When your employer uses ADP for payroll or HR, ADP follows your employer's instructions for handling your data, and your employer is legally responsible for most data decisions. If you want to know how your data is used or want to change it, you generally need to ask your employer, not ADP.
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This provision determines who you can hold accountable for your data. For most employees, ADP is not the primary point of contact for data rights, which can make exercising those rights slower or more complex.
ADP deleted the cookie preference management tool that previously allowed users to understand and control which cookies were placed on their devices, including functional, analytics, and advertising cookies. The removal eliminates the transparency mechanism through which users could consent to or opt out of different cookie categories. The practical effect depends on whether ADP has replaced this functionality elsewhere or whether cookies continue to be placed without equivalent granular user control.
View change record →Employees whose companies use ADP for payroll or HR may find that ADP redirects their requests to their employer, meaning accessing, correcting, or deleting payroll and benefits data requires going through your employer's HR department rather than contacting ADP directly.
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"When ADP provides services to Clients, ADP typically acts as a data processor, processing personal data on behalf of our Clients and under their instructions. In this situation, Client is the data controller and is responsible for compliance with applicable data protection laws that apply to the collection and processing of their employees' personal data. ADP's processing of such data is governed by our contracts with Clients. If you are an employee or associate of one of our Clients, please contact your employer regarding ADP's use of your personal data.Excerpt from ADP's Privacy Statement
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages GDPR Articles 4(7) and 4(8) defining controller and processor roles, and Article 28 requiring a written data processing agreement between controller and processor.
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This provision determines who you can hold accountable for your data. For most employees, ADP is not the primary point of contact for data rights, which can make exercising those rights slower or more complex.
Employees whose companies use ADP for payroll or HR may find that ADP redirects their requests to their employer, meaning accessing, correcting, or deleting payroll and benefits data requires going through your employer's HR department rather than contacting ADP directly.
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