If you log into an app that uses Okta or Auth0 for authentication, your data is controlled by that app's developer or employer, not Okta directly, and Okta's privacy policy does not govern those interactions.
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Many users encounter Okta or Auth0 without realizing it, as it powers login for thousands of enterprise apps. Those users cannot rely on this policy for their data rights; they must look to their employer's or the application's own privacy terms.
Expanded to explicitly define the data controller vs. processor distinction with concrete examples and clarified that customer privacy policies govern processing in processor role.
View full change record →If you access services through an Okta or Auth0 powered login screen, your personal data including authentication credentials and login metadata is processed under your employer's or the app developer's privacy policy, not Okta's, limiting your ability to exercise rights directly against Okta in that context.
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"When Okta provides its products and services to its customers (e.g., organizations that use Okta to manage their workforce or Auth0 to manage their customer identity), Okta processes personal data on behalf of those customers as a data processor. In those cases, the customer is the data controller and their privacy policy governs the processing of personal data. This Privacy Policy does not apply to personal data that Okta processes on behalf of its customers in its role as a data processor.Excerpt from Auth0's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly implicates GDPR Articles 4(7) and 4(8) defining controller and processor roles, and Articles 26 and 28 governing joint controller and processor agreements.
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Many users encounter Okta or Auth0 without realizing it, as it powers login for thousands of enterprise apps. Those users cannot rely on this policy for their data rights; they must look to their employer's or the application's own privacy terms.
If you access services through an Okta or Auth0 powered login screen, your personal data including authentication credentials and login metadata is processed under your employer's or the app developer's privacy policy, not Okta's, limiting your ability to exercise rights directly against Okta in that context.
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