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Privacy Policy

For Laboratory Research Use Only

Products sold on this site are intended exclusively for in-vitro laboratory research by qualified professionals. They are not drugs, not dietary supplements, not foods, not cosmetics, and not medical devices. They are not FDA-approved to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, or mitigate any disease, illness, or health condition. They are not for human or animal consumption under any circumstances.

Scope And Who We Are

This Privacy Policy describes how PLM Enterprises Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company doing business as Ascend Bio Labs (“Ascend Bio Labs,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, retains, and protects personal information when you visit ascendbiolabs.com or any related page, create an account, or purchase a product. It is incorporated into our Terms of Service..

We are the data controller (in EEA/UK terms) and business (in California terms) for the personal information described here.

2. Key Definitions

  • Personal Information (or “Personal Data”) means information that identifies, relates to, or could reasonably be linked with a particular individual or household.
  • Sensitive Personal Information has the meaning given by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
  • Process means any operation performed on Personal Information, whether automated or not - collection, storage, use, disclosure, deletion, etc.
  • Sell and Share have the meanings given by the CPRA. See Section 12.
  • Service Provider means a third party we engage to process Personal Information on our behalf under a written contract that restricts their use of it.

Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of Personal Information:

Identifiers and contact information

Name, email address, phone number, shipping and billing address, and Clerk user ID. Collected directly from you when you create an account, place an order, contact support, or sign up for email.

Commercial information

Products viewed and purchased, order history, cart contents, wishlist, discount codes used, and customer service interactions.

Payment information

Payment is processed by our third-party payment processor. We do not store full payment-card numbers, CVV codes, or bank account numbers on our servers. We receive limited information such as the last four digits of the card, card brand, expiration date, a processor token, and billing ZIP for fraud scoring and dispute handling.

Approximate geolocation

General location inferred from your IP address (country, state, city, ZIP). We do not collect precise (GPS-level) geolocation.

Information we do NOT collect

We do not collect biometric information, precise GPS location, health or medical records, genetic data, racial or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, union membership, or content of private communications you have with third parties.

How We Use Personal Information

  • to create and maintain your account and let you sign in;
  • to process, fulfill, ship, and support your orders, including customer service and returns/refund handling;
  • to detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to fraud, chargebacks, account takeover, and abuse of the Site;
  • to operate, secure, maintain, measure, debug, and improve the Site and our products;
  • to send transactional communications about your orders, account, and the Site;
  • with your consent, to send marketing communications (see Section 17);
  • for any other purpose disclosed to you at the time of collection or with your consent.

Pricing and availability

All prices are listed in U.S. dollars and are subject to change without notice. Typographical errors in pricing are not binding on us. If we discover a pricing error after you have placed an order, we may cancel the order and issue a refund of any amount already charged.

No Sale; Limited Sharing

We do not sell Personal Information for monetary value. In the twelve months preceding the last updated date of this Privacy Policy, we have not sold Personal Information.

Under the CPRA, “sharing” can include disclosing Personal Information to third-party advertising partners for cross-context behavioral advertising, even where no money changes hands. We do not currently share Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising. If we begin to, we will update this Policy and provide a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link (see Section 12).

Cookies And Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies (pixels, local storage, device identifiers). Strictly necessary cookies are required for the Site to function (authentication, cart, CSRF protection). Analytics and advertising cookies load only after you have given consent through our cookie banner. For the complete list and your controls, see our Cookie Policy.

Researcher Affiliation Warranty

You represent and warrant that you are affiliated with a laboratory, academic institution, university, or other research-based facility, or are otherwise a qualified professional, in each case lawfully engaged in in-vitro research with the Products being purchased.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to conduct reasonable due-diligence screening to verify the accuracy of the information you provide - including, for example, requesting affiliation documentation, cross-referencing public registries, or contacting the institution you identify. We may delay, condition, or refuse fulfillment of any order pending the outcome of such screening.

Data Retention

We retain Personal Information for as long as necessary to provide the Site and the Products you have ordered, to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes, to enforce our agreements, and to prevent fraud. Representative retention periods:

  • the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the “FFDCA”), including Sections 404, 505, and 512, and the prohibition on introducing adulterated or misbranded articles into interstate commerce;
  • Order and transaction records - for at least 7 years to comply with tax, accounting, and fraud-investigation obligations.
  • Support communications - up to 3 years from last contact.
  • Web analytics events - aggregated and cookieless in Vercel Analytics, retained per our analytics provider's plan limits.
  • Error monitoring records - up to 90 days in Sentry.
  • Marketing contact records - until you unsubscribe plus a short suppression window to honor your opt-out.

Security

We take reasonable and appropriate technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect Personal Information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These include encryption in transit (TLS) and at rest with our providers, authentication through Clerk, least-privilege access controls, and monitoring for security events.

No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. If you have reason to believe your account or information has been compromised, contact us immediately

  • use, consume, ingest, inject, inhale, apply to, or otherwise administer any Product to any human being or animal;
  • resell, re-sell, re-brand, repackage, relabel, or redistribute any Product in any form;
  • combine, compound, dilute, reconstitute, or formulate any Product for administration to any human or animal;
  • make any therapeutic, medical, diagnostic, or efficacy claim about any Product, whether in marketing, product reviews, social media, or any other channel;
  • use any Product in a manner inconsistent with applicable federal, state, or local law;
  • remove, alter, or obscure any label, lot number, or identifier on any Product;

Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively,“CCPA”) gives you specific rights with respect to Personal Information we collect about you. Exercising these rights is free, and we will not discriminate against you for doing so.

You may not create multiple accounts, share an account with another person, or transfer your account to another person. We may suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, for any reason consistent with these Terms.

Right to know

You have the right to request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you, the categories of sources, the business or commercial purposes for collection, and the categories of third parties with whom we have shared or disclosed Personal Information, during the preceding 12 months.

Right to delete

You have the right to request that we delete Personal Information we have collected from you, subject to the exceptions in the statute (such as completing a transaction, detecting fraud, or complying with legal obligations).

Right to correct

You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information we hold about you.

Right to opt out of sale or sharing

You have the right to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” (for cross-context behavioral advertising) of your Personal Information. As stated in Section 8, we do not currently sell or share Personal Information as those terms are defined by the CCPA. If that ever changes, you will be able to exercise this right by visiting “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link in the Site footer or by following the instructions below.

No retaliation

We will not deny you goods or services, charge you a different price, or provide a different level of quality because you exercised any CCPA right.

Third-Party Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources. This Privacy Policy does not apply to them. Review the privacy policy of any third party before providing any Personal Information to it.

Updates To This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated version here with a new “Last updated” date. For material changes, we will provide additional notice (for example, by email or a prominent notice on the Site). Your continued use of the Site after the effective date of the updated Policy constitutes acceptance of it.

Contact Us

Questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle Personal Information? Email us at info@beltrixlabs.com