If your Asana account is run through your employer or another organization, that organization controls your access and can view or export your account data, not you.
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Most people using Asana for work are on an employer-controlled account, meaning their work data belongs to the organization, not to them personally, and can be accessed by administrators.
Reframed provision to explicitly define "Customer Data" and shift emphasis from user account control to data ownership and control between Asana and Customer; renamed managed users provision and elevated severity to high.
View full change record →Severity downgraded from high to medium, language softened from absolute control and termination without notice to specific enumerated capabilities, and added requirement to contact administrator for policies.
View full change record →This provision means that workspace content, task data, messages, and files stored in an employer-administered Asana account are accessible to and controlled by the employer. If you leave a job, the organization can retain, delete, or transfer that data without your consent.
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"If you are using the Service through an account administered by a Customer, that Customer may (a) provision or deprovision access to the Service, (b) enable or disable third party integrations, (c) manage permissions, (d) have access to information in and about your use of your account, and (e) export information from your account. Please contact your organization's administrator for information about its policies and settings.Excerpt from Asana's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR controller/processor distinctions, as the Customer acts as data controller for employee workspace data, and Asana as processor.
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Most people using Asana for work are on an employer-controlled account, meaning their work data belongs to the organization, not to them personally, and can be accessed by administrators.
This provision means that workspace content, task data, messages, and files stored in an employer-administered Asana account are accessible to and controlled by the employer. If you leave a job, the organization can retain, delete, or transfer that data without your consent.
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