Data Processing Agreement Template
Data Processing Agreement Template
Data Processing Agreement Template
_____________________
_____________________
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(the “Company”)
and
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
WHEREAS
IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1.1 Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms and expressions used
in this Agreement shall have the following meaning:
2.1.1 comply with all applicable Data Protection Laws in the Processing
of Company Personal Data; and
2.1.2 not Process Company Personal Data other than on the relevant
Company’s documented instructions.
3. Processor Personnel
4. Security
4.1 Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and
the nature, scope, context and purposes of Processing as well as the risk
of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural
persons, Processor shall in relation to the Company Personal Data
implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a
level of security appropriate to that risk, including, as appropriate, the
measures referred to in Article 32(1) of the GDPR.
4.2 In assessing the appropriate level of security, Processor shall take account
in particular of the risks that are presented by Processing, in particular
from a Personal Data Breach.
5. Subprocessing
5.1 Processor shall not appoint (or disclose any Company Personal Data to)
any Subprocessor unless required or authorized by the Company.
6.1 Taking into account the nature of the Processing, Processor shall assist
the Company by implementing appropriate technical and organisational
measures, insofar as this is possible, for the fulfilment of the Company
obligations, as reasonably understood by Company, to respond to
requests to exercise Data Subject rights under the Data Protection Laws.
6.2.2 ensure that it does not respond to that request except on the
documented instructions of Company or as required by
Applicable Laws to which the Processor is subject, in which case
Processor shall to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws
7.1 Processor shall notify Company without undue delay upon Processor
becoming aware of a Personal Data Breach affecting Company Personal
Data, providing Company with sufficient information to allow the Company
to meet any obligations to report or inform Data Subjects of the Personal
Data Breach under the Data Protection Laws.
7.2 Processor shall co-operate with the Company and take reasonable
commercial steps as are directed by Company to assist in the
investigation, mitigation and remediation of each such Personal Data
Breach.
9.1 Subject to this section 9 Processor shall promptly and in any event within
10 business days of the date of cessation of any Services involving the
Processing of Company Personal Data (the "Cessation Date"), delete and
procure the deletion of all copies of those Company Personal Data.
9.2 Processor shall provide written certification to Company that it has fully
complied with this section 9 within 10 business days of the Cessation
Date.
10.1 Subject to this section 10, Processor shall make available to the Company
on request all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this
Agreement, and shall allow for and contribute to audits, including
inspections, by the Company or an auditor mandated by the Company in
relation to the Processing of the Company Personal Data by the
Contracted Processors.
10.2 Information and audit rights of the Company only arise under section 10.1
to the extent that the Agreement does not otherwise give them
information and audit rights meeting the relevant requirements of Data
Protection Law.
11.1 The Processor may not transfer or authorize the transfer of Data to
countries outside the EU and/or the European Economic Area (EEA)
without the prior written consent of the Company. If personal data
processed under this Agreement is transferred from a country within the
European Economic Area to a country outside the European Economic
Area, the Parties shall ensure that the personal data are adequately
protected. To achieve this, the Parties shall, unless agreed otherwise, rely
on EU approved standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal
data.
12.1 Confidentiality. Each Party must keep this Agreement and information it
receives about the other Party and its business in connection with this
Agreement (“Confidential Information”) confidential and must not use
or disclose that Confidential Information without the prior written consent
of the other Party except to the extent that:
12.2 Notices. All notices and communications given under this Agreement
must be in writing and will be delivered personally, sent by post or sent by
email to the address or email address set out in the heading of this
Agreement at such other address as notified from time to time by the
Parties changing address.
13.2 Any dispute arising in connection with this Agreement, which the Parties
will not be able to resolve amicably, will be submitted to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of _________________, subject to possible
appeal to __________________________________.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is entered into with effect from the date
first set out below.
Your Company
Signature ______________________________
Name: ________________________________
Title: _________________________________
Processor Company
Signature ______________________________
Name _________________________________
Title __________________________________