This Data Protection Addendum (“Addendum“) between WIZR AI, Inc (“WIZR AI”) and the Customer (as defined in the Agreement) forms part of the WIZR AI Inc. Terms of Service set forth at “Terms and Conditions” at WIZR AI website or such other written or electronic agreement incorporating this Addendum, in each case governing Customer’s access to and use of the Services (the “Agreement”).
Customer enters into this Addendum on behalf of itself and any Affiliates authorized to use the Services under the Agreement and who have not entered into a separate contractual arrangement with WIZR AI. For the purposes of this Addendum only, and except where otherwise indicated, references to “Customer” shall include Customer and such Affiliates.
The Parties hereby agree that the terms and conditions set out below shall be added as an Addendum to the Agreement.
Definitions
In this Addendum, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below and cognate terms shall be construed accordingly:
The terms “Business”, “Business Purpose”, “commercial purpose”, “Contractor”, “Controller”, “Data Subject”, “Personal Data”, “Personal Data Breach”, “Process”, “Processor”, “Sell”, “Service Provider”, “Share”, “Subprocessor”, “Supervisory Authority”, and “Third Party” have the same meanings as described in applicable Data Protection Laws and cognate terms shall be construed accordingly.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Addendum shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
Scope of Addendum
This Addendum applies to WIZR AI’s Processing of Customer Personal Data under the Agreement to the extent such Processing is subject to Data Protection Laws. This Addendum is governed by the governing law of the Agreement unless otherwise required by Data Protection Laws.
Roles of the Parties
Description and Purpose of Personal Data Processing
Data Processing Terms
WIZR AI shall comply with all applicable Data Protection Laws in the Processing of Customer Personal Data and WIZR AI shall:
A. Process the Customer Personal Data for the purposes of the Agreement and for the specific purposes in each case as set out in Annex 1 to this Addendum and otherwise solely on the documented instructions of Customer, for the purposes of providing the Services and as otherwise necessary to perform its obligations under the Agreement. The Agreement, this Addendum, and Customer’s use of the Services’ features and functionality are Customer’s written instructions to WIZR AI in relation to Processing Customer Personal Data, including as follows:
B. implement and maintain measures designed to ensure that WIZR AI personnel authorized to process the Customer Personal Data have committed themselves to confidentiality or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality unless disclosure is required by law or professional regulations;
C. implement and maintain the technical and organizational measures set out in the Agreement, and, 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, implement and maintain any further commercially reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk of the Processing of Customer Personal Data in accordance with Article 32 of the GDPR, and specifically:
D. Customer hereby agrees that WIZR AI is generally authorized to engage and appoint Sub-processors, and specifically the Sub-processors listed in Annex 2 hereto, subject to WIZR AI’s:
In relation to any notice received under section 4.2(d)(i), Customer shall have a period of 30 (thirty) days from the date of the notice to inform WIZR AI in writing of any reasonable objection on data protection grounds to the use of that Sub-processor. The parties will then, for a period of no more than 30 (thirty) days from the date of Customer’s objection, work together in good faith to attempt to find a commercially reasonable solution for Customer which avoids the use of the objected-to Sub-processor. Where no such solution can be found, either Party may (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement) terminate the relevant Services immediately on written notice to the other Party, without damages, penalty or indemnification whatsoever (but without prejudice to any fees incurred by Customer prior to termination);
E. to the extent legally permissible, promptly notify Customer in case of any legally binding requests (i.e., disclosures required by law, court order, or subpoena) for disclosure of Customer Personal Data by WIZR AI. In case if it is not legally binding then Customer Personal Data would not be disclosed and WIZR AI will notify the Customer of such request rejection. A record of all legally binding disclosure requests relating to Customer Personal Data shall be maintained.
F. to the extent legally permissible, promptly notify Customer of any communication from a Data Subject regarding the Processing of Customer Personal Data, or any other communication (including from a Supervisory Authority) relating to any obligation under the applicable Data Protection Laws in respect of the Customer Personal Data. WIZR AI will not respond to any such request or complaint unless expressly authorized to do so by Customer or is otherwise required to respond under applicable Data Protection Laws. Taking into account the nature of the Processing, WIZR AI will reasonably assist Customer (or the relevant Controller) by appropriate technical and organizational measures, insofar as this is possible, for the fulfillment of Customer’s, Customer’s Affiliates’ or the relevant Controller(s)’ obligation to respond to requests for exercising the data subject’s rights laid down in Chapter Ill GDPR. Customer agrees to pay WIZR AI for time and for out of pocket expenses incurred by WIZR AI in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Section 4.2(e);
G. upon WIZR AI’s becoming aware of a Personal Data Breach involving Customer Personal Data, notify Customer without undue delay of any Personal Data Breach involving Customer Personal Data, such notice to include, to the extent reasonably available to WIZR AI, all timely information reasonably required by Customer (or the relevant Controller) to comply with its data breach reporting obligations under the applicable Data Protection Laws. WIZR AI shall further take all such measures and actions as are necessary to remedy or mitigate the effects of such Security Incident and shall keep Customer reasonably informed of developments concerning Customer Personal Data. Customer acknowledges that WIZR AI’s notification of a Security Incident is not an acknowledgement by WIZR AI of its fault or liability. Security Incidents do not include unsuccessful attempts or activities that do not compromise the security of Customer Personal Data, including unsuccessful login attempts, pings, port scans, denial of service attacks or other network attacks on firewalls or networked systems;
H. to the extent required by the applicable Data Protection Laws, provide reasonable assistance to Customer, Customer’s Affiliates’ or the relevant Controller(s)’ with its obligations pursuant to Articles 32 to 36 of the GDPR taking into account the nature of the Processing and information available to WIZR AI; Customer agrees to pay WIZR AI for time and for out of pocket expenses incurred by WIZR AI in connection with any assistance provided in connection with Articles 35 and 36 of the GDPR;
I. cease Processing the Customer Personal Data upon the termination or expiry of the Agreement, and at option of Customer, Customer’s Affiliates or the relevant Controller(s) either return or delete (including by ensuring such data is in non-readable format) all copies of the Customer Personal Data Processed by WIZR AI, unless (and solely to the extent and for such period as) applicable law requires WIZR AI to retain some or all of the Customer Personal Data. Any such Customer Personal Data retained shall remain subject to the obligations of confidentiality set forth in the Agreement; and
J. WIZR AI shall maintain the necessary records in support of demonstrating compliance with its obligations (as specified in the applicable contract) for the processing of Customer Personal Data carried out on behalf of the Customer.
K. make available to Customer all information reasonably necessary to demonstrate compliance with this Addendum and allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections, by Customer, or an independent third party auditor mandated by Customer, provided that Customer gives WIZR AI reasonable prior notice of its intention to audit, conducts its audit during WIZR AI normal business hours, and takes all reasonable measures to prevent unnecessary disruption to WIZR AI’s operations. For the purposes of demonstrating compliance with this Addendum under this Section 4.2(i), the Parties agree that in the first instance, once per year during the term of the Agreement (except if and when required by instruction of a competent Supervisory Authority or where Customer believes a further audit is necessary due to a Personal Data Breach concerning Customer Personal Data suffered by WIZR AI), WIZR AI will provide to Customer responses to cybersecurity and other assessments and only where Customer cannot establish WIZR AI’s compliance with this Addendum from WIZR AI’s responses shall Customer request to inspect WIZR AI’s processing operations. Customer agrees to pay WIZR AI for time and for out of pocket expenses incurred by WIZR AI in connection with assistance provided in connection with such audits, responses to cybersecurity and other assessments.
Warranties
The Parties warrant that they and any staff and/or subcontractors will comply with their respective obligations under Data Protection Laws for the term
Restricted Transfers
A. In relation to Customer Personal Data that is protected by the EU GDPR and processed by WIZR AI on behalf of and under the instruction of Customer, the EU SCCs will apply completed as follows:
B .In relation to Customer Personal Data that is protected by the Swiss DPA, the EU SCCs shall apply in accordance with Section 5.1(a) of this Addendum, but with the following modifications:
C. In relation to Customer Personal Data that is protected by the UK GDPR, the EU SCCs shall apply in accordance with Section 5.1(a) of this Addendum, but as modified and interpreted by the Part 2: Mandatory Clauses of the UK Addendum, which shall be incorporated into and form an integral part of this Addendum. Any conflict between the terms of the EU SCCs and the UK Addendum shall be resolved in accordance with Section 10 and Section 11 of the UK Addendum. In addition, tables 1 to 3 in Part 1 of the UK Addendum shall be completed respectively with the information set out in Annex I of this Addendum, and table 4 in Part 1 of the UK Addendum shall be deemed completed by selecting both “Importer” and “Exporter”.
D. WIZR AI shall process Personal Data using AI and machine learning technologies within the Frankfurt Region, Germany, in accordance with the terms of this Addendum and applicable Data Protection Laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The purpose of such AI processing is limited to the services provided by WIZR AI tool. WIZR AI shall ensure that any AI processing of Personal Data is conducted only to the extent necessary to achieve the specified purposes.
1.2 WIZR AI shall not participate in any other Restricted Transfers of Customer Personal Data (whether as an importer or an exporter of the Customer Personal Data) unless the Restricted Transfer is made in compliance with applicable Data Protection Law and pursuant to the relevant Standard Contractual Clauses implemented between the relevant exporter and importer of the Customer Personal Data, as necessary in order to comply with applicable Data Protection Law.
1.3 Customer should routinely review all international transfers of Personal Data on a case-by-case basis in order to monitor new risks because of the changes in local laws, data practices, etc., and implement additional safeguards (such as encryption or pseudonymization) to mitigate identified risks to ensure the Personal Data remains protected to the standard required under Data Protection Laws.
1.4 Transfer mechanism. Where a party is located outside the EEA or an adequate country and receives Personal Data: (a) that party will act as the data importer, (b) the other party is the data exporter, and (c) the relevant Transfer Mechanism will apply. “Transfer Mechanism” refers to any lawful means of transferring personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA) or any adequate country to a third country in compliance with applicable data protection laws. This may include, but is not limited to, the following:
A. Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission Decision of 4 June 2021 (as amended from time to time) for the transfer of personal data from the EEA or adequate countries to a third country;
B. International Data Transfer Agreement issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under Section 119A of the Data Protection Act 2018, effective from 21 March 2022;
C. International Data Transfer Addendum issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under Section 119A of the Data Protection Act 2018, effective from 21 March 2022.
1.5 Additional measures. If the Transfer Mechanism is insufficient to safeguard the transferred Personal Data, the data importer will promptly implement supplementary measures to ensure Personal Data is protected to the same standard as required under Data Protection Laws.
1.6 Disclosures. Subject to terms of the relevant Transfer Mechanism, if the data importer receives a request from a public authority to access Personal Data, it will (if legally allowed): challenge the request and promptly notify the data exporter about it, and only disclose to the public authority the minimum amount of Personal Data required and keep a record of the disclosure.
2. Precedence
2.1 The provisions of this Addendum are supplemental to the provisions of the Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Addendum and the provisions of the Agreement, they will take priority in this order: (a) any Standard Contractual Clauses or other measures to which the parties have agreed to (Cross-Border Transfer Mechanisms) , (b) this Addendum, (c) the Agreement . In the event that any provision of this Addendum and/or the Agreement contradicts, directly or indirectly, the Controller to Processor SCCs, the Controller to Processor SCCs will control.
3.Indemnity
3.1 To the extent permissible by law, Customer shall (a) defend WIZR AI and its Affiliates (collectively, “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, or proceedings made or brought against any of the Indemnified Parties by any third party (each, a “Claim”), and (b) indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, fines and administrative fines, penalties, settlements, and costs and expenses of any kind (including, without limitation, reasonable legal, investigatory and consultancy fees and expenses) incurred or suffered by any of the Indemnified Parties, in each case arising from any breach by Customer of this Addendum or of its obligations under applicable Data Protection Laws. WIZR AI may participate in the defense and/or settlement of a Claim under this Section 9 with counsel of its choosing at its own expense.
4.Severability
4.1 The Parties agree that, if any section or sub-section of this Addendum is held by any court or competent authority to be unlawful or unenforceable, it shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other section of this Addendum.
5.Miscellaneous.
5.1 The Addendum considers the following and follows:
5.2 WIZR AI shall comply with all statutory and regulatory requirements, ISO 27001:2022, SOC2 Type 2 and EU GDPR.
5.3 In the event a Data Subject wishes to exercise its data subject rights under applicable Data Protection Law, including, but not limited to, a data subject’s right of access, correction and/or erasure of its Personal Data in WIZR AI’s control, the Data Subjects can submit such request done by contacting WIZR AI’s Data Protection Officer (DPO) below. Also, for raising concerns and/or any complaints related to the Customer Personal Data that can be done by contacting the Data Protection Officer below:
Data Protection Officer (DPO) Name: Mr. Sirish Kosaraju
Email ID: dpo@wizr.ai
5.4 There are no Temporary files getting generated during processing.
Annex 1 to Data Protection Addendum
Description of Processing Activities for Customer Personal Data
This Annex includes certain details of the Processing of Customer Personal Data by WIZR AI in connection with the Services.
1. List of Parties
Data Exporter
Name: | Customer (as defined in the Agreement) |
Address: | As set forth in the relevant Order Form. |
Contact person’s name, position and contact details: | As set forth in the relevant Order Form. |
Activities relevant to the data transferred under these Clauses: | Recipient of the Services provided by WIZR AI in accordance with the Agreement. |
Signature and date: | Signature and date are set out in the Agreement. |
Role (controller/processor): | Controller |
Data Importer
Name: | WIZR AI, Inc (WIZR) |
Address: | 6200, Stoneridge Mall Rd, Pleasanton CA 94588 USA |
Contact person’s name, position and contact details: | Mr.Sirish Kosaraju, sirishk@wizr.ai |
Activities relevant to the data transferred under these Clauses: | Provision of the Services to the Customer in accordance with the Agreement. |
Signature and date: | Signature and date are set out in the Agreement. |
Role (controller/processor): | Processor |
Competent Supervisory Authority
Identify the competent supervisory authority/ies in accordance (e.g. in accordance with Clause 13 SCCs) | As determined by application of Clause 13 of the EU SCCs. |
Processing Information
Categories of data subjects whose personal data is transferred | Customer’s authorized users of the Services |
Categories of personal data transferred | Processed automatically by the Services: · Names · email IDs Processed where and to the extent provided by Customer or its authorized users in connection with audit services provided by WIZR AI: · address · date of birth · past employment details |
Sensitive personal data transferred | None |
Frequency of the transfer | Continuous |
Nature of the processing | The nature of the processing is more fully described in the Agreement and accompanying order forms but will include the following basic processing activities: The provision of Services to Customer. In order to provide people data, WIZR AI receives identifying Customer Personal Data to permit WIZR AI to query, cleanse, standardize, enrich, (when required) send to additional data to feed providers, and to store the query information. |
Purpose of the data transfer and further processing | The purpose of the transfer is to facilitate the performance of the Services more fully described in the Agreement and accompanying order forms. |
For processing involving California consumers, please select the Business Purpose(s) for Processing Personal Data | ☐ N/A ☐ Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards ☒ Helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of the consumer’s personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes ☒ Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. ☐ Short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, non-personalized advertising shown as part of a consumer’s current interaction with the business, provided that the consumer’s personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about the consumer or otherwise alter the consumer’s experience outside the current interaction with the business ☒ Performing services on behalf of the business, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services on behalf of the business. ☐ Providing advertising and marketing services, except for cross-context behavioral advertising, to the consumer provided that, for the purpose of advertising and marketing, a service provider or contractor shall not combine the personal information of opted-out consumers that the service provider or contractor receives from, or on behalf of, the business with personal information that the service provider or contractor receives from, or on behalf of, another person or persons or collects from its own interaction with consumers. ☒ Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. ☒ Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for or controlled by the business. ☒ To retain and employ another service provider or contractor as a subcontractor where the subcontractor meets the requirements for a service provider or contractor under CCPA. ☒ To build or improve the quality of the services it is providing to the business even if this Business Purpose is not specified in the written contract required by CCPA provided that Service Provider does not use the Customer Personal Data to perform Services on behalf of another person. ☒ To prevent, detect, or investigate data security incidents or protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, even if this Business Purpose is not specified in the written contract. |
Period for which the personal data will be retained or criteria used to determine that period | The period for which the Customer Personal Data will be retained is more fully described in the Agreement, Addendum, and accompanying order forms. |
Subprocessor transfers – subject matter, nature, and duration of processing | The subject matter, nature, and duration of the Processing more fully described in the Agreement, Addendum, and accompanying order forms. |
Technical and Organizational Security Measures
Description of the technical and organizational security measures implemented by WIZR AI as the data processor/data importer to ensure an appropriate level of security, taking into account the nature, scope, context, and purpose of the processing, and the risks for the rights and freedoms of natural person
Security
Security Management System.
Personnel Security.
Access Controls
Data Center and Network Security
Data Centers.
Networks and Transmission.
Data Storage, Isolation, Authentication, and Destruction.
WIZR AI stores data in a multi-tenant environment on Azure servers. Data, the Services database and file system architecture are replicated between multiple availability zones on Azure. WIZR AI logically isolates the data of different customers. A central authentication system is used across all Services to increase uniform security of data. WIZR AI ensures secure disposal of Client Data through the use of a series of data destruction processes.
Annex 2 to Data Protection Addendum
WIZR AI’s Sub-processors
To help WIZR deliver the Subscription Service, we engage Sub-Processors (India entity) to support our infrastructure. By agreeing to the DPA, you agree all of these Sub- Processors may have access to Customer Data.
Following are the Sub-Processors that WIZR AI will be using subject to specific features: –
SUB PROCESSOR | TYPE | PURPOSE | AVAILABLE SERVICE | LOCATION |
Microsoft Corporation | Infrastructure | Hosting & Infrastructure | Azure used as cloud infrastructure platform | US |
Google LLC | Feature Specific | User Email Signup | Email while signup | US |
Pinecone Systems, Inc. | Feature Specific | Vector DB in Azure | Content module | US |
WIZR AI Solutions Private Limited | Wizr Affiliate | Services & Support | For support | India |