Transparency & data protection

Privacy Policy

How ASCEND Publisher handles information when an authorized account owner connects a social network, prepares content, or uses publishing tools.

1. Who operates this application

ASCEND Publisher ("we," "our," or "the application") is a privately operated software project associated with Ascend Mekanika and its authorized business brands. It provides a self-hosted workflow for drafting, reviewing, scheduling, and—when expressly authorized—publishing original content to connected social media accounts.

For questions or privacy requests, contact founder@ascendmekanika.com.

2. What information we handle

Depending on the features you choose to use, the application may process:

• Account and authorization information: account identifiers or handles, authorized workspaces, connected-platform identities, OAuth tokens and granted scopes. We do not ask for your Pinterest account password.
• Content you provide: approved images, videos, titles, captions, links, boards or destination selections, drafts, and schedules.
• Information returned by an authorized platform: permitted profile, board, Pin, publishing status, and performance information necessary for the feature you request. Access is limited to the permissions you grant and the platform's rules.
• Operational records: approval history, delivery receipts, timestamps, errors, security events, and limited diagnostic data needed to prevent duplicate or unauthorized posts.
• Support communications: information you choose to send when contacting us.

3. How we use information

• Authenticate authorized owners and maintain their connected accounts.
• Show eligible destinations, prepare and review content, and carry out a Pin or post action only after the owner has approved it.
• Display available account-level analytics and verify whether a requested post was delivered.
• Protect account access, troubleshoot failures, prevent duplicate publishing, and meet applicable legal or platform-policy requirements.

We do not use connected-account data for third-party advertising targeting, sell it to data brokers, or use Pinterest API data to train or improve artificial intelligence models. Owner-supplied creative drafts may be evaluated by local quality-review models before approval.

4. Pinterest access and owner control

Pinterest access is requested using Pinterest's authorization process and only for scopes that support features you choose, such as accessing your own boards and Pins, creating approved Pins, or viewing permitted reporting data. You control which account to connect and can revoke access through Pinterest's account settings.

Scheduling a Pin does not grant permission for the application to publish unrelated material. An owner must expressly select and approve each item and destination. Pinterest-sourced information is retrieved and retained only to the extent allowed by Pinterest's API and Developer policies.

5. Sharing and service providers

The application may transmit your approved content and necessary account information to the platform you have authorized. Limited information may also be processed by infrastructure used to operate the application, such as the privately operated OpenPost integration, hosting, network, or security services. We do not sell personal information or share Pinterest API data for unrelated marketing or advertising.

Social networks and external services have their own privacy policies, which apply when you use those services.

6. Security

We apply access restrictions, authenticated connections, and safeguards intended to protect credentials and publishing permissions. Where supported, connected accounts are managed using scoped OAuth credentials rather than storing account passwords. Access to the self-hosted administration interface is restricted. No system can guarantee absolute security.

7. Retention, disconnection, and deletion

Locally submitted drafts, approvals, and limited operational records may be retained while needed to operate the application or meet legal and security obligations. Information received from Pinterest is subject to Pinterest's separate storage restrictions and is not kept longer than those rules permit.

When an authorized user revokes Pinterest consent, requests deletion, closes the relevant account, or the data is no longer needed, we will delete Pinterest Data within our control without undue delay and no later than 30 days, as required by Pinterest's developer terms, or sooner where the law requires. If a deletion obligation cannot be met, we will follow the notification and remediation requirements of those terms.

To request access, correction, deletion, or help disconnecting an account, email founder@ascendmekanika.com. We may need to verify that you control the affected account before processing a request.

8. Cookies and public website access

The application may use strictly necessary authentication or security mechanisms to maintain authorized sessions. This public privacy-policy page does not intentionally run advertising trackers or analytics scripts. Our hosting and security provider may process technical request information, such as an IP address and access time, to deliver and protect this page.

9. International access and children

The application is operated from the United States, and infrastructure or connected social platforms may process information in other locations as described in their own policies. The application is intended for authorized business and creator accounts and is not designed for children under 13.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as integrations, data practices, or applicable requirements change. Material changes will be reflected here with a revised effective date. Continued use is subject to any additional consent required by law or the relevant social platform.

11. Contact

ASCEND Publisher
Privacy and account-data inquiries: founder@ascendmekanika.com