that it will promptly notify the data exporter about:- any legally binding request for disclosure of the personal data by a law enforcement authority unless otherwise prohibited, such as a prohibition under criminal law to preserve the confidentiality of a law enforcement investigation,
- any accidental or unauthorized access, and
- any request received directly from the data subjects without responding to that request, unless it has been otherwise authorized to do so;
- to deal promptly and properly with all inquiries from the data exporter relating to its processing of the personal data subject to the transfer and to abide by the advice of the supervisory authority with regard to the processing of the data transferred;
- at the request of the data exporter to submit its data processing facilities for audit of the processing activities covered by the Clauses which shall be carried out by the data exporter or an inspection body composed of independent members and in possession of the required professional qualifications bound by a duty of confidentiality, selected by the data exporter, where applicable, in agreement with the supervisory authority;
- to make available to the data subject upon request a copy of the Clauses, or any existing contract for subprocessing, unless the Clauses or contract contain commercial information, in which case it may remove such commercial information, with the exception of Appendix 3 which shall be replaced by a summary description of the security measures in those cases where the data subject is unable to obtain a copy from the data exporter;
- that, in the event of subprocessing, it has previously informed the data exporter and obtained its prior written consent;
- that the processing services by the subprocessor will be carried out in accordance with Clause 11;
- to send promptly a copy of any subprocessor agreement it concludes under the Clauses to the data exporter.
Clause 6
Liability
- The parties agree that any data subject, who has suffered damage as a result of any breach of the obligations referred to in Clause 3 or in Clause 11 by any party or subprocessor is entitled to receive compensation from the data exporter for the damage suffered.
- If a data subject is not able to bring a claim for compensation in accordance with paragraph 1 against the data exporter, arising out of a breach by the data importer or his subprocessor of any of their obligations referred to in Clause 3 or in Clause 11, because the data exporter has factually disappeared or ceased to exist in law or has become insolvent, the data importer agrees that the data subject may issue a claim against the data importer as if it were the data exporter, unless any successor entity has assumed the entire legal obligations of the data exporter by contract of by operation of law, in which case the data subject can enforce its rights against such entity. The data importer may not rely on a breach by a subprocessor of its obligations in order to avoid its own liabilities.
- If a data subject is not able to bring a claim against the data exporter or the data importer referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, arising out of a breach by the subprocessor of any of their obligations referred to in Clause 3 or in Clause 11 because both the data exporter and the data importer have factually disappeared or ceased to exist in law or have become insolvent, the subprocessor agrees that the data subject may issue a claim against the data subprocessor with regard to its own processing operations under the Clauses as if it were the data exporter or the data importer, unless any successor entity has assumed the entire legal obligations of the data exporter or data importer by contract or by operation of law, in which case the data subject can enforce its rights against such entity. The liability of the subprocessor shall be limited to its own processing operations under the Clauses.
Clause 7
Mediation and jurisdiction
- The data importer agrees that if the data subject invokes against it third-party beneficiary rights and/or claims compensation for damages under the Clauses, the data importer will accept the decision of the data subject:
- to refer the dispute to mediation, by an independent person or, where applicable, by the supervisory authority;
- to refer the dispute to the courts in the Member State in which the data exporter is established.
- The parties agree that the choice made by the data subject will not prejudice its substantive or procedural rights to seek remedies in accordance with other provisions of national or international law.
Clause 8
Cooperation with supervisory authorities
- The data exporter agrees to deposit a copy of this contract with the supervisory authority if it so requests or if such deposit is required under the applicable data protection law.
- The parties agree that the supervisory authority has the right to conduct an audit of the data importer, and of any subprocessor, which has the same scope and is subject to the same conditions as would apply to an audit of the data exporter under the applicable data protection law.
- The data importer shall promptly inform the data exporter about the existence of legislation applicable to it or any subprocessor preventing the conduct of an audit of the data importer, or any subprocessor, pursuant to paragraph 2. In such a case the data exporter shall be entitled to take the measures foreseen in Clause 5 (b).
Clause 9
Governing Law
The Clauses shall be governed by the law of the Member State in which the data exporter is established.
Clause 10
Variation of the contract
The parties undertake not to vary or modify the Clauses. This does not preclude the parties from adding clauses on business related issues where required as long as they do not contradict the Clause.
Clause 11
Subprocessing
- The data importer shall not subcontract any of its processing operations performed on behalf of the data exporter under the Clauses without the prior written consent of the data exporter. Where the data importer subcontracts its obligations under the Clauses, with the consent of the data exporter, it shall do so only by way of a written agreement with the subprocessor which imposes the same obligations on the subprocessor as are imposed on the data importer under the Clauses. Where the subprocessor fails to fulfil its data protection obligations under such written agreement the data importer shall remain fully liable to the data exporter for the performance of the subprocessor’s obligations under such agreement.
- The prior written contract between the data importer and the subprocessor shall also provide for a third-party beneficiary clause as laid down in Clause 3 for cases where the data subject is not able to bring the claim for compensation referred to in paragraph 1 of Clause 6 against the data exporter or the data importer because they have factually disappeared or have ceased to exist in law or have become insolvent and no successor entity has assumed the entire legal obligations of the data exporter or data importer by contract or by operation of law. Such third-party liability of the subprocessor shall be limited to its own processing operations under the Clauses.
- The provisions relating to data protection aspects for subprocessing of the contract referred to in paragraph 1 shall be governed by the law of the Member State in which the data exporter is established.
- The data exporter shall keep a list of subprocessing agreements concluded under the Clauses and notified by the data importer pursuant to Clause 5 (j), which shall be updated at least once a year. The list shall be available to the data exporter’s data protection supervisory authority.
Clause 12
Obligation after the termination of personal data processing services
- The parties agree that on the termination of the provision of data processing services, the data importer and the subprocessor shall, at the choice of the data exporter, return all the personal data transferred and the copies thereof to the data exporter or shall destroy all the personal data and certify to the data exporter that it has done so, unless legislation imposed upon the data importer prevents it from returning or destroying all or part of the personal data transferred. In that case, the data importer warrants that it will guarantee the confidentiality of the personal data transferred and will not actively process the personal data transferred anymore.
- The data importer and the subprocessor warrant that upon request of the data exporter and/or of the supervisory authority, it will submit its data processing facilities for an audit of the measures referred to in paragraph 1.
Appendix 2
This Appendix forms part of the Clauses and must be completed by the parties
The Member States may complete or specify, according to their national procedures, any additional necessary information to be contained in this Appendix
Data exporter
The data exporter is (please specify briefly your activities relevant to the transfer):
Data Exporter is (i) the legal entity that has executed the Standard Contractual Clauses as a Data Exporter and, (ii) all Affiliates of Customer established within the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland that have purchased Covered Services on the basis of the Subscriber Agreement.
Data importer
The data importer is (please specify briefly activities relevant to the transfer):
eComEngine, which processes personal data upon the instruction of the data exporter in accordance with the terms of the Subscriber Agreement.
Data subjects
The personal data transferred concern the following categories of data subjects (please specify):
- Customers with whom the Controller transacts business on the Amazon Marketplace
Categories of data
The personal data transferred concern the following categories of data (please specify):
- Contact Data
- Customer History
Processing operations
The personal data transferred will be subject to the following basic processing activities (please specify):
- The objective of Processing of Personal Data by data importer is the performance of the Covered Services pursuant to the Subscriber Agreement.
Appendix 3
This Appendix forms part of the Clauses and must be completed by the parties.
Description of the technical and organizational security measures implemented by the data importer in accordance with Clauses 4(d) and 5(c) of Appendix 1:
Confidentiality (Article 32 Paragraph 1 Point b GDPR)
- Physical Access Control
No unauthorized access to Data Processing Facilities, e.g.: magnetic cards, combination lock, biometric fingerprint scans, facility security services and entrance security staff, alarm systems, video/CCTV Systems - Electronic Access Control
No unauthorized use of the Data Processing and Data Storage Systems, e.g.: (secure) passwords, automatic blocking/locking mechanisms, user access control, encryption of storage media - Internal Access Control (permissions for user rights of access to and amendment of data)
No unauthorized Reading, Copying, Changes or Deletions of Data within the system, e.g. rights authorization concept, need-based rights of access, logging of system access events - Pseudonymization (Article 32 Paragraph 1 Point a GDPR; Article 25 Paragraph 1 GDPR)
Once personal data is no longer needed for the performance of the services, it is put through a pseudonymization process.
Integrity (Article 32 Paragraph 1 Point b GDPR)
- Data Transfer Control
No unauthorized Reading, Copying, Changes or Deletions of Data with electronic transfer or transport, e.g.: Encryption, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), electronic signature;
Availability and Resilience (Article 32 Paragraph 1 Point b GDPR)
- Prevention of accidental or willful destruction or loss,
g.: Backup Strategy (online/offline; on-site/off-site), Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), virus protection, firewall, reporting procedures and contingency planning
Procedures for regular testing, assessment and evaluation (Article 32 Paragraph 1 Point d GDPR; Article 25 Paragraph 1 GDPR)
- Data Protection Management;
Annual review of all security and data protection mechanisms and policies. - Incident Response Management;
eComEngine shall notify the Subscriber without undue delay, and take any corrective action to resolve the incident. - Data Protection by Design and Default (Article 25 Paragraph 2 GDPR);
All of our product development processes incorporate the identification of any expansion in the processing or storing of personal data and, when such is identified, it is always carried out in accordance with existing data protection practices.
Order or Contract Control
No third party data processing as per Article 28 GDPR without corresponding instructions from the Client, as outlined in Section 2.D of the Subscriber agreement.