Dot.vu | Data Processing Addendum

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This Dot.vu ("Vendor") Data Processing Addendum ("DPA") forms part of the Dot.vu’s Terms of Service available at https://dot.vu/terms-of-service (the "Terms of Service") and reflects the parties’ agreement with respect to the terms of governing the Processing of Personal Data.

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The terms of this DPA shall follow the terms of the Terms of Service. Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning as set forth in the Terms of Service.

Index

Definitions
Authority
Processing of Company Personal Data
Vendor and Vendor Affiliate Personnel
Security
Subprocessing
Data Subject Rights
Personal Data Breach
Data Protection Impact Assessment and Prior Consultation
Data Retention and Deletion
Audit rights
Restricted Transfers
General Terms
ANNEX 1: DETAILS OF PROCESSING OF COMPANY PERSONAL DATA

Definitions
1. In this Addendum, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below and cognate terms shall be construed accordingly:
2. 1. "GDPR" means the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.
  2. "Applicable Laws" means (a) European Union or Member State laws with respect to any Company Personal Data in respect of which any Company Group Member is subject to EU Data Protection Laws; and (b) any other applicable law with respect to any Company Personal Data in respect of which any Company Group Member is subject to any other Data Protection Laws;
  3. "Instruction" means the written, documented instruction, issued by Controller to Processor, and directing the same to perform a specific action with regard to Personal Data (including, but not limited to, depersonalizing, blocking, deletion, making available).
  4. "Company Affiliate" means an entity that owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common control or ownership with Company, where control is defined as the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
  5. "Company Group Member" means Company or any Company Affiliate;
  6. "Company Personal Data" means any Personal Data Processed by a Contracted Processor on behalf of a Company Group Member pursuant to or in connection with the Terms of Service;
  7. "Contracted Processor" means Vendor or a Subprocessor;
  8. "Data Protection Laws" means EU Data Protection Laws and, to the extent applicable, the data protection or privacy laws of any other country;
  9. "EEA" means the European Economic Area;
  10. "EU Data Protection Laws" means EU Directive 95/46/EC, as transposed into domestic legislation of each Member State and as amended, replaced or superseded from time to time, including by the GDPR and laws implementing or supplementing the GDPR;
  11. "Restricted Transfer" means:
    1. a transfer of Company Personal Data from any Company Group Member to a Contracted Processor; or
    2. an onward transfer of Company Personal Data from a Contracted Processor to a Contracted Processor, or between two establishments of a Contracted Processor,
    in each case, where such transfer would be prohibited by Data Protection Laws (or by the terms of data transfer agreements put in place to address the data transfer restrictions of Data Protection Laws) in the absence of the Standard Contractual Clauses to be established under section 6.4.3;
  12. "Services" means the services and other activities to be supplied to or carried out by or on behalf of Vendor for Company Group Members pursuant to the Terms of Service;
  13. "Standard Contractual Clauses" means the Standard Contractual Clauses between Controllers and Processors, and between Processors and Processors, as approved by the European Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of 4 June 2021, and under section 13.4;
  14. "Subprocessor" means any person (including any third party and any Vendor Affiliate, but excluding an employee of Vendor or any of its sub-contractors) appointed by or on behalf of Vendor or any Vendor Affiliate to Process Personal Data on behalf of any Company Group Member in connection with the Terms of Service;
  15. "Vendor Affiliate" means an entity that owns or controls, is owned or controlled by or is or under common control or ownership with Vendor, where control is defined as the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
  16. "Dot.vu Sub-Processors" means the list of Dot.vu Sub-Processors available at https://dot.vu/sub-processors
3. The terms, "Commission", "Controller", "Data Subject", "Member State", "Personal Data", "Personal Data Breach", "Processing" and "Supervisory Authority" shall have the same meaning as in the GDPR, and their cognate terms shall be construed accordingly.
4. The word "include" shall be construed to mean include without limitation, and cognate terms shall be construed accordingly.
Authority

Vendor warrants and represents that, before any Vendor Affiliate Processes any Company Personal Data on behalf of any Company Group Member, Vendor's entry into this Addendum as agent for and on behalf of that Vendor Affiliate will have been duly and effectively authorised (or subsequently ratified) by that Vendor Affiliate.
Processing of Company Personal Data
1. Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall:
  1. comply with all applicable Data Protection Laws in the Processing of Company Personal Data; and
  2. not Process Company Personal Data other than on the relevant Company Group Member’s documented instructions unless Processing is required by Applicable Laws to which the relevant Contracted Processor is subject, in which case Vendor or the relevant Vendor Affiliate shall to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws inform the relevant Company Group Member of that legal requirement before the relevant Processing of that Personal Data.
2. Each Company Group Member:
  1. instructs Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate (and authorises Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate to instruct each Subprocessor) to
    1. Process Company Personal Data in accordance with the purposes described in Annex 1; and,
    2. provided that Vendor will not transfer any Company Personal Data to any country or territory outside the EEA and the UK.
  2. warrants and represents that it is and will at all relevant times remain duly and effectively authorised to give the instruction set out in section 3.2.1 on behalf of each relevant Company Affiliate.
3. Annex 1 to this Addendum sets out certain information regarding the Contracted Processors' Processing of the Company Personal Data as required by article 28(3) of the GDPR (and, possibly, equivalent requirements of other Data Protection Laws). Company may make reasonable amendments to Annex 1 by written notice to Vendor from time to time as Company reasonably considers necessary to meet those requirements. Nothing in Annex 1 (including as amended pursuant to this section 3.3) confers any right or imposes any obligation on any party to this Addendum.
Vendor and Vendor Affiliate Personnel

Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall take reasonable steps to ensure the reliability of any employee, agent or contractor of any Contracted Processor who may have access to the Company Personal Data, ensuring in each case that access is strictly limited to those individuals who need to know / access the relevant Company Personal Data, as strictly necessary for the purposes of the Terms of Service, and to comply with Applicable Laws in the context of that individual's duties to the Contracted Processor, ensuring that all such individuals are subject to confidentiality undertakings or professional or statutory obligations of confidentiality.
Security
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, Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate 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.
2. In assessing the appropriate level of security, Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall take account in particular of the risks that are presented by Processing, in particular from a Personal Data Breach.
Subprocessing
1. Each Company Group Member authorises Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate to appoint (and permit each Subprocessor appointed in accordance with this section 6 to appoint) Subprocessors in accordance with this section 6 and any restrictions in the Terms of Service.
2. Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate may continue to use those Subprocessors already engaged by Vendor or any Vendor Affiliate as at the date of this Addendum, subject to Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate in each case as soon as practicable meeting the obligations set out in section 6.4.
3. Vendor shall give Company prior written notice of the appointment of any new Subprocessor, including full details of the Processing to be undertaken by the Subprocessor. If, within 30 days of receipt of that notice, Company notifies Vendor in writing of any objections (on reasonable grounds) to the proposed appointment, neither Vendor nor any Vendor Affiliate shall appoint (or disclose any Company Personal Data to) that proposed Subprocessor until reasonable steps have been taken to address the objections raised by any Company Group Member and Company has been provided with a reasonable written explanation of the steps taken.
4. With respect to each Subprocessor, Vendor or the relevant Vendor Affiliate shall:
  1. before the Subprocessor first Processes Company Personal Data (or, where relevant, in accordance with section 6.2), carry out adequate due diligence to ensure that the Subprocessor is capable of providing the level of protection for Company Personal Data required by the Terms of Service;
  2. ensure that the arrangement between on the one hand (a) Vendor, or (b) the relevant Vendor Affiliate, or (c) the relevant intermediate Subprocessor; and on the other hand the Subprocessor, is governed by a written contract including terms which offer at least the same level of protection for Company Personal Data as those set out in this Addendum and meet the requirements of article 28(3) of the GDPR;
  3. if that arrangement involves a Restricted Transfer, ensure that the Standard Contractual Clauses are at all relevant times incorporated into the agreement between on the one hand (a) Vendor, or (b) the relevant Vendor Affiliate, or (c) the relevant intermediate Subprocessor; and on the other hand the Subprocessor, or before the Subprocessor first Processes Company Personal Data procure that it enters into an agreement incorporating the Standard Contractual Clauses with the relevant Company Group Member(s) (and Company shall procure that each Company Affiliate party to any such Standard Contractual Clauses co-operates with their population and execution); and
  4. provide to Company for review such copies of the Contracted Processors' agreements with Subprocessors (which may be redacted to remove confidential commercial information not relevant to the requirements of this Addendum) as Company may request from time to time.
5. Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall ensure that each Subprocessor performs the obligations under sections 3.1, 4, 5, 7.1, 8.2, 9 and 11.1, as they apply to Processing of Company Personal Data carried out by that Subprocessor, as if it were party to this Addendum in place of Vendor.
Data Subject Rights
1. Taking into account the nature of the Processing, Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall assist each Company Group Member by implementing appropriate technical and organisational measures, insofar as this is possible, for the fulfilment of the Company Group Members' obligations, as reasonably understood by Company, to respond to requests to exercise Data Subject rights under the Data Protection Laws.
2. Vendor shall:
  1. promptly notify Company if any Contracted Processor receives a request from a Data Subject under any Data Protection Law in respect of Company Personal Data; and
  2. ensure that the Contracted Processor does not respond to that request except on the documented instructions of Company or the relevant Company Affiliate or as required by Applicable Laws to which the Contracted Processor is subject, in which case Vendor shall to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws inform Company of that legal requirement before the Contracted Processor responds to the request.
Personal Data Breach
1. Vendor shall follow the Standard Operating Procedure available at https://dot.vu/incident-reporting including to notify Company within 24 hours upon Vendor or any Subprocessor becoming aware of a Personal Data Breach affecting Company Personal Data, providing Company with sufficient information to allow each Company Group Member to meet any obligations to report or inform Data Subjects of the Personal Data Breach under the Data Protection Laws.
2. Vendor shall co-operate with Company and each Company Group Member and take such reasonable commercial steps as are directed by Company to assist in the investigation, mitigation and remediation of each such Personal Data Breach.
Data Protection Impact Assessment and Prior Consultation

Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall provide reasonable assistance to each Company Group Member with any data protection impact assessments, and prior consultations with Supervising Authorities or other competent data privacy authorities, which Company reasonably considers to be required of any Company Group Member by article 35 or 36 of the GDPR or equivalent provisions of any other Data Protection Law, in each case solely in relation to Processing of Company Personal Data by, and taking into account the nature of the Processing and information available to, the Contracted Processors.
Data Retention and Deletion
1. Retention. Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall retain and delete Company Personal Data in accordance with the Data Retention Policy. The default retention period is 6 months from the date of cessation of any Services involving the Processing of Company Personal Data (the "Cessation Date"), unless the Company configures a different retention period within the allowable maximum as specified in the Data Retention Policy.
2. Deletion or Return of Personal Data.At any time during the retention period, the Company may, by written notice to Vendor, require Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate to:
  - (a) Return a complete copy of all Company Personal Data to the Company in a format reasonably specified by the Company; and/or
  - (b) Delete all copies of Company Personal Data processed by any Contracted Processor.
  Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall comply with such request promptly and in accordance with the timeframes specified in the Data Retention Policy.
3. Retention Required by Applicable Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Contracted Processor may retain Company Personal Data to the extent required by Applicable Laws, but only for such period and to the extent required by such laws. Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall ensure the confidentiality of all such retained Company Personal Data and shall process it only as necessary for the purposes specified in the Applicable Laws.
4. Certification and Notification. Upon deletion or return of Company Personal Data as described above, Vendor shall:
  - (a) Provide written certification to the Company that it and each Vendor Affiliate have fully complied with this Section 10.
  - (b) Notify the Company upon completion of deletion, whether such deletion occurs upon the expiration of the retention period or in response to a prior request by the Company.
Audit rights
1. Subject to sections [11.2 to 11.3], Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall make available to each Company Group Member on request all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this Addendum, and shall allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections, by any Company Group Member or an auditor mandated by any Company Group Member in relation to the Processing of the Company Personal Data by the Contracted Processors.
2. Information and audit rights of the Company Group Members only arise under section 11.1 to the extent that the Terms of Service does not otherwise give them information and audit rights meeting the relevant requirements of Data Protection Law (including, where applicable, article 28(3)(h) of the GDPR).
3. Company or the relevant Company Affiliate undertaking an audit shall give Vendor or the relevant Vendor Affiliate reasonable notice of any audit or inspection to be conducted under section 11.1 and shall make (and ensure that each of its mandated auditors makes) reasonable endeavours to avoid causing (or, if it cannot avoid, to minimize) any damage, injury or disruption to the Contracted Processors' premises, equipment, personnel and business while its personnel are on those premises in the course of such an audit or inspection. A Contracted Processor need not give access to its premises for the purposes of such an audit or inspection:
  1. to any individual unless he or she produces reasonable evidence of identity and authority;
  2. outside normal business hours at those premises, unless the audit or inspection needs to be conducted on an emergency basis and Company or the relevant Company Affiilate undertaking an audit has given notice to Vendor or the relevant Vendor Affiliate that this is the case before attendance outside those hours begins; or
  3. for the purposes of more than one audit or inspection, in respect of each Contracted Processor, in any calendar year, except for any additional audits or inspections which:
    1. Company or the relevant Company Affiliate undertaking an audit reasonably considers necessary because of genuine concerns as to Vendor's or the relevant Vendor Affiliate’s compliance with this Addendum; or
    2. A Company Group Member is required or requested to carry out by Data Protection Law, a Supervisory Authority or any similar regulatory authority responsible for the enforcement of Data Protection Laws in any country or territory,
Restricted Transfers
1. Subject to section 12.3, each Company Group Member (as "data exporter") and each Contracted Processor, as appropriate, (as "data importer") hereby enter into the Standard Contractual Clauses in respect of any Restricted Transfer from that Company Group Member to that Contracted Processor.
2. The Standard Contractual Clauses shall come into effect under section 12.1 on the later of:
  1. the data exporter becoming a party to them;
  2. the data importer becoming a party to them; and
  3. commencement of the relevant Restricted Transfer.
3. Section 12.1 shall not apply to a Restricted Transfer unless its effect, together with other reasonably practicable compliance steps (which, for the avoidance of doubt, do not include obtaining consents from Data Subjects), is to allow the relevant Restricted Transfer to take place without breach of applicable Data Protection Law.
4. Vendor warrants and represents that, before the commencement of any Restricted Transfer to a Subprocessor which is not a Vendor Affiliate, Vendor's or the relevant Vendor Affiliate’s entry into the Standard Contractual Clauses under section 12.1, and agreement to variations to those Standard Contractual Clauses made under section 13.4.1, as agent for and on behalf of that Subprocessor will have been duly and effectively authorised (or subsequently ratified) by that Subprocessor.
General Terms
1. Governing law and jurisdiction
2. Without prejudice to clauses 7 (Mediation and Jurisdiction) and 9 (Governing Law) of the Standard Contractual Clauses:
  1. the parties to this Addendum hereby submit to the choice of jurisdiction stipulated in the Terms of Service with respect to any disputes or claims howsoever arising under this Addendum, including disputes regarding its existence, validity or termination or the consequences of its nullity; and
  2. this Addendum and all non-contractual or other obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by the laws of the country or territory stipulated for this purpose in the Terms of Service.
3. Order of precedence
4. Nothing in this Addendum reduces Vendor's or any Vendor Affiliate’s obligations under the Terms of Service in relation to the protection of Personal Data or permits Vendor or any Vendor Affiliate to Process (or permit the Processing of) Personal Data in a manner which is prohibited by the Terms of Service. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this Addendum and the Standard Contractual Clauses, the Standard Contractual Clauses shall prevail.
5. Subject to section 13.2, with regard to the subject matter of this Addendum, in the event of inconsistencies between the provisions of this Addendum and any other agreements between the parties, including the Terms of Service and including (except where explicitly agreed otherwise in writing, signed on behalf of the parties) agreements entered into or purported to be entered into after the date of this Addendum, the provisions of this Addendum shall prevail.
6. Changes in Data Protection Laws, etc.
7. Company may:
  1. by at least 30 (thirty) calendar days' written notice to Vendor from time to time make any variations to the Standard Contractual Clauses (including any Standard Contractual Clauses entered into under section 12.1), as they apply to Restricted Transfers which are subject to a particular Data Protection Law, which are required, as a result of any change in, or decision of a competent authority under, that Data Protection Law, to allow those Restricted Transfers to be made (or continue to be made) without breach of that Data Protection Law; and
  2. propose any other variations to this Addendum which Company reasonably considers to be necessary to address the requirements of any Data Protection Law.
8. If Company gives notice under section 13.4.1:
  1. Vendor and each Vendor Affiliate shall promptly co-operate (and ensure that any affected Subprocessors promptly co-operate) to ensure that equivalent variations are made to any agreement put in place under section 6.4.3; and
  2. Company shall not unreasonably withhold or delay agreement to any consequential variations to this Addendum proposed by Vendor to protect the Contracted Processors against additional risks associated with the variations made under section 13.4.1 and 13.5.1.
9. If Company gives notice under section 13.4.2, the parties shall promptly discuss the proposed variations and negotiate in good faith with a view to agreeing and implementing those or alternative variations designed to address the requirements identified in Company's notice as soon as is reasonably practicable.
10. Neither Company nor Vendor shall require the consent or approval of any Company Affiliate or Vendor Affiliate to amend this Addendum pursuant to this section 13.5 or otherwise.
11. Severance
12. Should any provision of this Addendum be invalid or unenforceable, then the remainder of this Addendum shall remain valid and in force. The invalid or unenforceable provision shall be either (i) amended as necessary to ensure its validity and enforceability, while preserving the parties’ intentions as closely as possible or, if this is not possible, (ii) construed in a manner as if the invalid or unenforceable part had never been contained therein.

ANNEX 1: DETAILS OF PROCESSING OF COMPANY PERSONAL DATA

This Annex 1 includes certain details of the Processing of Company Personal Data as required by Article 28(3) GDPR.

Subject matter and duration of the Processing of Company Personal Data

The subject matter and duration of the Processing of the Company Personal Data are set out in the Terms of Service and this Addendum.

The nature and purpose of the Processing of Company Personal Data

The Vendor shall Process only data that Company decides to collect while using the services of Vendor. The Data is collected and securely stored for Company’s access, as well as integration and secure transfer of data to systems owned or controlled by Company. The Vendor does not process Data in any form beyond the request of Company, which may be implicit in the usage of the Vendor’s services. Vendor shall Process Company Personal Data only to the extent this is necessary to perform the Services under the Terms of Service.

The types of Company Personal Data to be Processed

The only Company Personal Data that is processed is defined by the Company. This includes all data Company collects into Vendor by usage of Vendor’s services that provide such capability, which may include any Personal Data from individual users accessing online content created using the Vendor’s services. It is the responsibility of Company to cater for any applicable Data Privacy regulations, including clear communication of which Personal Data is collected, consent management, and any other standards that relate to the event of data collection between the Data Subject and the Vendor’s system. Any Processing beyond initial collection is of the Vendor’s responsibility.

The categories of Data Subject to whom the Company Personal Data relates

Any individual accessing online content created with Vendor’s services.

The obligations and rights of Company and Company Affiliate

The obligations and rights of Company and Company Affiliates are set out in the Terms of Service and this Addendum.

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Definitions

Authority

Processing of Company Personal Data

Vendor and Vendor Affiliate Personnel

Security

Subprocessing

Data Subject Rights

Personal Data Breach

Data Protection Impact Assessment and Prior Consultation

Data Retention and Deletion

Audit rights

Restricted Transfers

General Terms

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