Data Processing Addendum

Matters.Cloud - Cintelli Limited

Data Processing Addendum

Whenever Cintelli Limited (“Cintelli”) handles any personal data from subscribers (as described below), and either (i) this data is about individuals in the European Economic Area (EEA) or (ii) the subscriber is based in the EEA, then the rules of this Data Processing Addendum ("DPA") will apply to how this personal data is processed. If there's any disagreement between the rest of the agreement and this DPA, this DPA's rules will take priority.

Both Cintelli Limited and the Customer are each a “Party”; together “The Parties”,

WHEREAS

(A) The Customer acts as a Data Controller.

(B) The Customer wishes to subcontract certain Services, which imply the processing of personal data, to Cintelli the Data Processor (the Processor) pursuant to the Master Service and License Agreement (MSLA) and the Statement of Work (SOW), where applicable.

(C) The Parties seek to implement this data processing agreement to comply with the requirements of Data Protection Laws (as defined below).

IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1.        Definitions and Interpretation

Except for definitions otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms and expressions used in this Agreement shall have the following meaning:

1.1.            “Agreement” means this Data Processing Agreement and all Schedules;

1.2.             “Approved Subprocessor” means the Subprocessors set out in Schedule 1 of this Agreement.

1.3.            “Customer Personal Data” means any Personal Data Processed by a Subprocessor on behalf of Customer pursuant to or in connection with the Master Service and License Agreement (MSLA) and the Statement of Work (SOW), where applicable.;

1.4.            “Data Protection Law” means the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the UK Data Protection Law, the Swiss Data Protection Law, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and laws implementing or supplementing the GDPR (each as applicable), as amended, replaced or superseded from time to time.

1.5.            “EEA” means the European Economic Area;

1.6.            “EU Standard Contractual Clauses” means the European Commission-approved standard contractual clauses for processors or any amendment or replacement thereto.

1.7.            “GDPR” means EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679;

1.8.            "Restricted Transfer” means a transfer of Customer Personal Data:

1.8.1.                    (a) from a data exporter subject to the GDPR which is only permitted in accordance with the GDPR if a Transfer Mechanism is applicable to that transfer, ("EEA Restricted Transfer");

1.8.2.                    (b) from a data exporter subject to the UK GDPR which is only permitted in accordance with UK Data Protection Law if a Transfer Mechanism is applicable to that transfer ("UK Restricted Transfer"),

1.8.3.                    from a data exporter subject to Swiss Data Protection Law which is only permitted in accordance with the Swiss Data Protection Law if a Transfer Mechanism is applicable to that transfer (“Swiss Restricted Transfer”).

For the avoidance of doubt, if the data exporter exports personal data from the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, there will not be a Restricted Transfer where:

1.8.4.                    the jurisdiction to which the personal data is transferred has been approved by the European Commission pursuant to Article 25(6) of the EC Directive 95/46 or Article 45 of the GDPR or, as applicable, an equivalent provision under UK Data Protection Law or Swiss Data Protection Law, as ensuring an adequate level of protection for the processing of personal data (an "Adequate Country"); or

1.8.5.                    the transfer falls within the terms of a derogation as set out in Article 49 of the GDPR, the UK GDPR or similar provision under Swiss Data Protection Law (as applicable);

1.8.6.                    insofar as and to the extent that the GDPR applies to a particular transfer, the data importer falls within the territorial scope of application of the GDPR in accordance with Article 3 of the GDPR.

1.9.            “Services” means the services the Processor provides pursuant to the Master Service and License Agreement (MSLA) and the Statement of Work (SOW), where applicable, between the Customer and the Data Processor.

1.10.        “Standard Contractual Clauses” means the Standard Contractual Clauses (processors) approved by European Commission Decision (EU) 2021/914 of 4 June 2021 or any subsequent version thereof released by the European Commission (which will automatically apply).

1.11.         “Subprocessor” means any person appointed by Data Processor to process Customer Personal Data on behalf of the Customer in connection with the Agreement.

1.12.        "UK Data Protection Law" means all laws relating to data protection, the processing of personal data, privacy, and/or electronic communications in force from time to time in the United Kingdom, including the UK GDPR, the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003.

1.13.        "UK GDPR" has the meaning defined in the UK Data Protection Act 2018.

1.14.        "UK Standard Contractual Clauses" means the International Data Transfer Agreement Version A1.0, in force from 21 March 2022 and issued by the Information Commissioners Office.

1.15.         “writing”, and any cognate expression, includes a reference to any communication effected by electronic or facsimile transmission or similar means.

1.16.        The terms, “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.

2.        Processing of Customer Personal Data

2.1.            Data Processor shall, and to the extent relevant shall ensure its personnel and Subprocessor shall:

2.1.1.                    comply with all applicable Data Protection Laws in the Processing of Customer Personal Data;

2.1.2.                    not Process Customer Personal Data other than on the Customer’s documented instructions as set out in the Master Service and License Agreement (MSLA) and the Statement of Work (SOW), where applicable, this Agreement and which may be provided in writing from time to time;

2.1.3.                    take reasonable steps to ensure the reliability of any employee, agent or contractor of any Subprocessor who may have access to the Customer Personal Data, ensuring in each case that access is strictly limited to those individuals who need to know / access the relevant Customer Personal Data, as strictly necessary for the purposes of the Master Service and License Agreement (MSLA) and the Statement of Work (SOW), where applicable, and to comply with Data Protection Laws in the context of that individual’s duties to the Subprocessor, ensuring that all such individuals are subject to confidentiality undertakings or professional or statutory obligations of confidentiality;

2.1.4.                    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, in relation to the Customer Personal Data implement appropriate technical and organisational 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 In assessing the appropriate level of security, Data Processor shall take account in particular of the risks that are presented by Processing, in particular from a Personal Data Breach.

2.1.5.                    not appoint (or disclose any Customer Personal Data to) any Subprocessor without: (a) undertaking appropriate due diligence to ensure such Subprocessor can meet the security obligations set out in Clause 2.1.4; [FM1] [FM2] [FM3] and (b) ensuring the Subprocessor is engaged pursuant to a contract with terms no less restrictive then this Clause 2. For the avoidance of doubt, the Customer authorises the Approved Subprocessors listed in Schedule 1. Data Processor shall remain liable all times during the course of this Agreement for the acts and omissions of all Subprocessors. Cintelli will post a notice of the appointment of any new Subprocessor, including details of the Processing to be undertaken by the Subprocessor, on its website.

2.1.6.                    taking into account the nature of the Processing, Data Processor shall assist the Customer by implementing appropriate technical and organisational measures, insofar as this is possible, for the fulfilment of the Customer obligations to respond to requests to exercise Data Subject rights under the Data Protection Laws;

2.1.7.                    promptly notify the Customer if it receives a request from a Data Subject under any Data Protection Law in respect of Customer Personal Data and ensure that it does not respond to that request except on the documented instructions of the Customer or as required by applicable laws to which the Data Processor is subject, in which case Data Processor shall to the extent permitted by applicable laws inform the Customer of that legal requirement before the Data Processor responds to the request;

2.1.8.                    notify Customer without undue delay upon Data Processor becoming aware of a Personal Data Breach affecting Customer Personal Data, providing Customer with sufficient information to allow the Customer to meet any obligations to report or inform Data Subjects of the Personal Data Breach under the Data Protection Laws;

2.1.9.                    co-operate with the Customer and take reasonable commercial steps as required are directed by Customer to assist in the investigation, mitigation and remediation of each such Personal Data Breach;

2.1.10.                provide reasonable assistance to the Customer with any data protection impact assessments, and prior consultations with Supervising Authorities or other competent data privacy authorities, which Customer reasonably considers to be required 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 Customer Personal Data by, and taking into account the nature of the Processing and information available to, the Data Processor.

2.1.11.                promptly and in any event within 20 business days of the date of cessation of any Services involving the Processing of Customer Personal Data, delete and procure the deletion of all copies of those Customer Personal Data including from all Subprocessors;  Processing will only be considered to have ceased after 60 days from the end of a subscription to allow the download of Customer Personal Data by the Customer.

2.1.12.                make available to the Customer on request all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this Agreement, and shall allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections, by the Customer or an auditor mandated by the Customer in relation to the Processing of the Customer Personal Data by the Data Processor or Subprocessors. The information and audit rights of the Customer under this clause 2.1.12 only arise to the extent that the Agreement does not otherwise give the Customer information and audit rights meeting the relevant requirements of Data Protection Law;

3.        Restricted Transfers

3.1.            The Parties will have in effect a Transfer Mechanism in respect of any Restricted Transfer.

3.2.            Without prejudice to Clause 3.1, in the event of an EEA Restricted Transfer or a Swiss Restricted Transfer whereby Customer Personal Data is transferred from a data exporter acting as a controller to a data importer acting as a processor, the Parties shall comply with the EEA Controller to Processor SCCs provided that, for any Swiss Restricted Transfer, the EEA Controller to Processor SCCs.

3.3.            Without prejudice to Clause 3.1, in the event of an EEA Restricted Transfer or Swiss Restricted Transfer whereby Customer Personal Data is transferred from a data exporter acting as a processor to a data importer acting as a controller, the Parties shall comply with the EEA Processor to Controller SCCs provided that, for any Swiss Restricted Transfer, the EEA Processor to Controller SCCs shall apply.

3.4.            Without prejudice to Clause 3.1, in the event of a UK Restricted Transfer, whereby Customer Personal Data is transferred from a data exporter acting as a controller to a data importer acting as a processor, the applicable UK Standard Contractual Clauses shall apply.

3.5.            Without prejudice to Clause 3.1, in the event of a UK Restricted Transfer, whereby Customer Personal Data is transferred from a data exporter acting as a processor to a data importer acting as a controller, the applicable UK Standard Contractual Clauses shall apply.

3.6.            The Customer agrees that where Cintelli engages a Subprocessor in accordance with Clause 2 for carrying out specific processing activities (on behalf of the Customer) and those processing activities involve a transfer of Customer Personal Data within the meaning of Chapter V of the GDPR or the UK GDPR, Cintelli and Subprocessor can ensure compliance with Chapter V of the GDPR by using EEA Processor to Processor SCCs and ii) Chapter V of the UK GDPR by using the applicable UK Standard Contractual Clauses, provided the conditions for the use of those Standard Contractual Clauses are met. Where any updates or amendments to, or replacement of, a Transfer Mechanism is approved by the competent authority/ies (including, where applicable, the European Commission, a UK Government Department or a competent regulatory authority) during the Term ("New Transfer Mechanism"), the New Transfer Mechanism will be deemed to replace the applicable Transfer Mechanism under this Addendum from the date on which Cintelli issues notice to Customer and shall be deemed to take effect and be binding on the parties from the date stipulated in such notice.

4.        General Terms

4.1.            Confidentiality. Each Party must keep this Agreement and information it receives about the other Party and its business in connection with this Agreement confidential and must not use or disclose such Information without the prior written consent of the other Party except to the extent that:

(a) disclosure is required by law;
(b) the relevant information is already in the public domain.

4.2.            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.

4.3.            Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales. 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 England and Wales.

4.4.            Term. This Agreement shall commence on the date written on the signature page and shall continue for such time until Data Processor and Subprocessors cease Processing Customer Personal Data under the terms of the Master Service and License Agreement (MSLA) and the Statement of Work (SOW), where applicable.

5.        Severability

5.1.            If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be severed and the remainder of the provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as if this Agreement had been executed with the illegal or unenforceable provision eliminated.

6.        Conflict of Clauses

6.1.            Should any clause of this agreement be found to conflict with any clause or other provision contained within the relevant Standard Contractual Clauses, then the clause or provision contained within the relevant Standard Contractual Clauses shall prevail.

6.2.            No clause or provision contained within this agreement or any other agreement between the parties shall change the meaning of any definition nor change the effect of any clause or provision contained within the relevant Standard Contractual Clauses.

7.        Assignment

7.1.            Neither party shall have the right to assign or subcontract any of its obligations or duties under this agreement, without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall be in the sole determination of the party with the right to consent.

8.        Survival of Causes of Action

8.1.            The termination of this Agreement howsoever occurring shall not affect the rights and liabilities of the parties already accrued at such time nor affect the continuance in force of such of its provisions as are expressed as or capable of having effect after such termination.

9.        Liability and Indemnity

9.1.            The liability limits mentioned in the Agreement will also cover this Addendum. This means that Cintelli's total responsibility under this Addendum, including anything related to the Standard Contractual Clauses, plus any other liabilities under the Agreement, won't exceed the monetary limits and liability restrictions stated in the Agreement.

Annex 1 – Details of Processing

A. List of Parties

Data exporter:

Name: The Customer, as defined in the Matters.Cloud Terms of Service (on behalf of itself and Permitted Affiliates)

Address: The Customer's address, as set out in the Order Form

Contact person’s name, position and contact details: The Customer's contact details, as set out in the Order Form and/or as set out in the Customer’s Matters.Cloud Account

Activities relevant to the data transferred under these Clauses: Processing of Personal Data in connection with Customer's use of the Matters.Cloud Subscription Services under the Matters.Cloud Terms and Conditions.

Role (controller/processor): Controller (either as the Controller; or acting in the capacity of a Controller, as a Processor, on behalf of another Controller)

Data importer:

Name: Cintelli Limited

Address: 1 Cedar Office Park, Cobham Road, Wimborne, England, BH21 7SB, United Kingdom.

Contact person’s name, position and contact details: Fraser Mayfield, CEO, Cintelli Limited, 1 Cedar Office Park, Cobham Road, Wimborne, England, BH21 7SB, United Kingdom.

Activities relevant to the data transferred under these Clauses: Processing of Personal Data in connection with Customer's use of the Matters.Cloud Subscription Services under the Matters.Cloud Terms of Service

Role (controller/processor): Processor

B.  Description of Transfer

Categories of Data Subjects whose Personal Data is Transferred

You may submit Personal Data in the course of using the Subscription Service, the extent of which is determined and controlled by you in your sole discretion, and which may include, but is not limited to Personal Data relating to the following categories of Data Subjects:

Your Contacts and other end users including your employees, contractors, collaborators, customers, prospects, suppliers and subcontractors. Data Subjects may also include individuals attempting to communicate with or transfer Personal Data to your end users.

Categories of Personal Data Transferred

You may submit Personal Data to the Subscription Services, the extent of which is determined and controlled by you in your sole discretion, and which may include but is not limited to the following categories of Personal Data:

 

1. Contact Information

2. Any other Personal Data submitted by, sent to, or received by you, or your end users, via the Subscription Service.

Sensitive Data transferred and applied restrictions or safeguards

The parties do not anticipate the transfer of sensitive data.

Frequency of the transfer

Continuous

Nature of the Processing

Personal Data will be Processed in accordance with the Agreement (including this DPA) and may be subject to the following Processing activities:

1. Storage and other Processing necessary to provide, maintain and improve the Subscription Services provided to you; and/or

2. Disclosure in accordance with the Agreement (including this DPA) and/or as compelled by applicable laws.

Purpose of the transfer and further processing

We will Process Personal Data as necessary to provide the Subscription Services pursuant to the Agreement, as further specified in the Order Form and/or Statement of Work, and as further instructed by you in your use of the Subscription Services.

Period for which Personal Data will be retained

Subject to the 'Deletion or Return of Personal Data' section of this DPA, we will Process Personal Data for the duration of the Agreement, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

 

Annex 2 – Technical and Security Measures

We currently observe the Security Measures described in this Annex 2.

a) Access Control

ii)    Preventing Unauthorised Product Access

Preventing Unauthorised Product Access

Hosted service: We host our Service with outsourced cloud infrastructure providers. We rely on contractual agreements, privacy policies, and vendor compliance programs in order to protect data processed by these vendors.

Physical and environmental security: We host our product infrastructure with multi-tenant, outsourced infrastructure providers. We do not own or maintain hardware located at the outsourced infrastructure providers’ data centers. Production servers and client-facing applications are logically and physically secured from our internal corporate information systems.

Authentication: We implement a uniform password policy for our customer products. Customers who interact with the products via the user interface must authenticate before accessing non-public customer data.

Authorisation: Customer Data is stored in multi-tenant storage systems accessible to Customers via only application user interfaces and application programming interfaces. Customers are not allowed direct access to the underlying application infrastructure. The authorisation model in each of our products is designed to ensure that only the appropriately assigned individuals can access relevant features, views, application options.

Authorisation to certain data sets is performed through validating the user’s permissions against the attributes associated with each data set.

Application Programming Interface (API) access: Public product APIs may be accessed using an API key or through OAuth authorisation.

ii)    Preventing Unauthorised Product Use

We implement industry standard access controls and detection capabilities for the internal networks that support its products.

Access controls: Network access control mechanisms are designed to prevent network traffic using unauthorized protocols from reaching the product infrastructure. The technical measures implemented differ between infrastructure providers and include, security group assignment, and traditional firewall rules.

Intrusion detection and prevention: We implement a firewall solution to protect hosted customer websites and other internet-accessible applications. The firewall is designed to identify and prevent attacks against publicly available network services.

iii)    Limitations of Privilege & Authorisation Requirements

Product access: A subset of our employees have access to the products and to customer data via controlled interfaces. The intent of providing access to a subset of employees is to provide effective customer support, product development and research, to troubleshoot potential problems, to detect and respond to security incidents and implement data security.

Background checks: Where permitted by applicable law, employees undergo a third-party background or reference checks background check. All employees are required to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with company guidelines, non-disclosure requirements, and ethical standards.

b) Transmission Control

In-transit: We require HTTPS encryption (also referred to as SSL or TLS)  on all login interfaces and for free on every customer site hosted on the Matters.Cloud system. Our HTTPS implementation uses industry standard algorithms and certificates.

At-rest: We store user passwords following policies that follow industry standard practices for security.  We have implemented technologies to ensure that stored data is encrypted at rest.

c) Backup

Backup: Backup strategies are designed to ensure redundancy and fail-over protections during a significant processing failure. Customer data is backed up to on a regular basis within the chosen data region.

 

 

Annex 3 – Approved Subprocessors

To help deliver the Subscription Service, we engage Sub-Processors to assist with our data processing activities.

A list of our Sub-Processors and our purpose for engaging them is located on our Matters.Cloud Sub-Processors Page available at www.matters.cloud/sub-processors