Data Processing Agreement

Effective starting: March 13, 2023

This Educator Impact Data Processing Agreement and its Annexes (“DPA”) reflects the parties’ agreement with respect to the Processing of Personal Data by us on behalf of you in connection with the Educator Impact Subscription Services under the Educator Impact Customer Terms of Service available at https://www.educatorimpact.com/terms-of-service between you and us (also referred to in this DPA as the “Agreement”). 

This DPA is supplemental to, and forms an integral part of, the Agreement. In case of any conflict or inconsistency with the terms of the Agreement, this DPA will take precedence over the terms of the Agreement to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency. 

The term of this DPA will follow the term of the Agreement. Terms not otherwise defined in this DPA will have the meaning as set forth in the Agreement.

Definitions 

“California Personal Information” means Personal Data that is subject to the protection of the CCPA. 

“CCPA” means California Civil Code Sec. 1798.100 et seq. (also known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018). 

“Consumer”, “Business”, “Sell” and “Service Provider” will have the meanings given to them in the CCPA. 

“Controller” means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the Processing of Personal Data. 

“Data Protection Laws” means all applicable worldwide legislation relating to data protection and privacy which applies to the respective party in the role of Processing Personal Data in question under the Agreement, including without limitation European Data Protection Laws, the CCPA and the data protection and privacy laws of Australia and Singapore; in each case as amended, repealed, consolidated or replaced from time to time. 

“Data Subject” means the individual to whom Personal Data relates. 

“Europe” means the European Union, the European Economic Area and/or their member states, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. 

“European Data” means Personal Data that is subject to the protection of European Data Protection Laws. 

“European Data Protection Laws” means data protection laws applicable in Europe, including: (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 (iii) GDPR as it forms parts of the United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of Section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“UK GDPR”); and (iv) Swiss Federal Data Protection Act on 19 June 1992 and its Ordinance (“Swiss DPA”); in each case, as may be amended, superseded or replaced. 

“Instructions” means the written, documented instructions issued by a Controller to a Processor, and directing the same to perform a specific or general action with regard to Personal Data (including, but not limited to, depersonalising, blocking, deletion, making available). 

“Permitted Affiliates” means any of your Affiliates that (i) are permitted to use the Subscription Services pursuant to the Agreement, but have not signed their own separate agreement with us and are not a “Customer” as defined under the Agreement, (ii) qualify as a Controller of Personal Data Processed by us, and (iii) are subject to European Data Protection Laws. 

“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual where (i) such information is contained within Customer Data; and (ii) is protected similarly as personal data, personal information or personally identifiable information under applicable Data Protection Laws. 

“Personal Data Breach” means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, Personal Data transmitted, stored or otherwise Processed by us and/or our Sub-Processors in connection with the provision of the Subscription Services. 

“Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on Personal Data, encompassing the collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction or erasure of Personal Data. The terms “Process”, “Processes” and “Processed” will be construed accordingly. 

“Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which Processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller. 

“Standard Contractual Clauses” means the standard contractual clauses annexed to the European Commission’s Decision (EU) 2021/914 of 4 June 2021 currently found at https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/55862dbf-c72b-11eb-a925-01aa75ed71a1, as may be amended, superseded or replaced. 

“Sub-Processor” means any Processor engaged by us or our Affiliates to assist in fulfilling our obligations with respect to the provision of the Subscription Services under the Agreement. Sub-Processors may include third parties or our Affiliates but will exclude any Educator Impact employee or consultant. 

“UK Addendum” means the International Data Transfer Addendum issued by the UK Information Commissioner under section 119A(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018 currently found at https://ico.org.uk/media/fororganisations/documents/4019539/international-data-transfer-addendum.pdf, as may be amended, superseded, or replaced. 

Customer Responsibilities 

a. Compliance with Laws. Within the scope of the Agreement, you will be responsible for complying with all requirements that apply to you under applicable Data Protection Laws with respect to your Processing of Personal Data and the Instructions you issue to us. 

In particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that you will be solely responsible for: (i) the accuracy, quality, and legality of Customer Data and the means by which you acquired Personal Data; (ii) complying with all necessary transparency and lawfulness requirements under applicable Data Protection Laws for the collection and use of the Personal Data, including obtaining any necessary consents and authorisations; (iii) ensuring you have the right to transfer, or provide access to, the Personal Data to us for Processing in accordance with the terms of the Agreement (including this DPA); (iv) ensuring that your Instructions to us regarding the Processing of Personal Data comply with applicable laws, including Data Protection Laws; and (v) complying with all laws (including Data Protection Laws) applicable. You will inform us without undue delay if you are not able to comply with your responsibilities under this ‘Compliance with Laws’ section or applicable Data Protection Laws. 

b. Controller Instructions. The parties agree that the Agreement (including this DPA), together with your use of the Services in accordance with the Agreement, constitute your complete Instructions to us in relation to the Processing of Personal Data. 

c. Security. You are responsible for independently determining whether the data security provided for in the Services adequately meets your obligations under applicable Data Protection Laws. You are also responsible for your secure use of the Services, including protecting the security of Personal Data in transit to and from the Services (including to securely backup or encrypt any such Personal Data). 

Educator Impact Obligations 

a. Compliance with Instructions. We will only Process Personal Data for the purposes described in this DPA or as otherwise agreed within the scope of your lawful Instructions, except where and to the extent otherwise required by applicable law. We are not responsible for compliance with any Data Protection Laws applicable to you or your industry that are not generally applicable to us. 

b. Conflict of Laws. If we become aware that we cannot Process Personal Data in accordance with your Instructions due to a legal requirement under any applicable law, we will (i) promptly notify you of that legal requirement to the extent permitted by the applicable law; and (ii) where necessary, cease all Processing (other than merely storing and maintaining the security of the affected Personal Data) until such time as you issue new Instructions with which we are able to comply. If this provision is invoked, we will not be liable to you under the Agreement for any failure to perform the applicable Services until such time as you issue new lawful Instructions with regard to the Processing. 

c. Security. We will implement and maintain appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect Personal Data from Personal Data Breaches, as described under Annex 2 to this DPA (“Security Measures”). Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, we may modify or update the Security Measures at our discretion provided that such modification or update does not result in a material degradation in the protection offered by the Security Measures. 

d. Confidentiality. We will ensure that any personnel whom we authorise to Process Personal Data on our behalf is subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations with respect to that Personal Data. 

e. Personal Data Breaches. We will notify you without undue delay after we become aware of any Personal Data Breach and will provide timely information relating to the Personal Data Breach as it becomes known or reasonably requested by you. At your request, we will promptly provide you with such reasonable assistance as necessary to enable you to notify relevant Personal Data Breaches to competent authorities and/or affected Data Subjects, if you are required to do so under Data Protection Laws. 

f. Deletion or Return of Personal Data. We will delete or return all Personal Data Processed pursuant to this DPA, on termination or expiration of your Agreement. This term will apply except where we are required by applicable law to retain some or all of the Customer Data, or where we have archived Customer Data on back-up systems, which data we will securely isolate and protect from any further Processing and delete in accordance with our deletion practices. You may request the deletion of your Educator Impact account after expiration or termination of your agreement by sending a request to [email protected]

Data Subject Requests 

To the extent that you are unable to independently address a Data Subject Request through the Services, then upon your written request we will provide reasonable assistance to you to respond to any Data Subject Requests or requests from data protection authorities relating to the Processing of Personal Data under the Agreement. You will reimburse us for the commercially reasonable costs arising from this assistance. 

If a Data Subject Request or other communication regarding the Processing of Personal Data under the Agreement is made directly to us, we will promptly inform you and will advise the Data Subject to submit their request to you. You will be solely responsible for responding substantively to any such Data Subject Requests or communications involving Personal Data. 

Sub-Processors 

You agree we may engage Sub-Processors to Process Personal Data on your behalf, and we do so in three ways. First, we may engage Sub-Processors to assist us with hosting and infrastructure. Second, we may engage with Sub-Processors to support product features and integrations. Third, we may engage with Educator Impact Affiliates as Sub-Processors for service and support. 

A list of our Sub-Processors can be found within our privacy policy at https://www.educatorimpact.com/privacy-policy

Where we engage Sub-Processors, we will impose data protection terms on the Sub Processors that provide at least the same level of protection for Personal Data as those in this DPA (including, where appropriate, the Standard Contractual Clauses), to the extent applicable to the nature of the services provided by such Sub-Processors. We will remain responsible for each Sub-Processor’s compliance with the obligations of this DPA and for any acts or omissions of such Sub-Processor that cause us to breach any of its obligations under this DPA. 

Data Transfers 

You acknowledge and agree that we may access and Process Personal Data on a global basis as necessary to provide the Services in accordance with the Agreement, and in particular that Personal Data may be transferred to and Processed in the Australia and the United States and to other jurisdictions where Educator Impact Affiliates and Sub-Processors have operations. Wherever Personal Data is transferred outside its country of origin, each party will ensure such transfers are made in compliance with the requirements of Data Protection Laws. 

Additional Provisions for European Data 

a. Scope. This ‘Additional Provisions for European Data’ section will apply only with respect to European Data. 

b. Roles of the Parties. When Processing European Data in accordance with your Instructions, the parties acknowledge and agree that you are the Controller of European Data and we are the Processor. 

c. Instructions. If we believe that your Instruction infringes European Data Protection Laws (where applicable), we will inform you without delay. 

d. Objection to New Sub-Processors. We will give you the opportunity to object to the engagement of new Sub-Processors on reasonable grounds relating to the protection of Personal Data within 30 days of notifying you in accordance with the ‘Sub-Processors’ section. If you do notify us of such an objection, the parties will discuss your concerns in good faith with a view to achieving a commercially reasonable resolution. If no such resolution can be reached, we will, at our sole discretion, either not appoint the new Sub-Processor, or permit you to suspend or terminate the affected Service in accordance with the termination provisions of the Agreement without liability to either party (but without prejudice to any fees incurred by you prior to suspension or termination). The parties agree that by complying with this sub-section (d), Educator Impact fulfils its obligations under Sections 9 of the Standard Contractual Clauses. 

e. Sub-Processor Agreements. For the purposes of Clause 9(c) of the Standard Contractual Clauses, you acknowledge that we may be restricted from disclosing Sub Processor agreements but we will use reasonable efforts to require any Sub-Processor we appoint to permit it to disclose the Sub-Processor agreement to you and will provide (on a confidential basis) all information we reasonably can. 

f. Data Protection Impact Assessments and Consultation with Supervisory Authorities. To the extent that the required information is reasonably available to us, and you do not otherwise have access to the required information, we will provide reasonable assistance to you with any data protection impact assessments, and prior consultations with supervisory authorities or other competent data privacy authorities to the extent required by European Data Protection Laws. 

g. Transfer Mechanisms for Data Transfers

(A) Educator Impact will not transfer European Data to any country or recipient not recognised as providing an adequate level of protection for Personal Data (within the meaning of applicable European Data Protection Laws), unless it first takes all such measures as are necessary to ensure the transfer is in compliance with applicable European Data Protection Laws. Such measures may include (without limitation) transferring such data to a recipient that is covered by a suitable framework or other legally adequate transfer mechanism recognised by the relevant authorities or courts as providing an adequate level of protection for Personal Data, to a recipient that has achieved binding corporate rules authorisation in accordance with European Data Protection Laws, or to a recipient that has executed appropriate standard contractual clauses in each case as adopted or approved in accordance with applicable European Data Protection Laws. 

(B) You acknowledge that in connection with the performance of the Services, Educator Impact, Pty Ltd. is a recipient of European Data in Australia and the United States. Subject to sub-sections (C) and (D), the parties agree that the Standard Contractual Clauses will be incorporated by reference and form part of the Agreement as follows: 

(a) EEA Transfers. In relation to European Data that is subject to the GDPR (i) Customer is the “data exporter” and Educator Impact, Pty Ltd. is the “data importer”; (ii) the Module Two terms apply to the extent the Customer is a Controller of European Data; (iii) in Clause 7, the optional docking clause does not apply; (iv) in Clause 9, Option 2 applies and changes to Sub-Processors will be notified in accordance with the ‘Sub-Processors’ section of this DPA; (v) in Clause 11, the optional language is deleted; (vi) in Clauses 17 and 18, Option 1 applies and the parties agree that these clauses will be governed by the laws of Spain; (vii) the Annexes of the Standard Contractual Clauses will be deemed completed with the information set out in the Annexes of this DPA; and (viii) if and to the extent the Standard Contractual Clauses conflict with any provision of this DPA the Standard Contractual Clauses will prevail to the extent of such conflict. 

(b) UK Transfers. In relation to European Data that is subject to the UK GDPR, the Standard Contractual Clauses will apply in accordance with sub-section (a) and the following modifications (i) the Standard Contractual Clauses will be modified and interpreted in accordance with the UK Addendum, which will be incorporated by reference and form an integral part of the Agreement; (ii) Tables 1, 2 and 3 of the UK Addendum will be deemed completed with the information set out in the Annexes of this DPA and Table 4 will be deemed completed by selecting “neither party”; and (iii) any conflict between the terms of the Standard Contractual Clauses and the UK Addendum will be resolved in accordance with Section 10 and Section 11 of the UK Addendum. 

(c) Swiss Transfers. In relation to European Data that is subject to the Swiss DPA, the Standard Contractual Clauses will apply in accordance with sub-section (a) and the following modifications (i) references to “Regulation (EU) 2016/679” will be interpreted as references to the Swiss DPA; (ii) references to “EU”, “Union” and “Member State law” will be interpreted as references to Swiss law; and (iii) references to the “competent supervisory authority” and “competent courts” will be replaced with the “the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner ” and the “relevant courts in Switzerland”. 

. (d) Demonstration of Compliance. We will make all information reasonably necessary to demonstrate compliance with this DPA available to you and allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections conducted by or your auditor in order to assess compliance with this DPA. You acknowledge and agree that you will exercise your audit rights under this DPA and Clause 8.9 of the Standard Contractual Clauses by instructing us to comply with the audit measures described in this ‘Demonstration of Compliance’ section. Further, at your written request, we will provide written responses (on a confidential basis) to all reasonable requests for information made by you necessary to confirm our compliance with this DPA, provided that you will not exercise this right more than once per calendar year unless you have reasonable grounds to suspect non-compliance with the DPA. 

Additional Provisions for California Personal Information 

a. Scope. The ‘Additional Provisions for California Personal Information’ section of the DPA will apply only with respect to California Personal Information. 

b. Roles of the Parties. When processing California Personal Information in accordance with your Instructions, the parties acknowledge and agree that you are a Business and we are a Service Provider for the purposes of the CCPA. 

c. Responsibilities. The parties agree that we will Process California Personal Information as a Service Provider strictly for the purpose of performing the Services under the Agreement (the “Business Purpose”) or as otherwise permitted by the CCPA, including as described in our Privacy Policy. 

General Provisions 

a. Amendments. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in the Agreement, we reserve the right to make any updates and changes to this DPA. 

b. Severability. If any individual provisions of this DPA are determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this DPA will not be affected. 

c. Limitation of Liability. Each party and each of their Affiliates’ liability, taken in aggregate, arising out of or related to this DPA (and any other DPAs between the parties) and the Standard Contractual Clauses (where applicable), whether in contract, tort or under any other theory of liability, will be subject to the limitations and exclusions of liability set out in the ‘Limitation of Liability’ section of the General Terms and any reference in such section to the liability of a party means aggregate liability of that party and all of its Affiliates under the Agreement (including this DPA). 

Parties to this DPA 

a. Permitted Affiliates. By signing the Agreement, you enter into this DPA (including, where applicable, the Standard Contractual Clauses) on behalf of yourself and in the name and on behalf of your Permitted Affiliates. For the purposes of this DPA only, and except where indicated otherwise, the terms “Customer”, “you” and “your” will include you and such Permitted Affiliates. 

b. Authorisation. The legal entity agreeing to this DPA as Customer represents that it is authorised to agree to and enter into this DPA for and on behalf of itself and, as applicable, each of its Permitted Affiliates. 

c. Remedies. The parties agree that (i) solely the Customer entity that is the contracting party to the Agreement will exercise any right or seek any remedy any Permitted Affiliate may have under this DPA on behalf of its Affiliates, and (ii) the Customer entity that is the contracting party to the Agreement will exercise any such rights under this DPA not separately for each Permitted Affiliate individually but in a combined manner for itself and all of its Permitted Affiliates together. The Customer entity that is the contracting entity is responsible for coordinating all Instructions, authorisations and communications with us under the DPA and will be entitled to make and receive any communications related to this DPA on behalf of its Permitted Affiliates. 

d. Other rights. The parties agree that you will, when reviewing our compliance with this DPA pursuant to the ‘Demonstration of Compliance’ section, take all reasonable measures to limit any impact on us and our Affiliates by combining several audit requests carried out on behalf of the Customer entity that is the contracting party to the Agreement and all of its Permitted Affiliates in one single audit. 

 

Annex 1 – Details of Processing 

List of Parties 

Data exporter: 

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

Address: The Customer’s address, as set out in the Agreement 

Contact person’s name, position and contact details: The Customer’s contact details, as set out in the Agreement 

Activities relevant to the data transferred under these Clauses: Processing of Personal Data in connection with Customer’s use of the Educator Impact Services under the Educator Impact Customer Terms of Service 

Role (controller/processor): Controller 

Data importer: 

Name: Educator Impact, Pty Ltd. 

Address: Level 3/45 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 

Contact person’s name, position and contact details: Dave Brassey, Data Protection Officer, Educator Impact, Pty Ltd. Level 3/45 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000

Activities relevant to the data transferred under these Clauses: Processing of Personal Data in connection with Customer’s use of the Educator Impact Services under the Educator Impact Customer Terms of Service 

Role (controller/processor): Processor 

Description of Transfer 

Categories of Data Subjects whose Personal Data is Transferred 

Data Subjects are defined within the Educator Impact Privacy Policy which can be found at https://www.educatorimpact.com/privacy-policy

Categories of Personal Data Transferred 

Data transferred is defined within the Educator Impact Privacy Policy which can be found at https://www.educatorimpact.com/privacy-policy 

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 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 Services pursuant to the Agreement. 

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. 

Competent Supervisory Authority 

For the purposes of the Standard Contractual Clauses, the supervisory authority that will act as competent supervisory authority will be determined in accordance with GDPR. 

Annex 2 – Security Measures

Family Zone (including Linewize, Smoothwall and Educator Impact) take privacy and security of customer data very seriously. We choose to exclusively use Tier 1 data centres provided by Microsoft, Amazon and Google. These data centres facilitate us deploying security and resilience of the highest order. 

Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest when stored in the data centre using industry standard secure encryption technologies.  

Internally Family Zone have implemented the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and hold any company we deal with to the same high standards.

We use the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR is generally recognised as the highest data protection standard) as our standard across the company. Our products including Pulse, Monitor and Filter are certified compliant with the United States privacy regulations COPPA, FERPA and CSPC and our other products are in the process of being certified. 

 

  1. Safeguards and practices in place to manage personal data
    1. Technical
      1. Data encryption (transit and rest)
      2. Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
      3. Web Applications Firewall
      4. Data backups
      5. Identity and access management
    2. Operational
      1. Security operations center (SOC)
      2. Vulnerability management
      3. Incident management
    3. Administrative
      1. Secure-by-design process
      2. Employee background checks
      3. Internal & external privacy policy
      4. Employee security training
      5. Vendor risk management
      6. Security policies (ie. vulnerability management, data classification, third party risk management, user & device security policies, DPIA procedure)
  2. Account management, least privilege and limiting access to customer data;
    1. We have a user account security policy which requires the use of security controls such as MFA, password managers and password complexity requirements.
    2. We have a privileged account policy which requires that administrators and cloud admins create user and service accounts that comply with security standards including least privilege.
    3. We have a data classification policy which controls how data is handled, reproduced and disposed of.
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