Glean uses third-party vendors (sub-processors) to help deliver its services and requires those vendors to follow data protection rules, with a list of sub-processors available on request.
Your workplace data may be processed by multiple third-party vendors used by Glean, not just Glean itself, which expands the potential exposure of your personal information.
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Compare across platforms →Enterprise customers need to know exactly which sub-processors handle their employees' data to assess risk and ensure GDPR Article 28 chain-of-custody compliance; a list that is only available 'on request' rather than prominently published creates transparency concerns.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: GDPR Article 28(2) requires controllers to authorize use of sub-processors and mandates that processors impose equivalent data protection obligations on sub-processors by contract. Article 28(4) requires flow-down of all processor obligations. Failure to obtain prior written authorization for new sub-processors is a direct GDPR violation. UK GDPR imposes the same requirements. The ICO and EU DPAs (particularly the Irish DPC for US tech companies) enforce these obligations.
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