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Data Processing Addendum

How Klaar processes, protects, and transfers personal data on behalf of its customers.

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This Data Processing Agreement (the “DPA”) constitutes a legally binding agreement between i) Klaar Digital Solutions Private Limited ("Klaar")  and (ii) Customer each being a “Party” and together the “Parties”.

You are required to read this DPA carefully as this DPA forms an integral part of the Terms of Service available at https://www.klaarhq.com/terms/ (the “Terms”) and is applicable in each case governing Customer’s access to and use of the Services (the “Agreement”) or where Klaar is the Processor of Your Personal Data. In the event of a conflict between this DPA and the Terms, this DPA shall prevail.

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 Klaar Digital Solutions Private Limited. 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.

1. Definitions

1.1 In this Addendum, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below and cognate terms shall be construed accordingly:

(a) "Addendum Effective Date" has the meaning given to it in section 2;

(b) "Affiliate" means an entity that owns or controls, is owned or controlled by or is or under common control or ownership with either Client or Klaar (as the context allows), where control is defined as the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;

(c) "Client Personal Data" means any Personal Data Processed by Klaar (i) on behalf of Client (including for the sake of clarity, any Client Affiliate), or (ii) otherwise Processed by Klaar, in each case pursuant to or in connection with instructions given by Client in writing, consistent with the Terms;

(d) "Controller to Processors" means the Standard Contractual Clauses (processors) for the purposes of Article 26(2) of Directive 95/46/EC set out in Decision 2010/87/EC as the same are revised or updated from time to time by the European Commission;

(e) "Data Protection Laws" means (i) Directive 95/46/EC and, from May 25, 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR") together with applicable legislation implementing or supplementing the same or otherwise relating to the processing of Personal Data of natural persons, and (ii) to the extent not included in sub-clause (i), the Data Protection Act 1998 of the United Kingdom, as amended from time to time, and including any substantially similar legislation that replaces the DPA 1998;

(f) "Privacy Shield" means the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework; and

(g) "Services" means the services to be supplied by Klaar to Client or Client Affiliates pursuant to the Terms.

(h) “EU Area” means the European Union, European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland;

(i) “EU Area Law” means (i) Directive 95/46/EC and, from May 25, 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("EU GDPR") together with applicable legislation implementing or supplementing the same or otherwise relating to the processing of Personal Data of natural persons; (ii) the Data Protection Act 1998 of the United Kingdom and the EU GDPR as saved into United Kingdom Law by virtue of section 3 of the United Kingdom’s European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “UK GDPR”); (iii) the swiss Federal Data Protection Act of 19 June 1992 and its Ordinance (“Swiss DPA”); (iv) any other law relating to the data protection, security, or privacy of individuals that applies in the EU Area; or (v) any successor or amendments thereto (including, without limitation, implementation of the EU GDPR by Member States into their national law);

(j) “Third Country” means countries that, where required by applicable Data Protection Laws, have not received an adequacy decision from an applicable authority relating to cross-border data transfers of Personal Data, including regulators such as the European Commission, UK ICO, or Swiss FDPIC.

1.2 The terms "Controller", "Data Subject", "Personal Data", "Personal Data Breach", "Process", "Processor" and “Supervisory Authority” have the same meanings as described in applicable Data Protection Laws and cognate terms shall be construed accordingly.

1.3 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Addendum shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms.

2. Formation of this Addendum

This Addendum is deemed agreed by the Parties, and comes into effect, on the “Addendum Effective Date”, being the later of (i) the date that this Addendum is accepted by Client; and (ii) Klaar.

3. Roles of the Parties

The Parties acknowledge and agree that with regard to the Processing of Client Personal Data, and as more fully described in Annex 1 hereto, Client acts as a Controller and Klaar acts as a Processor (as defined in section 5.2.4 below).

The Parties expressly agree that Client shall be solely responsible for ensuring timely communications to Client’s Affiliates or the relevant Controller(s) who receive the Services, insofar as such communications may be required or useful in light of applicable Data Protection Laws to enable Client’s Affiliates or the relevant Controller(s) to comply with such Laws.

4. Description of Personal Data Processing

4.1 In Annex 1 to this Addendum, the Parties have mutually set out their understanding of the details of the Processing of the Client Personal Data to be Processed by Klaar pursuant to this Addendum, as required by Article 28(3) of the GDPR. Either Party may make reasonable amendments to Annex 1 by written notice to the other Party and as reasonably necessary to meet those requirements. Annex 1 does not create any obligation or rights for any Party.

5. Data Processing Terms

5.1

Client shall comply with all applicable Data Protection Laws in connection with the performance of this Addendum. As between the Parties, Client shall be solely responsible for compliance with applicable Data Protection Laws regarding the collection of and transfer to Klaar of Client Personal Data. Client agrees not to provide Klaar with any data concerning a natural person’s health, religion or any special categories of data as defined in Article 9 of the GDPR.

5.2

Klaar shall comply with all applicable Data Protection Laws in the Processing of Client Personal Data and Klaar shall:

5.2.1

process the Client Personal Data relating to the categories of Data Subjects for the purposes of the Terms 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 Client, for the purposes of providing the Services and as otherwise necessary to perform its obligations under the Terms including with regard to transfers of Client Personal Data to a third country outside to an international organization; Klaar shall immediately inform Client if, in Klaar’s opinion, an instruction infringes applicable Data Protection Laws;

5.2.2

ensure that persons authorized to process the Client Personal Data have committed themselves to confidentiality or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality;

5.2.3

implement and maintain the technical and organizational measures set out in the Terms 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 any further appropriate technical and organizational measures necessary to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk of the Processing of Client Personal Data as per following:

(a) pseudonymization and encryption of Client Personal Data;

(b) ensuring ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems and services that process Client Personal Data;

(c) restoring availability and access to Client Personal Data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident; and

(d) regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing of the Client Personal Data.

Any amendment to such agreed measures that is necessitated by Client shall be dealt with via an agreed change control process between Klaar and Client;

5.2.4

Client (on behalf of the relevant Controller(s), as applicable), hereby expressly and specifically authorizes Klaar to engage another Processor to Process the Client Personal Data ("Other Processor"), and specifically the Other Processors listed in Annex 2 hereto, subject to Klaar's:

  1. notifying Client of any intended changes to its use of Other Processors listed in Annex 2 by emailing notice of the intended change to Client;
  2. including data protection obligations in its contract with each Other Processor that are materially the same as those set out in this Addendum; and
  3. remaining liable to the Client for any failure by each Other Processor to fulfill its obligations in relation to the Processing of the Client Personal Data.

In relation to any notice received under section 5.2.4 a., the Client shall have a period of 30 (thirty) days from the date of the notice to inform Klaar in writing of any reasonable objection to the use of that Other Processor. The parties will then, for a period of no more than 30 (thirty) days from the date of the Client's objection, work

together in good faith to attempt to find a commercially reasonable solution for the Client which avoids the use of the objected-to Other Processor. Where no such solution can be found, either Party may (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Terms) terminate the relevant Services immediately on written notice to the other Party, without damages, penalty or indemnification whatsoever;

5.2.5

to the extent legally permissible, promptly notify Client of any communication from a Data Subject regarding the Processing of Client 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 Client Personal Data and, taking into account the nature of the Processing, assist Client (or the relevant Controller) by appropriate technical and organizational measures, insofar as this is possible, for the fulfillment of Client’s, Client’s Affiliates’ or the relevant Controller(s)’ obligation to respond to requests for exercising the data subject's rights laid down in Chapter III GDPR; Client agrees to pay Klaar for time and for out of pocket expenses incurred by Klaar in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Section 5.2.5;

5.2.6

Upon Klaar’s becoming aware of a Personal Data Breach involving Client Personal Data, notify Client without undue delay, of any Personal Data Breach involving Client Personal Data, such notice to include all information reasonably required by Client (or the relevant Controller) to comply with its obligations under the applicable Data Protection Laws;

5.2.7

to the extent required by the applicable Data Protection Laws, provide reasonable assistance to Client, Client’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 Klaar; Client agrees to pay Klaar for time and for out of pocket expenses incurred by Klaar in connection with any assistance provided in connection with Articles 35 and 36 of the GDPR;

5.2.8

Cease Processing the Client Personal Data upon the termination or expiry of the Terms, and at option of Client, Client’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 Client Personal Data Processed by Klaar, unless (and solely to the extent and

for such period as) Country law requires storage of the Personal Data. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, Klaar may retain Personal Data and shall have no obligation to return Personal Data to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations obligations. Any such Personal Data retained shall remain subject to the obligations of confidentiality set forth in the Terms; and

5.2.9

make available to Client all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this Addendum and allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections, by Client, or an auditor mandated by Client. For the purposes of demonstrating compliance with this Addendum under this section 5.2.9, the Parties agree that once per year during the term of the Terms, Klaar will provide to Client, on reasonable notice, responses to cybersecurity and other assessments. Client agrees to pay Klaar for time and for out of pocket expenses incurred by Klaar in connection with assistance provided in connection with such audits, responses to cybersecurity and other assessments.

6. Transfers

Klaar is certified to Information Security Management as per ISO 27001:2013. Klaar shall notify Client in writing without undue delay if it can no longer comply with its obligations under the Privacy compliance, and, in such a case, Klaar will have the option of (i) promptly taking reasonable steps to remediate any non-compliance with applicable obligations under this Addendum, or (ii) engaging in a good faith dialogue with Client to determine a new data transfer mechanism to carry out the purposes of the Terms. Klaar acts as a Processor with respect to Personal Data received pursuant to a data transfer.

In the event the Privacy Compliance is invalidated, Client and each Client Affiliate (on behalf of the relevant Controller(s), as the case may be), if applicable (as "data exporter") and Klaar (as "data importer"), with effect from the commencement of the relevant transfer, shall enter into the Controller to Processor SCCs (mutatis mutandis, as the case may be) in respect of any transfer (or onward transfer) from Client or Client Affiliate to Klaar, where such transfer would otherwise be prohibited by applicable Data Protection Laws or by the terms of data transfer agreements put in place to address applicable Data Protection Laws. Appendix 1 to the Controller to Processor SCCs shall be deemed to be prepopulated with the relevant sections of Annex 1 to this Addendum and the processing operations are deemed to be those described in the Terms. Appendix 2 to the Controller to Processor SCCs shall be deemed to be prepopulated with the following "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 for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, Klaar shall implement appropriate technical and organizational measures as set forth in the Addendum."

7. Precedence

The provisions of this Addendum are supplemental to the provisions of the Terms. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Addendum and the provisions of the Terms, the provisions of this Addendum shall prevail.

8. Indemnity

To the extent permissible by law, Client shall indemnify and hold harmless Klaar against all (i) losses, (ii) third party claims, (iii) administrative fines and (iv) costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal, investigatory and consultancy fees and expenses) reasonably incurred in relation to (i), (ii) or iii), suffered by Klaar and that arise from any breach by Client of this Addendum or of its obligations under applicable Data Protection Laws.

9. Severability

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.

9. Others

The organization ensures that the contract to process PII addresses the organization’s role in providing assistance with the customer's obligations.

The Agreement considers following and follows:

a. Privacy by Design and default

b. Achieving Security of Processing

c. Notification of breaches involving PII to a Supervisory authority

d. Notification of breaches involving PII to Customers and PII Principals

e. Conducting Privacy Impact Assessment

f. Assurance of Assistance by the PII Processors if prior consultations with relevant PII Protection authorities are needed.

g. Klaar shall inform the customer if in its opinion a processing instruction infringes applicable legislation or regulation.

h. The organization does not use PII processed under a contract for the purposes of Marketing and Advertising

i. Coordinate with Clients for helping Audit the systems. The organization provides the customer with the appropriate information so that it can demonstrate compliance with their obligations

j. Klaar shall use GCP as sub processors with Security and Privacy requirements fullfilled.

k. The organization shall comply with all statutory and regulatory requirements, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 27701:2019 and EU GDPR requirements.

l. The Data shall be deleted or de-identified after the processing is complete (This is after the retention period selected is complete).

m. Klaar shall inform 24 hours in advance to clients in case of any legally binding requests for disclosure of PII.

n. For Access, Correction and/or Erasure of PII of Data subjects can be done by contacting the Data Protection Officer (DPO) below. Also for raising concerns and/or any complaints related with PII that can be done by contacting the Data Protection Officer below:

Name: Atri Roy

Email ID: atri@klaarhq.com

Annexure 1: Description of Processing of Client Personal Data

This Annex includes certain details of the Processing of Client Personal Data as required by Article 28(3) GDPR and, as applicable, Controller to Processor SCC.

  1. List of Parties

           Data Exporter

Name: Customer (as defined in the Agreement)
Address: As set forth in the Agreement.
Contact person's name, position and contact details: As set forth in the Agreement.
Activities relevant to the data transferred under these Clauses: Recipient of the Services provided by Klaar Digital Solutions Private Limited in accordance with the Agreement.
Signature and date: This Annex I shall automatically be deemed executed when the Agreement is executed by Customer
Role (controller/processor): Controller

           Data Importer

Name: Klaar Digital Solutions Private Limited
Address: HD- 019, WeWork Embassy TechVillage, Block L, Devarabisanahalli, Outer Ring Road, Bellandur, Bengaluru (Bangalore) Urban, Karnataka, 560103
Contact person's name, position and contact details: Anshul Gupta, anshul@klaarhq.com
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
  1. 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.
  1. 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 services provided by Klaar Digital Solutions Private Limited:
  • Phone Number
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 will include the following basic processing activities: The provision of Services to Customer. The purpose of the transfer is to facilitate the performance of the Services more fully described in the Agreement.
Purpose of the data transfer and further processing
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, nonpersonalized 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.
Subprocessor transfers – subject matter, nature, and duration of processing The subject matter, nature, and duration of the Processing are more fully described in the Agreement.
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.

Subject matter and duration of the Processing of the Personal Data

The subject matter and duration of the Processing of the Client Personal Data are set out in Section 2 of the Terms.

.The categories of Data Subject to whom the Client Personal Data relates

- Employees and Contractors of Clients.

The types of Client Personal Data to be Processed

Name, Address, Email, Phone, Related person, Related URL, User ID, Username

Special categories of data

None

The obligations and rights of Client

The obligations and rights of Client are set out in the Terms and this Addendum.

Data exporter (as applicable)

The data exporter is: Client of Klaar that uses the Services

Data importer (as applicable)

The data importer is: PIPL, a company that provides services to the client, which requires receiving the Client’s query data

Processing operations (as applicable)

The personal data transferred will be subject to the following basic processing activities: The provision of Klaar Limited to Client for Due Dillegence and Background Verification as per Client requirements.

  1. Technical and Organisational Security Measures

Description of the  technical and organisational security measures implemented by Klaar Digital Solutions Private Limited 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 persons.

Annex 2: Klaar’s Other Processors

Name of Other Processor Description of Processing Location of Other Processor
GCP Hosting the Production Environment EU
Intercom Handling Customer Queries USA
Supersend Sending out mails and notifications USA
Semrush SEO USA
Amazon Web Services Storing PDF Files EU
Hubspot CRM solution USA
Google Workspace Email services India
ZOHO Invoicing solutions India
Atlassian Work management USA
Slack Messaging USA
Apollo.ai Customer Outreach USA
Datadog Logging and Bug Tracking USA
Work OS SSO USA
Nylas Calendar Integration USA
Twilio SMS OTPs USA
Posthog Analytics USA
Zendesk Handling Customer Queries USA
UseCSV Data Management USA
Firebase SSO USA
Craftmypdf PDF Generation USA

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