DATA PROTECTION
Introduction
ASO Ventures LLC is committed to providing a superior learning experience for everyone we work with. We know that our users are committed to their success, and we are equally committed to ensuring that each interaction someone has with our content is optimized for maximum educational potential. To enable us to do this, ASO Ventures LLC needs to gather and use certain information about individuals.
Individuals who we gather information about include customers, affiliates, business contacts, employees, and other people the organization has a relationship with or may need to contact. This policy describes how this personal data is collected, handled, and stored to meet the company's data protection standards — and to comply with the law.
Why this policy exists
This data protection policy ensures ASO Ventures LLC complies with data protection law and follows industry best practices, protects the rights of staff, customers, affiliates, and partners, is open about how it stores and processes individuals' data, and protects itself from the risks of a data breach.
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The GDPR describes how organizations who conduct business with individuals or entities located in EU nations — including ASO Ventures LLC — must collect, handle, and store personal information. These rules apply regardless of whether data is stored electronically, on paper, or in any other manner.
To comply with the law, personal information must be collected and used fairly, stored safely, and not disclosed unlawfully. The EU GDPR is underpinned by eight core principles, which state that personal data must be processed fairly and lawfully, obtained only for specific lawful purposes, be adequate, relevant, and not excessive, accurate and kept up to date, not be held longer than necessary, processed in accordance with data subjects’ rights, protected appropriately, and not transferred outside the EEA unless that country ensures adequate protection.
1. Policy Statement
Every day our business receives, uses, and stores personal information about customers, affiliates, partners, and colleagues. It is important that this information is handled lawfully and appropriately, in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR. We take our data protection duties seriously because we respect the trust that is placed in us to use personal information appropriately and responsibly.
2. About this Policy
This policy sets out the basis on which we process any personal data that we collect or process. It does not form part of any employee’s contract of employment and may be amended at any time.
The company as a whole is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Requirements and this policy. Questions or concerns should be referred to the Data Protection Officer.
3. What is Personal Data?
Personal data is defined as data relating to a living individual who can be identified directly or indirectly from that data. Processing includes obtaining, recording, holding, organizing, using, disclosing, or erasing it.
4. Data Protection Principles
Anyone processing personal data must ensure that data is processed fairly and lawfully, collected for specified purposes, limited to what is necessary, accurate, stored only as long as needed, and protected appropriately.
5. Fair and Lawful Processing
We process personal data fairly and for lawful purposes only — for example, with consent, to perform a contract, comply with legal obligations, or for legitimate business interests.
Collection of Information
We collect information you provide (e.g., name, email, payment info), information collected automatically (e.g., device data, IP address, cookies), and analytics on platform use.
See our Privacy Policy for more details on collection and usage.
Use of Information
We use information to provide, analyze, enhance, and personalize services and marketing, process orders and payments, and improve user experience.
6–15. Additional Sections
The remainder of this policy outlines topics such as processing for limited purposes, notifying individuals, accuracy and security of data, rights of data subjects, and procedures for access requests and policy changes.
For data protection concerns, contact us at admin@designerants.com.