Data Processing Addendum
Data Processing Addendum
This Data Processing Addendum and its Annexes (the “DPA“) reflect
the agreement made by and between MegaGroup and Customer (as
such terms are defined below), together the “Parties“, with respect
to the Processing of Customer Personal Data (defined below) under
the applicable terms and conditions or other written or electronic
agreement referencing this DPA under which MegaGroup Processes
Customer Personal Data that is subject to Applicable Data Protection
Law (the “Agreement“). This DPA will be incorporated into the
Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. This DPA
amends the Agreement and is effective upon its incorporation into
the Agreement, as specified in the Agreement or order between
MegaGroup and Customer. Upon its incorporation into the
Agreement, this DPA will form an integral part of the Agreement
without the need for any additional signatures. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Agreement, if there is a conflict
between this DPA and the Agreement, this DPA will control.
(e) “Customer” means the entity that enters into the Agreement
with MegaGroup for use of or access to the Services;
(h) “European Data Protection Laws” means the GDPR, the Data
Protection Act 2018 of the United Kingdom ("UK") and the Swiss
Federal Act on Data Protection, each as amended or replaced from
time to time;
(a) The Parties acknowledge and agree that with regard to the
Processing of Customer Data, Customer is the Controller (the “Data
Controller”) and MegaGroup is a Processor (the “Data Processor”).
MegaGroup will Process Customer Data in accordance with
Customer’s instructions as outlined in this section and in Section 4
(Data Processor’s Obligations).
3. DATA CONTROLLER
(a) The Data Controller shall, in its use of the Services, Process
Customer Personal Data in accordance with the requirements of
Applicable Data Protection Law. Customer’s instructions for the
Processing of Customer Personal Data shall comply with Applicable
Data Protection Law. Customer shall have sole responsibility for the
accuracy, quality, and legality of Customer Personal Data and the
means by which Customer obtained Customer Personal Data.
(b) The Data Controller warrants that it has all necessary rights to
provide the Customer Personal Data to the Data Processor for the
Processing to be performed in relation to the Services. To the extent
required by Applicable Data Protection Law, the Data Controller is
responsible for ensuring that any necessary Data Subject consents to
this Processing are obtained, and for ensuring that a record of such
consents is maintained. Should such a consent be revoked by the
Data Subject, Data Controller is responsible for communicating the
fact of such revocation to the Data Processor, and Data Processor
remains responsible for implementing any Data Controller instruction
with respect to the further Processing of Customer Personal Data that
is consistent with the terms of this DPA.
5. SECURITY
(a) 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 Data Subjects, without prejudice to any
other security standards agreed upon by the Parties, the Data
Controller and Data Processor shall implement appropriate technical
and organizational measures for the protection of the security,
confidentiality and integrity of the Customer Personal Data
appropriate to the risk. These measures include the measures set
forth in Annex II attached hereto.
(i) each Party will notify the other Party in writing if it requires
adding the “docking clause” in Clause 7 of the C2P SCCs;
(ii) in Clause 9, Option 2 will apply, and the time period for prior
notice of sub-Processor changes will be as set forth in Section 7
(Subprocessing) of this DPA;
(vi) Annex I of the C2P SCCs shall be deemed completed with the
information set out in Annex I to this DPA;
(vii) Annex II of the C2P SCCs shall be deemed completed with the
information set out in Annex II to this DPA.
(i) in Table 1, the Parties details and key contact information shall be
deemed completed with the relevant information set out in Annex I
to this DPA;
(ii) in Table 2, England and Wales is the governing law of the IDTA
and the primary place for legal claims to be made by the Parties; the
Exporter is a Controller and the importer is the Exporter’s Processor
or Sub-Processor; the UK GDPR applies to the Importer’s Processing
of the Transferred Data; reference to the “Linked Agreement” is to
this DPA; the term of the IDTA is the period for which the Linked
Agreement is in force; the Parties may end the IDTA (before the end
of the Terms or when the Approved IDTA changes) in accordance
with the termination provisions under the Agreement and this DPA;
the Importer MAY transfer on the Transferred Data to another
organization or person (who is a different legal entity) in accordance
with Section 16.1 (Transferring on the Transferred Data);the first
review date is the effective date of the Linked Agreement and the
Parties must review the Security Requirements at least once each
year]
(f) The Parties further agree that, to the extent Customer exercises a
termination right under the C2P SCCs, insofar as it concerns the
Processing of Personal Data under the C2P SCCs, MegaGroup shall
have the right to terminate the Agreement without penalty.
7. SUB-PROCESSING
(a) The Data Controller hereby grants the Data Processor general
written authorization to engage the Data Processor’s Affiliates as
Sub-Processors to Process Customer Personal Data and authorizes
the Data Processor and its Affiliates to engage third-party Sub-
Processors in connection with the delivery of services under the
Agreement, subject to the requirements of this Section 7. For the
avoidance of doubt, the above authorization constitutes Data
Controller’s prior written consent to the sub-Processing by Data
Processor for purposes of the Standard Contractual Clauses and the
IDTA. The Data Processor may engage new Sub-Processors or may
change Sub-Processors from time to time. The Data Processor will
provide the Data Controller with notice by updating the Sub-
Processor and by providing the Data Controller with a mechanism to
receive notice of such updates) of any new Sub-Processor at least
fifteen (15) days in advance of providing such Sub-Processor with
access to Customer Personal Data. The Data Controller will have
fourteen (14) days from the date of receipt of the Data Processor’s
notice to approve or reject the new Sub-Processor on reasonable
grounds. In the event of no response from the Data Controller, the
Sub-Processor will be deemed accepted. If the Data Controller
notifies MegaGroup of an objection to the new or replacement Sub-
Processor, the Parties will discuss Data Controller’s concerns in good
faith with a view to achieving a commercially reasonable resolution.
If no such resolution can be reached, either Party may terminate the
Processing of the Customer Personal Data with immediate effect, and
without liability to either Party, on written notice to the other Party.
(b) The Data Processor shall enter into written agreements with its
Sub-Processors containing data protection obligations that provide at
least the same level of protection for Customer Personal Data as
under this DPA and shall in particular impose on its Sub-Processors
the obligation to implement appropriate technical and organizational
measures in such a manner that the sub-Processing will meet the
requirements of Applicable Data Protection Law. Where a Sub-
Processor fails to fulfil its obligations, the Data Processor shall
remain fully liable under the Applicable Data Protection Law to the
Data Controller for the performance of that Sub-Processor’s
obligations.
11. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) The liability of each Party and its respective Affiliates’, taken
together in the aggregate, arising out of or relating to this DPA shall
be subject to the section(s) of the Agreement governing limitations
of liability, and any reference in such section(s) to the liability of a
party means the aggregate liability of that party and all of its
Affiliates under the Agreement and all DPAs together.
(b) This DPA and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection
with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual
disputes and claims) shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws applicable to the Agreement of which this
DPA forms a part.
(c) This DPA shall automatically terminate on the expiration or earlier
termination of the Agreement.
1. LIST OF PARTIES
2. Data exporter(s):
2. Data importer(s):
1. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSFER
The period for which the personal data will be retained, or, if
that is not possible, the criteria used to determine that
period: For the duration of the Agreement.
1. Data Center
1. Transmission Control
1. Input Control
1. Availability Control
The infrastructure providers use commercially reasonable
efforts to ensure a minimum of 99.8% uptime. The providers
maintain a minimum of N+1 redundancy to power, network,
and HVAC services.
Backup and replication strategies are designed to ensure
redundancy and fail-over protections during a significant
processing failure. M data is backed up to multiple durable data
stores and replicated across multiple availability zones.
MegaGroup uses commercially reasonable efforts to create
frequent, encrypted back-up copies of Protected Data and these
are stored in geographically separate locations.
Where feasible, production databases are designed to replicate
data between no less than 1 primary and 1 secondary
database. All databases are backed up and maintained using at
least industry standard methods.