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We will respond to your request as soon as reasonably possible. Should we not be able to respond to your request within thirty (30) days after receiving your request, we will inform you in writing within thirty (30) days of the time by which we will be able to respond...
If you use an authorized agent to submit a request, we will not act on that request unless we are able to authenticate, with commercially reasonable efforts, both your identity and the authorized agent's authority to act on your behalf.
"In addition, if you are subject to EU Data Protection Law (as defined in the Data Processing Addendum ), you acknowledge and agree that we have your prior written authorization to respond, at our discretion, to any data subject access requests we receive from your Contacts made under EU Data Protection Law...Excerpt from Mailchimp's Standard Terms of Use
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The clause states: “In addition, if you are subject to EU Data Protection Law (as defined in the Data Processing Addendum ), you acknowledge and agree that we have your prior written authorization to respond, at our discretion, to any data subject access requests we receive from your Contacts made under EU Data …”
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