Last updated: 3rd March 2026
Ascent is a membership platform for CEOs of medium-sized B2B technology companies, operated as a joint venture between Tenzing and Riordan Maynard. For the purposes of data protection legislation, the data controller is Tenzing registered at Heddon House, 149-151 Regent Street, London, W1B 4JD.
We collect the following personal information through our membership application form:
Full name, email address, company name, job title/role, company website, and approximate annual recurring revenue band.
We also collect anonymous, aggregated data about website usage through Google Analytics, including pages visited, time on site, referral source, device type, and approximate geographic location. This data does not identify individual visitors.
We use the personal information you provide for the following purposes:
Application processing: To assess and respond to your membership application.
Communication: To contact you regarding your application, membership, or enquiries you have made.
Service delivery: If you become a member, to deliver the services associated with your membership.
Website improvement: To understand how visitors use our website and to improve its design and content.
We do not use your personal information for automated decision-making or profiling.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we process your personal data on the following bases:
Consent: When you submit the application form, you consent to us processing your data for the purposes described.
Legitimate interest: We have a legitimate interest in understanding website usage and improving our services.
Contract: If you become a member, processing is necessary for the performance of your membership agreement.
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.
We may share your information with:
Service providers: Third parties who assist us in operating the website and delivering our services (for example, hosting providers, email service providers). These providers are contractually bound to handle your data securely and only for the purposes we specify.
Legal obligations: If required by law, regulation, or legal process, we may disclose your information to relevant authorities.
If you become a member of Ascent, you will be asked to provide business performance metrics on a quarterly basis. This data is:
Treated as strictly confidential.
Anonymised and aggregated before being used to produce benchmark reports.
Never disclosed in individually identifiable form to any other member or third party.
You retain full control over what data you share, and you may withdraw from data sharing at any time.
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or destruction. These measures include encryption, access controls, and secure hosting.
We retain application data for as long as necessary to process your application and for a reasonable period thereafter for record-keeping purposes.
If you become a member, we retain your data for the duration of your membership and for a period of 12 months following its termination.
Analytics data is retained in anonymised, aggregated form and cannot be linked to individual visitors.
Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights:
Access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Rectification: You may ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
Erasure: You may request that we delete your personal data, subject to legal obligations.
Restriction: You may ask us to restrict the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
Portability: You may request your data in a structured, commonly used format.
Objection: You may object to processing based on legitimate interest.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the details below. We will respond within 30 days.
Your data is stored within the United Kingdom and European Economic Area. If any data is transferred outside this area, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with UK GDPR requirements.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact:
Ascent
Heddon House
149-151 Regent Street
London
W1B 4JD
Email: contact@ascentgp.co
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk if you believe your data has been handled unlawfully.