“When we provide our products and services to our customers, we act as a data processor. This means it is our customers, and not Palantir, who are in control of what personal data and other information they process using our products or services...”
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This role allocation determines where legal responsibility for data processing decisions sits: with the customer, not Palantir, when Palantir's products or services are used.
The updated Privacy Statement now authorizes Palantir to disclose personal data to promotional code partners who may then contact you if you sign up for a Palantir service using their code. This establishes a new third-party contact pathway not previously disclosed in the policy. The terms do not specify how frequently partners may contact you, what data is included in the disclosure, or whether you can opt out of partner contact after signing up.
View change record →If your personal data is processed through a Palantir customer's use of Palantir's products or services, that customer — not Palantir — controls what happens to it.
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If we rely on certain legal bases (such as "legal obligation" or "contractual necessity") and you do not provide us with your Personal Data, we may not be able to lawfully provide you services.
By placing an order, you acknowledge and agree that, if the Merchant is responsible for the delivery of an order, the Merchant may use your Personal Information to facilitate the delivery of the order to you...
To the extent that the rules or terms of those promotions concerning the treatment of your personal information conflict with this Privacy Policy, the rules of those promotions will control.
"When we provide our products and services to our customers, we act as a data processor. This means it is our customers, and not Palantir, who are in control of what personal data and other information they process using our products or services...Excerpt from Palantir's Privacy Statement
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This role allocation determines where legal responsibility for data processing decisions sits: with the customer, not Palantir, when Palantir's products or services are used.
If your personal data is processed through a Palantir customer's use of Palantir's products or services, that customer — not Palantir — controls what happens to it.
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