The policy states that HubSpot has certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, UK Extension, and Swiss-U.S. DPF, and that in the event of conflict between the Privacy Policy and DPF Principles, the DPF Principles govern. The U.S. FTC is identified as the enforcement authority for DPF compliance.
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This provision establishes HubSpot's primary cross-border transfer mechanism for EEA, UK, and Swiss personal data, identifies the FTC as the enforcement authority for DPF compliance, and commits HubSpot to a 45-day complaint resolution timeline with escalation paths through EU data protection authorities, the UK ICO, and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, including binding arbitration as a last resort.
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 →Under this clause, EU, UK, and Swiss residents whose personal data is transferred to HubSpot's U.S. operations have rights to access, correction, amendment, and deletion of their data, and can escalate unresolved complaints to their respective data protection authority or through binding arbitration. The policy states that complaints submitted to privacy@hubspot.com will be investigated and addressed within 45 days.
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Compare across platforms →"HubSpot complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework ("EU-U.S. DPF"), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework ("Swiss-U.S. DPF") as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce (collectively "the Data Privacy Framework"). HubSpot has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-US DPF Principles with regard to the processing of Personal Data received from the European Union, and the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) and to the Swiss-US DPF Principles with regard to the processing of Personal Data received from Switzerland. If there is any conflict between this Privacy Policy and the DPF Principles, the DPF Principles will govern.Excerpt from HubSpot's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes HubSpot's primary cross-border transfer mechanism for EEA, UK, and Swiss personal data, identifies the FTC as the enforcement authority for DPF compliance, and commits HubSpot to a 45-day complaint resolution timeline with escalation paths through EU data protection authorities, the UK ICO, and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, including binding arbitration as a last …
Under this clause, EU, UK, and Swiss residents whose personal data is transferred to HubSpot's U.S. operations have rights to access, correction, amendment, and deletion of their data, and can escalate unresolved complaints to their respective data protection authority or through binding arbitration. The policy states that complaints submitted to privacy@hubspot.com will be investigated and addressed within 45 days.
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