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This provision establishes the legal responsibility framework for personal data processing. The allocation of controller and processor roles determines which entity bears regulatory compliance obligations under data protection law, including responding to data subject access requests and implementing data protection safeguards.
Users of Checkout.com's services operate under different privacy governance depending on whether they interact with Checkout.com directly (where Checkout.com controls their data) or through a merchant (where the merchant's privacy policy applies and data subject requests must be directed to the merchant). This structure means end customers should direct data access requests to their merchant rather than directly to Checkout.com for transaction-related processing.
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"Checkout.com acts as a data controller in respect of the personal data of its own business contacts and website visitors. Where Checkout.com processes personal data on behalf of its merchant clients in connection with the provision of payment services, Checkout.com acts as a data processor and the merchant is the data controller. In such cases, the merchant's privacy policy will govern the processing of end customer personal data and any data subject requests should be directed to the relevant merchant.— Excerpt from Checkout.com's Checkout.com Privacy
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This provision establishes the legal responsibility framework for personal data processing. The allocation of controller and processor roles determines which entity bears regulatory compliance obligations under data protection law, including responding to data subject access requests and implementing data protection safeguards.
Users of Checkout.com's services operate under different privacy governance depending on whether they interact with Checkout.com directly (where Checkout.com controls their data) or through a merchant (where the merchant's privacy policy applies and data subject requests must be directed to the merchant). This structure means end customers should direct data access requests to their merchant rather than directly to Checkout.com …
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