Other Technologies

Asc3nd and parties supporting the Website may use cookies, analytics, artificial intelligence, automated tools, and other technologies to operate and secure the Website, remember preferences, understand usage, measure performance, improve functionality, support integrations, and, where applicable, support communications or marketing. The technologies and providers we use may change over time.

Where required by law, we will provide appropriate notice, consent, preference controls, or opt-out mechanisms. Disabling certain technologies may affect Website functionality.

4. Artificial Intelligence and Automated Technologies

Asc3nd may use artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative technologies, automated decision-support, or similar tools in its business operations, products, services, cybersecurity, analytics, communications, recruiting, productivity, or Website functionality. Where these technologies process personal information, Asc3nd will seek to use them consistent with applicable law, contractual obligations, and appropriate safeguards.

5. How We Disclose Information

We may disclose personal information as reasonably necessary to service providers and processors; customers, vendors, suppliers, subcontractors, teaming partners, resellers, OEMs, technology partners, and other business partners; professional advisers; governmental, regulatory, judicial, or law-enforcement authorities; parties involved in an actual or proposed corporate transaction; and other parties at your direction, with your consent, or as permitted by law.

Asc3nd does not intend to sell personal information for monetary consideration. Some privacy laws define 'sale,' 'sharing,' 'targeted advertising,' or similar activities broadly. If our practices trigger a legally required notice, consent, opt-out right, or preference-signal obligation, we will provide the required mechanism.

6. Sensitive and Restricted Information

Please do not submit Social Security numbers, financial credentials, health information, classified information, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), export-controlled technical data, government-sensitive information, security credentials, proprietary source code, customer-restricted information, or other sensitive or regulated information through general Website channels unless Asc3nd specifically requests it and provides an authorized transmission method.

7. Data Security and Retention

Asc3nd maintains administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, destruction, or loss. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary and proportionate for the purposes for which it was collected and for legitimate business, contractual, government-contracting, legal, audit, security, compliance, records-management, and dispute-resolution requirements. We may delete, destroy, anonymize, or de-identify information when it is no longer required.

8. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you reside and whether applicable law applies to Asc3nd or other relevant processing, you may have rights to confirm whether we process your personal information; access, correct, delete, or obtain a portable copy of certain information; obtain information about certain disclosures; withdraw consent; or opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale of personal data, or qualifying profiling or automated decision-making.

Where the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act applies, Maryland consumers may exercise the rights provided by that law, subject to its exceptions and limitations. Asc3nd will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.

To submit a request or appeal an applicable privacy-rights decision, contact us using the information below and identify the communication as a "Privacy Request" or "Privacy Request Appeal," as appropriate. We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity and authority.

9. Third-Party Services, Children, and International Users

The Website may link to or integrate with third-party services. Asc3nd is not responsible for third-party privacy or security practices. The Website is intended for business and general adult audiences and is not directed to children. If we learn that we collected information from a child in circumstances governed by applicable children's privacy law, we will take appropriate action.

Asc3nd is based in the United States. Information may be processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where Asc3nd or its service providers operate, subject to applicable legal requirements.

10. Government and Regulated Information

Asc3nd operates in government, defense, cybersecurity, and other regulated environments. The public Website is not an authorized system for transmitting classified information, CUI, export-controlled technical data, government-sensitive information, or other information requiring specialized handling. Government-contract information may also be subject to contractual, agency, cybersecurity, records-retention, or other requirements that supplement or supersede this Policy.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy as our business, Website, technologies, providers, or legal obligations change. We will post the revised Policy with an updated date and provide additional notice or obtain consent where required by law.

12. Contact Us

Asc3nd Technologies Group, LLC
Attn: Chief Legal Officer / Privacy
306 W Redwood Street, STE 201
Baltimore, MD 21201
Email: legal@asc3ndtech.com
Telephone: 301-538-3177