Glean uses other companies (like cloud providers or AI model vendors) to deliver its service, and those companies may access your data. Glean is supposed to tell enterprise clients about changes to this list.
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Sub-processor visibility is a GDPR requirement and a practical security concern, since each sub-processor represents an additional party with access to potentially sensitive workplace data.
Interpretive note: Exact sub-processor disclosure language could not be confirmed from the truncated document; characterization reflects standard GDPR Article 28 processor obligations applicable to enterprise SaaS vendors.
Your workplace data processed by Glean may be accessible to Glean's sub-processors, such as cloud infrastructure or AI model providers, with the enterprise customer's awareness but typically without individual employee notification.
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"We use third-party service providers (sub-processors) to help us provide our services. These sub-processors may have access to personal data only as necessary to perform their functions. We maintain a list of sub-processors and will notify enterprise customers of material changes in accordance with our data processing agreements.Excerpt from Glean's Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 28(2) and (4) require processors to obtain controller authorization before engaging sub-processors and to impose equivalent data protection obligations on them by contract.
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Sub-processor visibility is a GDPR requirement and a practical security concern, since each sub-processor represents an additional party with access to potentially sensitive workplace data.
Your workplace data processed by Glean may be accessible to Glean's sub-processors, such as cloud infrastructure or AI model providers, with the enterprise customer's awareness but typically without individual employee notification.
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