The notice states that when Experian processes personal information on behalf of business clients, it acts as a processor or service provider, and that the client's privacy notice and contractual agreement govern that processing rather than this notice. Consumers seeking rights related to such data must contact the business client, not Experian directly.
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This provision establishes a dual-role framework under which Experian may operate as either a data controller or a processor depending on the context, and directs consumers to the relevant business client for rights requests when Experian acts in a processor capacity. This affects the practical pathway for consumers seeking to exercise access, deletion, or correction rights with respect to data Experian processes on behalf of third-party clients.
Under this provision, when Experian processes personal information as a service provider on behalf of a business client, the consumer's rights requests must be directed to that business client rather than to Experian. The document states that Experian processes such data only as necessary and at the client's direction.
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Compare across platforms →"To provide our services, we may process personal information we receive from or on behalf of our clients. When we do so, we act as a processor or service provider on behalf of our client who determines the purpose and means of the processing. Experian processes this information only as necessary to provide our services and at our client's direction. The privacy notice of our client and our contractual agreement with them governs the processing of this personal information. To exercise any privacy rights in relation to personal information we may process as a processor or service provider, please contact the relevant business who collected the personal information or on whose behalf this information was collected.Excerpt from Experian's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes a dual-role framework under which Experian may operate as either a data controller or a processor depending on the context, and directs consumers to the relevant business client for rights requests when Experian acts in a processor capacity. This affects the practical pathway for consumers seeking to exercise access, deletion, or correction rights with respect to data …
Under this provision, when Experian processes personal information as a service provider on behalf of a business client, the consumer's rights requests must be directed to that business client rather than to Experian. The document states that Experian processes such data only as necessary and at the client's direction.
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