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HubSpot's designation as controller for this data means HubSpot bears legal responsibility for how that professional personal data is collected and processed before it is shared with customers.
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The updated policy now explicitly discloses that HubSpot collects Email Engagement Data (such as open, delivery, bounce, and click statuses) from emails sent through its Subscription Services using embedded tracking technologies. This represents formalization of a data collection practice into explicit policy language. However, the policy simultaneously removed a previously stated sentence directing users to a form for removing their personal data from HubSpot's commercial dataset. The updated terms do not indicate an alternative removal mechanism.
View change record →Your professional personal data may be collected and processed by HubSpot acting as the data controller, making it available to HubSpot's customers for sales and marketing purposes.
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HubSpot's designation as controller for this data means HubSpot bears legal responsibility for how that professional personal data is collected and processed before it is shared with customers.
Your professional personal data may be collected and processed by HubSpot acting as the data controller, making it available to HubSpot's customers for sales and marketing purposes.
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