“Pinecone remains fully liable for any breach of this DPA that is caused by an act, error or omission of its Subprocessors to the same extent that Pinecone would have been liable...”
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This prevents Pinecone from using Subprocessor involvement as a shield against liability, ensuring customers face no gap in accountability regardless of which entity in Pinecone's chain caused the breach.
If a Subprocessor Pinecone uses causes a DPA breach, you can hold Pinecone fully liable as though Pinecone itself had committed the breach.
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"Pinecone remains fully liable for any breach of this DPA that is caused by an act, error or omission of its Subprocessors to the same extent that Pinecone would have been liable...Excerpt from Pinecone's Data Processing Addendum
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This prevents Pinecone from using Subprocessor involvement as a shield against liability, ensuring customers face no gap in accountability regardless of which entity in Pinecone's chain caused the breach.
If a Subprocessor Pinecone uses causes a DPA breach, you can hold Pinecone fully liable as though Pinecone itself had committed the breach.
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