ASCND is run by Harley James Auer, a sole trader trading as ASCND, based in the United Kingdom. This policy explains how we handle your personal data when you use the ASCND website at tryascnd.app and, once it launches, the ASCND app. You can reach us at support@tryascnd.app.
We are registered with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), registration reference C1972030.
This policy covers the ASCND website and waitlist today, and the ASCND app once it is available. Where the app introduces new ways of using your data, we will update this policy before the app goes live.
The waitlist (now). When you join the waitlist we collect your email address, which sign-up point you used, and the date you joined. We use this to add you to the launch list and email you updates about ASCND, mainly to tell you when it goes live. Our legal basis is your consent, given when you submit the form.
The app (when it launches). The app is not yet available, so no scans or photos are being processed today. When the app launches and you run a scan, we will process the photos you choose to submit in order to produce your score. Those photos will not be stored by us once your score has been produced. We will keep your score and results, and a single confirmation that you are 18 or over. We will not store your date of birth. Our legal basis will be providing the service you asked for, together with your consent to process your images.
Technical data. Our hosting and content delivery providers record standard technical information such as IP address and request logs to keep the service secure and available. Our legal basis is our legitimate interest in security and reliable delivery.
The website does not use analytics or advertising cookies. Our content delivery provider may set strictly necessary cookies for security, which do not require your consent. Because we set no non-essential cookies, the site does not show a cookie consent banner. If we add analytics in future, we will use a privacy-friendly method and update this policy.
We use a small number of trusted providers to run ASCND:
We do not sell your personal data, and we never share your email address with third parties for their own marketing. Some of these providers may process data outside the United Kingdom, and where they do, appropriate safeguards apply.
Waitlist email: until you ask to be removed, or until you become an ASCND user. If you have not become a user within 12 months of launch, we will delete your waitlist email.
App data (when live): your scan photos will not be retained once your score is produced. We will set out how long results are kept before the app launches.
Under UK data protection law you have the right to access your data, correct it, delete it, restrict or object to how we use it, ask for it to be transferred, and withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise any of these, email support@tryascnd.app. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Every launch email includes an unsubscribe link. You can also email support@tryascnd.app and we will remove you from the list.
ASCND is for adults aged 18 and over. It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18.
We use reputable providers, limit access to your data, and keep only what we need. No method of sending or storing data is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your information.
We may update this policy as ASCND develops, in particular before the app launches. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.
Harley James Auer, trading as ASCND. Email support@tryascnd.app.