This Data Processing Addendum (“DPA”) is incorporated into, and is subject to the terms and conditions of, the Agreement between Intermountain Employment Services, Inc. d/b/a Ascend Staffing and the party identified as the customer of the Service (or “you”) in the Agreement (“Customer”).

All capitalized terms not defined in this DPA shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all references to the “Agreement” shall include this DPA (including the SCCs, as defined herein). This DPA applies where and only to the extent that Ascend Staffing processes Customer Data that is protected by Data Protection Laws applicable to the EEA.

1. Definitions

“Affiliate” means an entity that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with an entity.

“Agreement” means Ascend Staffing’s Standard Terms of Use, or other written or electronic agreement, which govern the provision of the Service to Customer, as such terms or agreement may be updated from time to time.

“Control” means an ownership, voting or similar interest representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total interests then outstanding of the entity in question. The term “Controlled” shall be construed accordingly.

“Customer Data” means any personal data that Ascend Staffing processes on behalf of Customer as a processor in the course of providing the Service, as more particularly described in this DPA.

“Data Protection Laws” means all data protection and privacy laws applicable to the processing of personal data under the Agreement, including, where applicable, EU Data Protection Law.

“EU Data Protection Law” means (i) Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (“GDPR”); (ii) Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector; and (iii) applicable national implementations of (i) and (ii) (or in respect of the United Kingdom, any applicable national legislation that replaces or converts in domestic law the GDPR or any other law relating to data and privacy as a consequence of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union); in each case, as may be amended, superseded or replaced.

“EEA” means, for the purposes of this DPA, the European Union, the European Economic Area and/or their member states, Switzerland and/or the United Kingdom.

“Privacy Shield” means the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework self-certification program operated by the U.S. Department of Commerce and approved by the European Commission pursuant to Decision C(2016)4176 of 12 July 2016 and by the Swiss Federal Council on January 11, 2017 respectively.

“Privacy Shield Principles” means the Privacy Shield Principles (as supplemented by the Supplemental Principles) contained in Annex II to the European Commission Decision C(2016)4176 of 12 July 2016 (as may be amended, superseded or replaced).

“SCCs” means the standard contractual clauses for processors as approved by the European Commission or Swiss Federal Data Protection Authority (as applicable).

“Security Incident” means any unauthorized or unlawful breach of security that leads to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, or alteration of, or unauthorized disclosure of or access to, Customer Data on systems managed or otherwise controlled by Ascend Staffing.

“Sensitive Data” means (a) social security number, passport number, driver’s license number, or similar identifier (or any portion thereof); (b) credit or debit card number (other than the truncated (last four digits) of a credit or debit card); (c) employment, financial, genetic, biometric or health information; (d) racial, ethnic, political or religious affiliation, trade union membership, or information about sexual life or sexual orientation; (e) account passwords; or (f) other information that falls within the definition of “special categories of data” under the GDPR or any other applicable Data Protection Laws.

“Sub-processor” means any processor engaged by Ascend Staffing or its Affiliates to assist in fulfilling its obligations with respect to providing the Service pursuant to the Agreement or this DPA. Sub-processors may include third parties or Affiliates of Ascend Staffing but shall exclude Ascend Staffing employees or consultants.

The terms “personal data”, “controller”, “processor” and “processing” shall have the meaning given to them in the GDPR, and “process”, “processes” and “processed” shall be interpreted accordingly.

2. Roles and Responsibilities

2.1 Parties’ roles. As between Ascend Staffing and Customer, Customer is the controller of Customer Data, and Ascend Staffing shall process Customer Data only as a processor acting on behalf of Customer as described in Annex A (Details of Data Processing) of this DPA.

2.2 Purpose limitation. Ascend Staffing shall process Customer Data only for the purposes described in this DPA and in accordance with Customer’s documented lawful instructions, except where otherwise required by applicable law. The parties agree that the Agreement sets out Customer’s complete and final instructions to Ascend Staffing in relation to the processing of Customer Data, and processing outside the scope of these instructions (if any) shall require prior written agreement between the parties.

2.3 Prohibited data. Customer will not provide (or cause to be provided) any Sensitive Data to Ascend Staffing for processing under the Agreement, and Ascend Staffing will have no liability whatsoever for Sensitive Data, whether in connection with a Security Incident or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, this DPA will not apply to Sensitive Data.

2.4 Customer compliance. Customer represents and warrants that (i) it has complied, and will continue to comply, with all applicable Data Protection Laws in respect of its processing of Customer Data and any processing instructions it issues to Ascend Staffing; and (ii) it has provided, and will continue to provide, all notice and has obtained, and will continue to obtain, all consents and rights necessary under Data Protection Laws for Ascend Staffing to process Customer Data for the purposes described in the Agreement. Customer shall have sole responsibility for the accuracy, quality, and legality of Customer Data and the means by which Customer acquired Customer Data. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, Customer agrees that it shall be responsible for complying with all laws (including Data Protection Laws) applicable to any emails or other content created, sent or managed through the Service, including those relating to obtaining consents (where required) to send emails, the content of the emails and its email deployment practices.

2.5 Notification obligations regarding Customer’s instructions. Ascend Staffing shall promptly notify Customer in writing, unless prohibited from doing so under Data Protection Laws, if it becomes aware or believes that any data processing instruction from Customer violates Data Protection Laws.

3. Sub-processing

3.1 Authorized Sub-processors. Customer agrees that Ascend Staffing may engage Sub-processors to process Customer Data on Customer’s behalf. The Sub-processors currently engaged by Ascend Staffing and authorized by Customer are available here. Ascend Staffing shall notify Customer if it adds or removes Sub-processors at least 10 days prior to any such changes if Customer opts in to receive such notifications by clicking here.

3.2 Objection to Sub-processors. Customer may object in writing to Ascend Staffing’s appointment of a new Sub-processor within five (5) calendar days of receiving notice in accordance with Section 3.1 above, provided that such objection is based on reasonable grounds relating to data protection. In such event, the parties shall discuss such concerns in good faith with a view to achieving a commercially reasonable resolution. If no such resolution can be reached, Ascend Staffing will, at its sole discretion, either not appoint such Sub-processor, or permit Customer to suspend or terminate the affected Service in accordance with the termination provisions in the Agreement without liability to either party (but without prejudice to any fees incurred by Customer prior to suspension or termination).

3.3 Sub-processor obligations. Ascend Staffing shall: (i) enter into a written agreement with each Sub-processor containing data protection obligations that provide at least the same level of protection for Customer Data as those in this DPA, to the extent applicable to the nature of the services provided by such Sub-processor; and (ii) remain responsible for such Sub-processor’s compliance with the obligations of this DPA and for any acts or omissions of such Sub-processor that cause Ascend Staffing to breach any of its obligations under this DPA.

4. Security

4.1 Security Measures. Ascend Staffing shall implement and maintain appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect Customer Data from Security Incidents and to preserve the security and confidentiality of Customer Data in accordance with Ascend Staffing’s security standards described in Annex B (“Security Measures”).

4.2 Confidentiality of processing. Ascend Staffing shall ensure that any person who is authorized by Ascend Staffing to process Customer Data (including its staff, agents and subcontractors) shall be under an appropriate obligation of confidentiality (whether a contractual or statutory duty).

4.3 Updates to Security Measures. Customer is responsible for reviewing the information made available by Ascend Staffing relating to data security and making an independent determination as to whether the Service meets Customer’s requirements and legal obligations under Data Protection Laws. Customer acknowledges that the Security Measures are subject to technical progress and development and that Ascend Staffing may update or modify the Security Measures from time to time, provided that such updates and modifications do not result in the degradation of the overall security of the Service provided to Customer.

4.4 Security Incident response. Upon becoming aware of a Security Incident, Ascend Staffing shall: (i) notify Customer without undue delay, and where feasible, in any event no later than 48 hours from becoming aware of the Security Incident; (ii) provide timely information relating to the Security Incident as it becomes known or as is reasonably requested by Customer; and (iii) promptly take reasonable steps to contain and investigate any Security Incident. Ascend Staffing’s notification of or response to a Security Incident under this Section 4.4 shall not be construed as an acknowledgment by Ascend Staffing of any fault or liability with respect to the Security Incident.

4.5 Customer responsibilities. Notwithstanding the above, Customer agrees that except as provided by this DPA, Customer is responsible for its secure use of the Service, including securing its account authentication credentials, protecting the security of Customer Data when in transit to and from the Service, and taking any appropriate steps to securely encrypt or backup any Customer Data uploaded to the Service.

5. Security Reports and Audits

5.1 Audit rights. Ascend Staffing shall make available to Customer all information reasonably necessary to demonstrate compliance with this DPA and allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections by Customer in order to assess compliance with this DPA. Customer acknowledges and agrees that it shall exercise its audit rights under this DPA (including this Section 5.1 and where applicable, the SCCs) by instructing Ascend Staffing to comply with the audit measures described in Sections 5.2 and 5.3 below.

5.2 Security due diligence. In addition to the Report, Ascend Staffing shall respond to all reasonable requests for information made by Customer to confirm Ascend Staffing’s compliance with this DPA, including responses to information security, due diligence and audit questionnaires, by making additional information available regarding its information security program upon Customer’s written request to privacy@ascendstaffing.com, provided that Customer shall not exercise this right more than once per calendar year.

6. International Transfers

6.1 Data center locations. Ascend Staffing may transfer and process Customer Data to and in the United States and anywhere else in the world where Ascend Staffing, its Affiliates or its Sub-processors maintain data processing operations. Ascend Staffing shall at all times ensure that such transfers are made in compliance with the requirements of Data Protection Laws.

6.2 EEA Data transfers. To the extent that Ascend Staffing is a recipient of Customer Data protected by Data Protection Laws applicable to the EEA (“EEA Data”), the parties agree that Ascend Staffing makes available the mechanisms listed below, for any transfers of EEA Data in or to a country that does not provide an adequate level of protection for personal data (as described in applicable Data Protection Laws):

(a) Privacy Shield: If Ascend Staffing is self-certified to the Privacy Shield: (i) the parties acknowledge and agree that Ascend Staffing will be deemed to provide adequate protection (within the meaning of applicable Data Protection Laws) for EEA Data by virtue of having self-certified its compliance with Privacy Shield; (ii) Ascend Staffing agrees to process EEA Data in compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles; and (iii) if Ascend Staffing is unable to comply with this requirement, Ascend Staffing shall inform Customer.

(b) SCCs: To the extent the transfer mechanism identified in Section 6.2(a) above does not apply to the transfer and/or is invalidated, Ascend Staffing agrees to abide by and process EEA Data in compliance with the SCCs which are incorporated in full by reference and form an integral part of this DPA. For the purposes of the SCCs: (i) Ascend Staffing agrees that it is the “data importer” and Customer is the “data exporter” under the SCCs (notwithstanding that Customer may itself be an entity located outside the EEA); (ii) Annexes A and B of this DPA shall replace Appendixes 1 and 2 of the SCCs, respectively; and (iii) Annex C shall form Appendix 3 of the SCCs.

7. Return or Deletion of Data

7.1 Deletion on termination. Upon termination or expiration of the Agreement, Ascend Staffing shall (at Customer’s election) delete or return to Customer all Customer Data (including copies) in its possession or control, except that this requirement shall not apply to the extent Ascend Staffing is required by applicable law to retain some or all of the Customer Data, or to Customer Data it has archived on back-up systems, which Customer Data Ascend Staffingshall securely isolate, protect from any further processing and eventually delete in accordance with Ascend Staffing’s deletion policies, except to the extent required by applicable law.

8. Data Subject Rights and Cooperation

8.1 Data subject requests. The Service provides Customer with a number of controls that Customer may use to retrieve, correct, delete or restrict Customer Data, which Customer may use to assist it in connection with its obligations under the GDPR, including its obligations relating to responding to requests from data subjects or applicable data protection authorities. To the extent that Customer is unable to independently access the relevant Customer Data within the Service, Ascend Staffing shall (at Customer’s expense) provide reasonable cooperation to assist Customer to respond to any requests from individuals or applicable data protection authorities relating to the processing of Customer Data under the Agreement. In the event that any such request is made to Ascend Staffing directly, Ascend Staffing shall not respond to such communication directly except as appropriate (for example, to direct the data subject to contact Customer) or legally required, without Customer’s prior authorization. If Ascend Staffing is required to respond to such a request, Ascend Staffing shall promptly notify Customer and provide Customer with a copy of the request unless Ascend Staffing is legally prohibited from doing so. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in the Agreement (including this DPA) shall restrict or prevent Ascend Staffing from responding to any data subject or data protection authority requests in relation to personal data for which Ascend Staffing is a controller.

8.2 Subpoenas and court orders. If a law enforcement agency sends Ascend Staffing demand for Customer Data (for example, through a subpoena or court order), Ascend Staffingshall attempt to redirect the law enforcement agency to request that data directly from Customer. As part of this effort, Ascend Staffing may provide Customer’s basic contact information to the law enforcement agency. If compelled to disclose Customer Data to a law enforcement agency, then Ascend Staffingshall give Customer reasonable notice of the demand to allow Customer to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, unless Ascend Staffing is legally prohibited from doing so.

8.3 Data protection impact assessment. To the extent required under applicable Data Protection Laws, Ascend Staffing shall (at Customer’s expense) provide all reasonably requested information regarding the Service to enable Customer to carry out data protection impact assessments or prior consultations with data protection authorities as required by law.

9. Limitation of Liability

9.1 Each party’s and all of its Affiliates’ liability taken together in the aggregate arising out of or related to this DPA (including the SCCs) shall be subject to the exclusions and limitations of liability set forth in the Agreement.

9.2 Any claims against Ascend Staffing or its Affiliates under or in connection with this DPA (including, where applicable, the SCCs) shall be brought solely against the entity that is a party to the Agreement.

9.3 In no event shall any party limit its liability with respect to any individual’s data protection rights under this DPA or otherwise.

10. Relationship with the Agreement

10.1 This DPA shall remain in effect for as long as Ascend Staffing carries out Customer Data processing operations on behalf of Customer or until termination of the Agreement (and all Customer Data has been returned or deleted in accordance with Section 7.1 above).

10.2 The parties agree that this DPA shall replace any existing data processing agreement or similar document that the parties may have previously entered into in connection with the Service.

10.3 In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this DPA and the Ascend Staffing Standard Terms of Use, the provisions of the following documents (in order of precedence) shall prevail: (a) SCCs; then (b) this DPA; and then (c) the Ascend Staffing Standard Terms of Use.

10.4 Except for any changes made by this DPA, the Agreement remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

10.5 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement (including this DPA), Ascend Staffing shall have a right to collect, use and disclose data relating to the use, support and/or operation of the Service (“Service Data”) for its legitimate business purposes, such as billing, account management, technical support, and product development. To the extent any such Service Data is considered personal data under Data Protection Laws, Ascend Staffing shall be responsible for and shall process such data in accordance with the Ascend Staffing Privacy Policy and Data Protection Laws. For the avoidance of doubt, this DPA shall not apply to Service Data.

10.6 No one other than a party to this DPA, its successors and permitted assignees shall have any right to enforce any of its terms.

10.7 This DPA shall be governed by and construed in accordance with governing law and jurisdiction provisions in the Agreement, unless required otherwise by applicable Data Protection Laws.

Annex A – Details of Data Processing

(a) Subject matter: The subject matter of the data processing under this DPA is the Customer Data.

(b) Duration: As between Ascend Staffing and Customer, the duration of the data processing under this DPA is until the expiration or termination of the Agreement in accordance with its terms.

(c) Purpose: Ascend Staffing shall only process Customer Data for the following purposes: (i) processing to perform the Service in accordance with the Agreement; (ii) processing initiated by Customer in its use of the Service; and (ii) processing to comply with any other reasonable instructions provided by Customer (e.g., via email or support tickets) that are consistent with the terms of the Agreement (individually and collectively, the “Purpose”).

(d) Nature of the processing: Ascend Staffing provides an email service, automation and marketing platform and other related services, as more particularly described in the Agreement.

(e) Categories of data subjects: (i) Members; and (ii) Contacts, each as defined in the Ascend Staffing Privacy Policy.

(f) Types of Customer Data: Customer may upload, submit or otherwise provide certain personal data to the Service, the extent of which is typically determined and controlled by Customer in its sole discretion, and may include the following types of personal data:

Members: Identification and contact data (name, address, title, contact details, username); financial information (credit card details, account details, payment information); employment details (employer, job title, geographic location, area of responsibility);

Contacts: Identification and contact data (name, date of birth, gender, general, occupation or other demographic information, address, title, contact details, including email address), personal interests or preferences (including purchase history, marketing preferences and publicly available social media profile information); IT information (IP addresses, usage data, cookies data, online navigation data, location data, browser data); financial information (credit card details, account details, payment information).

(g) Processing Operations: Customer Data will be processed in accordance with the Agreement (including this DPA) and may be subject to the following processing activities:

Storage and other processing necessary to provide, maintain and improve the Service provided to Customer pursuant to the Agreement; and/or

Disclosures in accordance with the Agreement and/or as compelled by applicable law.

Annex B – Security Measures

The Security Measures applicable to the Service are described here (as updated from time to time in accordance with Section 4.3 of this DPA).

Annex C

All defined terms used in this Annex C shall have the meaning given to them in the SCCs unless otherwise defined in this Annex.

Appendix 3 to the Standard Contractual Clauses

This Appendix forms part of the Clauses and must be completed by the parties.

This Appendix sets out the parties’ interpretation of their respective obligations under specific Clauses identified below. Where a party complies with the interpretations set out in this Appendix, that party shall be deemed by the other party to have complied with its commitments under the Clauses.

For the purposes of this Appendix, “DPA” means the Data Processing Addendum in place between data importer and data exporter and to which these Clauses are incorporated and “Agreement” shall have the meaning given to it in the DPA.

Clause 5(a): Suspension of data transfers and termination

The parties acknowledge that data importer may process the personal data only on behalf of the data exporter and in compliance with its instructions as provided by the data exporter and the Clauses.

The parties acknowledge that if data importer cannot provide such compliance for whatever reason, it agrees to inform promptly the data exporter of its inability to comply, in which case the data exporter is entitled to suspend the transfer of data and/or terminate the Clauses.

If the data exporter intends to suspend the transfer of personal data and/or terminate these Clauses, it shall endeavor to provide notice to the data importer and provide data importer with a reasonable period of time to cure the non-compliance (“Cure Period”).

If after the Cure Period the data importer has not or cannot cure the non-compliance then the data exporter may suspend or terminate the transfer of personal data immediately. The data exporter shall not be required to provide such notice in instance where it considers there is a material risk of harm to data subjects or their personal data.

Clause 5(f): Audit

Data exporter acknowledges and agrees that it exercises its audit right under Clause 5(f) by instructing data importer to comply with the audit measures described in Section 5 (Security Reports and Audits) of the DPA.

Clause 5(j): Disclosure of subprocessor agreements

The parties acknowledge the obligation of the data importer to send promptly a copy of any onward subprocessor agreement it concludes under the Clauses to the data exporter.

The parties further acknowledge that, pursuant to subprocessor confidentiality restrictions, data importer may be restricted from disclosing onward subprocessor agreements to data exporter. Notwithstanding this, data importer shall use reasonable efforts to require any subprocessor it appoints to permit it to disclose the subprocessor agreement to data exporter.

Even where data importer cannot disclose a subprocessor agreement to data exporter, the parties agree that, upon the request of data exporter, data importer shall (on a confidential basis) provide all information it reasonably can in connection with such subprocessing agreement to data exporter.

Clause 6: Liability

Any claims brought under the Clauses shall be subject to the terms and conditions, including but to limited to, the exclusions and limitations set forth in the Agreement. In no event shall any party limit its liability with respect to any data subject rights under these Clauses.

Clause 11: Onward subprocessing

The parties acknowledge that, pursuant to FAQ II.1 in Article 29 Working Party Paper WP 176 entitled “FAQs in order to address some issues raised by the entry into force of the EU Commission Decision 2010/87/EU of 5 February 2010 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries under Directive 95/46/EC” the data exporter may provide a general consent to onward subprocessing by the data importer.

Accordingly, data exporter provides a general consent to data importer, pursuant to Clause 11 of these Clauses, to engage onward subprocessors. Such consent is conditional on data importer’s compliance with the requirements set out in Section 3 (Sub-processing) of the DPA.