Ola Surveys Terms and Conditions
Last updated: January 29, 2025
Introduction
Ola Surveys LLC (“We,” “Our,” “Us,” “Ola Surveys”) is a market research company specializing in the collection of survey data, with a focus on consumers in the United States.
Through Our Survey DiemTM online survey panel and mobile app(s), we connect consumers with organizations to gather feedback that will inform the development and marketing of those organizations’ products and services. Brands benefit from Our panelists’ honest feedback, and Our panelists get to learn about and help develop interesting offerings that are or may soon be available.
We are based at 1325 G St. NW #500, Washington, DC, USA 20005.
This resource outlines the key terms regarding Our provision and your use of the following services: Our websites (“Websites”), the Survey DiemTM online survey panel (including panelist compensation) (”Panel”), the Survey DiemTM mobile app(s), (“Apps”) and the surveys administered by Us on behalf of Our client organizations (“Surveys”) (each a “Service” and collectively the “Services”).
The success of the Services for all parties depends on trust and good faith among all parties involved. As such, we have attempted to make these Terms as clear as possible. If you have questions, please contact us by emailing info@olasurveys.com.
For information regarding Our collection, use, and protection of your personal information, please see Our Privacy Policy at www.olasurveys.com/privacy (”Privacy Policy”) or www.surveydiem.com/privacy, which may be amended from time to time.
Acceptance of Terms
By utilizing Our Services, you assert your agreement to comply with and be bound by all of the terms in the Ola Surveys Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) and acknowledge that these Terms constitute a binding legal contract between you and Ola Surveys. Utilization of Our Services includes, without limitation, activities such as registering for Our Panel, downloading and using Our Apps, completing Our Surveys, and interacting with Our Websites.
You acknowledge and agree that your use of Our Services, or any part of them, in no way creates an employment relationship between you and Ola Surveys.
By utilizing Our Services, or any part of them, you also confirm that you have read and understood Our Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree to these Terms or the terms of Our Privacy Policy, you should immediately leave the relevant Service and cease to access or use any of Our Services.
We may modify these Terms at any time at Our sole discretion. Your continued use of Our Services signifies your continued agreement to be bound by these Terms.
SPECIAL NOTICE: THESE TERMS INCLUDE A CLASS ACTION WAIVER AND A WAIVER OF JURY TRIALS AND REQUIRE BINDING ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND THESE WAIVERS AND ARBITRATION PROVISIONS, DO NOT USE THE SERVICES.
Third-Party App Stores
You agree to comply with, and your rights or license to use Our Services is conditioned upon, your compliance with the applicable Third-Party App Store (Apple App Store or Google Play Store) terms and conditions. To the extent that other terms and conditions from the applicable Third-Party App Store are less restrictive than, or otherwise conflict with, these terms, the more restrictive or conflicting terms and conditions in these Terms will apply. When you download the App, you represent that you are the owner of the device onto which you authorize the App to be downloaded, or that you have authorization from the owner.
Panel Membership
To become a member of the Panel, you must satisfy all requirements for membership, which may be modified from time to time in Our discretion. Current requirements include:
You must be 18 years of age or older.
You must be located in the United States.
You must download the Survey DiemTM App and complete the registration within the App. In completing your registration, you certify that the information you provide is true, accurate, current, and complete. If, in Our reasonable judgment, we deem this not to be the case, we have the right to suspend or terminate your use of the App and/or participation in Our panel.
You will need to provide a US government-issued form of identification, such as a driver’s license or identification card, which will be verified by Our partner using your ID’s barcode. If we cannot verify your ID as legitimate, you will not be able to join Our Panel. Note that, subject to applicable law, We reserve the right to refuse, restrict, prohibit, or reject your access to Our Services at any time, for any reason.
You must complete a demographic profile and update it at least once every twelve (12) months, or as soon as any of the information you provided has changed.
We may terminate Panel membership where: (a) You have not completed any activity in the last twelve (12) months; (b) if We receive a delivery failure notice in response to email communications sent by Us to your email account; or (c) if we receive a “mailbox full” reply notice in regards to email communications sent by Us to your email account. In addition, We reserve the right to terminate or delete any account at any time, in Our sole discretion.
Participation in Our Panel is always entirely voluntary. You may terminate your membership at any time by emailing info@olasurveys.com.
You acknowledge that the Panel is only for your personal, noncommercial use. Individuals cannot create multiple accounts within Our Panel, even if they have more than one email address. Your account is for you only and must not be used by others, even in your household.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities occurring under your account or password. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use or breach of your member account.
Survey Participation
When you sign up for Our Services, you agree to receive App notifications and/or emails telling you when you have an invitation to participate in one of Our Surveys. As always, your participation in a Survey is voluntary. There is no penalty for choosing not to participate in a Survey. We do not guarantee that you will receive a certain minimum volume of invitations, or any invitations at all.
When you receive a Survey notification/invitation, it will mention the incentive that the sponsoring organization is offering for successful completion of the Survey. This incentive will be at least one hundred points which is equivalent to $1.00 USD.
You agree that you will provide only true information regarding your behaviors, opinions, and personal characteristics, such as your demographics, when completing Surveys and filling out and updating your profile with Us. We reserve the right to withhold compensation if We or Our any sponsoring organizations believe you have not provided true and accurate information, have not completed the survey in good faith (for example, you have completed the survey in an unreasonably fast time), or if you have failed to follow instructions. If there are repeated problems, you may be terminated from Our Panel. All data is subject to review by Our staff analysts or the sponsoring organization’s analysts. You are responsible for the information you provide and agree that you will not provide information that you do not have a right to transmit and hereby indemnify and hold Us and the Indemnified Parties harmless from any Claims relating to your breach of this obligation.
By transmitting information to Us in the form of Survey responses and completion of profile questionnaires, you are granting Us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license (with the right to sublicense) to use, modify, display, and create derivative works from such content. In keeping with Our Privacy Policy, however, we will not share personally identifiable information with Our clients such that the client can reasonably infer your identity. For more information in this regard, see Our Privacy Policy.
You may not submit more than one response per Survey. It is Our intent that you may only complete one Survey per calendar day, though there may be situations where you are eligible to complete more.
Panelists will only be invited to participate in Surveys where the eligibility criteria selected by the Survey’s sponsoring organization is met by the Panelists’ demographic profile. From the pool of eligible Panelists, invitations will be sent to randomly selected Panelists. If you attempt to complete a Survey to which you are invited but do not qualify for it based on your answer to the screening questions within the Survey, you will receive a reward of ten points.
Sponsoring organizations may disclose confidential, commercially sensitive and/or proprietary information and materials (collectively “Sponsor Confidential Information”) to you as part of Surveys. Such Sponsor Confidential Information shall, at all times, remain the sole and exclusive property of the sponsoring organization, who is deemed the owner of such Sponsor Confidential Information. You agree that you will keep all Sponsor Confidential Information disclosed to you as part of all Surveys in which you participate confidential and not disclose it to any third party or use the Sponsor Confidential Information for any purpose except for the sole purpose of completing the Survey. If you breach this obligation, you may be liable for damages caused by the result of your breach, and you agree to indemnify and hold Us and Our Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any Claims arising as a result of your breach.
In general, you agree not to modify, copy, reproduce, republish, display, transmit, distribute, reverse engineer, create derivative works of, decompile or otherwise use, alter, or transfer any content to which you are exposed through the use of Our Services without Our express written consent.
Incentive Payments
The various incentives We may provide are to encourage participation in the Panel and are not direct compensation based upon time spent.
You will be paid only for submitted answers to Surveys which are actually received by Us prior to the time a Survey is closed. We are not responsible for: (i) any failure of any website or app, including our Website or App; (ii) any technical malfunction or other problems of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, those relating to the telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, access provider, computer equipment, or software; (iii) the failure of any Survey, response materials and/or other information to be received, captured, or recorded for any reason whatsoever, including, but not limited to, technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, including our Website; (iv) any injury or damage to your or any other person’s computer or other device related to or resulting from participating in a Survey; (v) and/or any combination of the foregoing.
We reserve the right to cancel or reverse any payments made to your account in error or as the result of fraud.
We will maintain a record of the compensation credited to your account and you can check the status of your account within the App or by emailing Us at info@olasurveys.com.
Although We make every effort to ensure that accounts are credited correctly, it is your responsibility to verify that all amounts due to you have been credited properly. If you feel the amounts credited to your account are incorrect, you must contact Us by email (info@olasurveys.com) within sixty (60) days following Our alleged error and explain, in full ,the basis of your dispute, attaching any relevant information which offers evidence of the discrepancy. Upon receipt of your notice, We will investigate your claim and notify you of Our decision to adjust or maintain the amounts credited to your account, as We deem appropriate, within thirty (30) days. If We need additional time to decide your claim, We will notify you and will endeavor to render a decision as soon as reasonably practicable. Any decision by Us with regard to such a claim will be final.
Prohibited Activities
You agree that you will not:
Circumvent any mechanisms included within Our Services for preventing the unauthorized reproduction or distribution of content contained within our Services;
Use spiders, robots or other automated data mining techniques to download, catalog, store or otherwise reproduce or distribute data or content available on or derived from the Services
Take any action to interfere with the Services;
Use bots or AI agents to complete surveys;
Send or transmit any viruses, corrupted data, or other harmful, disruptive or destructive code, file, or information;
Collect any personally identifiable information of or about any other user of the Services
Send unsolicited emails including, without limitation, promotions or advertising;
Establish links from any website to any of the Services;
Post or transmit any threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, lewd, scandalous, or inflammatory material or content, or any content that would violate any applicable laws;
Engage in any fraudulent activity including, without limitation, taking the same survey more than once, submitting false information, redeeming or attempting to redeem rewards, compensation or prizes through false or fraudulent means; or
Modify, copy, reproduce, republish, display, transmit, distribute, reverse engineer, create derivative works of, decompile or otherwise use, alter, or transfer any content to which you are exposed through the use of Our Services without Our express written consent.
Independent Contractor Status
You acknowledge and agree that your relationship with Us under these terms is that of an independent contractor. You will not receive nor be entitled to a salary or other wages or any other benefits or privileges that we provide to Our employees. Nothing in these terms may be construed or considered to create a relationship of employer and employee, principal and agent, partner, joint venturer, or any other relationship other than that of an independent contractor between the parties.
Tax Requirements
You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for the reporting and payment of all federal, state, and local income taxes, social security taxes, federal and state self-employment taxes, and other governmental obligations resulting from the receipt of compensation under these Terms and We will not withhold or pay any amounts for such obligations. You hereby indemnify and hold Us and all Indemnified Parties harmless from any Claims for any taxes, penalties, or interest that may be assessed by any taxing authority with respect to compensation received by you from Us.
We may provide you and/or the appropriate government agency or taxing authority with information related to any payments or incentives you earn in connection with your use of the Services. You agree to provide Us with all required information to assist us in complying with its reporting or withholding obligations.
Specifically, if you have earned compensation of between $590.00 and $599.00 during a calendar year, your account will be suspended (i.e., you will not be able to earn or receive further payments and will not be able to complete or participate in Surveys or any other Services that would entitled you to receipt of payment) for the remainder of the applicable tax year unless and until you provide Us with a completed and verified W-9 form. If you receive $600.00 or more from Us in a calendar year, you must report this as income in your tax filings.
Intellectual Property
The Websites and Apps and all content therein, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, audio, video, photographs, software, inventions, surveys, logos or other materials are the intellectual property of, or are authorized for use by Us and Our licensors, business partners and affiliates, including all trademarks, service marks, copyrights, patents, database rights and trade secrets contained therein. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, create derivative works, republish, display, upload, post, transmit, distribute, or use in any way content available on the websites or apps without the prior written consent of Us or the applicable right holder.
You understand and acknowledge also that Our Services and the software, code, proprietary methods and systems used to provide these services may not be copied, modified, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, sold, offered for sale, or redistributed in any way without Our prior written permission and the prior written permission of Our applicable licensors. In no event shall you obtain or receive any right, title, or interest in or to any of Our intellectual property.
You are solely liable and responsible for all content, materials, information, and comments you use, upload, post or submit in connection with the Services (“User Content”). If you submit User Content, it may become publicly available and be shared with third parties including, without limitation, Our sponsoring organizations, clients of Our sponsoring organizations, and third-party service providers. By using, uploading, posting, or submitting User Content in connection with the Services, you grant Us a license to edit, copy, transmit, publish, display, create derivative works of, reproduce, modify, distribute, sublicense, and otherwise use, modify, or distribute your User Content.
You are solely responsible for the User Content, and you expressly agree that We are not responsible for any User Content. We reserve the right (but do not undertake the obligation) to delete, move, or edit User Content, that is, in Our sole discretion, deemed to: (i) violate these Terms, (ii) violate applicable laws, or (iii) be abusive, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable. You hereby hold Us and the Indemnified Parties harmless from and indemnify Us and the Indemnified Parties against any Claims arising from or relating to your User Content.
Dispute Resolution
All claims and disputes regarding the Terms, the use of any Service provided by Us, or related to the processing of personal data that cannot be resolved informally (within thirty (30) days’ written notice of your or Our complaint), or on an individual basis in small claims court, shall be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis.
Any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Services or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose, or it will be deemed waived.
You and Ola Surveys agree to give up any rights to litigate claims in a court or before a jury, or to participate in a class action or representative action with respect to a claim. Other rights that you would have if you went to court may also be unavailable or may be limited in arbitration. You understand, for example, that the right to discovery may be more limited in arbitration than in court.
The arbitration will be administered by JAMS, in accordance with the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures, excluding any rules or procedures governing or permitting class actions. Each party will have the right to use legal counsel in connection with arbitration at its own expense. The parties shall select a single neutral arbitrator in accordance with the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures. The JAMS rules governing the arbitration may be accessed at https://www.jamsadr.com/adr-rules-procedures.
The arbitral tribunal may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD A RIGHT TO BE PARTY TO A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. HOWEVER, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO HAVE ANY CLAIMS DECIDED INDIVIDUALLY.
You also agree not to participate in claims brought in a private attorney general or representative capacity, or consolidated claims involving another person's account. There is an exception for claims arising under California’s Private Attorneys General Act.
The arbitrator will be empowered to grant whatever relief would be available in court under law or in equity. Any award of the arbitrator will be final and binding on each of the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Enforceability
If any provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
Non-Waiver
No delay or failure to take action under these Terms shall constitute any waiver by Us of any provision of these terms.
Warranty and Limitation of Liability
You assume all responsibility and risk with respect to your use of the Services. NEITHER US NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICS MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES BEYOND THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS. THE SERVICES, AND ALL CONTENT ON OR ACCESSIBLE FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, SECURITY, OR ACCURACY. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR REGARDING THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES SPECIFICALLY, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES IS CORRECT, ACCURATE, OR RELIABLE; THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THE SERVICES OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
We are only responsible to you for losses you suffer as a result of Us breaching these terms. Where losses arise as a result of Us breaching these Terms, We will only be liable for those losses that are a foreseeable consequence of such a breach. We are not responsible for any losses that arise from breaches of these Terms that were not caused by Us.
If we are prevented or delayed from complying with Our obligations due to events or circumstances beyond Our reasonable control, Our inability or delay in performing Our obligations will not be deemed to be in breach of these Terms. Examples of such events and circumstances include, without limitation, fire, flood and other acts of God, strikes, trade disputes, lock outs, restrictions of imports or exports, riot, accident, disruption to energy supplies, civil commotion, acts of terrorism, or war.
We may transfer Our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organization. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to contact you to let you know of such a transfer.
You need Our consent to transfer your rights to someone else. You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these terms to another person if we agree to this in writing. Any transfer or assignment made in violation of these Terms is null and void.
EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR USING THE SERVICES. SOME JURISDICTIONS (INCLUDING NEW JERSEY) DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE, OR OTHERWISE RESPONSIBLE, TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, MULTIPLIED, LIQUIDATED, CONSEQUENTIAL AND/OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, FOR ANY REASON(S) OR FOR ANY CAUSE(S), REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE WERE INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT SUCH DAMAGES MAY EXIST.
Indemnification
In addition to the indemnifications set forth in these Terms, and without limiting them, You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless us and Our respective members, managers, employees, and agents (collectively “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, judgments, awards, fines, penalties and costs and/or expenses of any kind, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs (collectively “Claims”), arising out of, resulting from or caused, either directly or indirectly, by: (i) your breach or violation of these terms; and/or (ii) your use of, participation in, and/or access to Our Services.
Communicating with Us
If you have an issue of any nature, you should contact us at info@olasurveys.com.
Do not communicate with Our staff in a manner which is obscene, vulgar, harmful, insulting, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, untrue or misleading. Doing so may result in consequences including, without limitation, termination of your account.
You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, original or creative materials, or other information or content provided by you to Us (collectively here, “Feedback”) to the extent it is not Survey content, will become Our sole property. We will own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights associated with any Feedback, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of such Feedback for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. Further, you hereby grant Us a perpetual and irrevocable license to use such Feedback for any purpose.
All (excluding personal information) User Content submitted or transmitted by You to Us is treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary information, unless specifically indicated by You either prior to, or contemporaneously with, the submission or transmission of such communications and User Content. You agree that any such communications and User Content may be used by Us for any legal reason.
No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or any other provider through or from the services, will create any warranty regarding the services that is not expressly stated in this agreement.
Notice to California Residents
California residents are entitled to the following specific consumer rights information.
The provider of Our Services is:
Ola Surveys
1325 G St. NW, #500
Washington, DC 20005
To file a complaint regarding the services or to receive further information regarding use of the services, send a letter to the above address or email info@olasurveys.com. You may also contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at 916.445.1254 or 800.952.5210.
Claims of Copyright Infringement
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that materials available on the Services infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send Us a notice requesting that We remove the material or block access to it. If you believe in good faith that someone has wrongly filed a notice of copyright infringement against you, the DMCA permits you to send us a counter-notice. Notices and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA. Notices should be sent to:
Ola Surveys
1325 G St. NW, #500
Washington, DC 20005
Terminating Your Membership
You can voluntarily terminate your membership in the Panel at any time within the app or by emailing info@olasurveys.com. We will use reasonable efforts to read and respond to each email request within a reasonable period of time after receipt. You will cease to receive emails and notifications from Us and be unable to participate in any Panel activities unless and until you register again.
You agree that we, in Our sole discretion, may suspend or terminate your membership for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use, or if in Our reasonable judgement, we believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these terms.
Even after your membership is terminated, these Terms will remain in full force and effect.
Miscellaneous
These Terms and your access to, use of, or participation in Our Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia.
You acknowledge and agree that by clicking on the button labeled “REGISTER” "SUBMIT", "SIGN UP", “I AGREE”, or “I ACCEPT" or such similar links, you are submitting a legally binding electronic signature and are entering into a legally binding contract. You acknowledge that your electronic submissions constitute your agreement and intent to be bound by these Terms. Pursuant to any applicable statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws, including without limitation the United States Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (the “E-Sign Act”) or other similar statutes, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS AND OTHER RECORDS AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED THROUGH THE SERVICES OFFERED BY US. Further, you hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits by other than electronic means.
If any term or provision of these Terms is be held or declared to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, such term or provision shall be deemed null and void and shall not affect the application and/or interpretation of these Terms. The remaining terms or provisions of these Terms shall continue in full force and effect, as if the invalid or unenforceable term or provision was not a part of these Terms.
These Terms and any rules, terms, or policies referenced or incorporated herein, and any Services-specific requirements, constitute the entire agreement between Us and you with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Changes
We reserve the right, in Our sole discretion, to change these Terms. Changes are effective at the time they are posted. We encourage you to review these Terms on an ongoing basis. We reserve the right to change, modify, or eliminate and/or restrict or block access to any or all of the Services, without notice, at any time, for any reason or no reason.