If you use Adobe through your employer or school, your organization can access, control, and delete everything in your Adobe account, including files you created before these terms took effect.
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Employees and students using Adobe through an institutional account have no independent privacy protections from their employer or school within that account, including for content created prior to the current terms.
Business users, including employees and students, risk losing control over all content stored in their Adobe Business Profile, including personal projects created on work accounts, as the terms grant employers full access and removal rights retroactively.
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"If you are a Business User, you agree that, due to your receipt of Entitlements from such Business, (1) Adobe may provide such Business with the ability to access, use, remove, retain, and control your Business Profile and all Content therein whether uploaded or imported before or after the date the Terms were last updated; (2) your use of the Services and Software is governed by such Business's agreement with Adobe; and (3) Adobe may provide your personal information to such Business.Excerpt from Adobe's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Article 6 (lawful basis for processing) and Article 88 (processing in the context of employment) for EU users, as well as applicable national employment data laws in EU …
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Employees and students using Adobe through an institutional account have no independent privacy protections from their employer or school within that account, including for content created prior to the current terms.
Business users, including employees and students, risk losing control over all content stored in their Adobe Business Profile, including personal projects created on work accounts, as the terms grant employers full access and removal rights retroactively.
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