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Greenhouse's role as a processor—rather than a controller—defines the legal framework under which it handles customer data, with significant implications for data protection responsibility.
Interpretive note: The excerpt references Greenhouse's 'data protection and privacy commitments as a processor' but does not enumerate those commitments. The canonical claim focuses on the primary legal proposition—Greenhouse's role as processor—which is explicitly stated. The specific commitments are not described in this excerpt.
Greenhouse processes your company's data in the role of a data processor acting on your company's behalf.
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Greenhouse's role as a processor—rather than a controller—defines the legal framework under which it handles customer data, with significant implications for data protection responsibility.
Greenhouse processes your company's data in the role of a data processor acting on your company's behalf.
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