The policy authorizes sharing of personal information with third-party vendors providing payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting, customer service, and marketing services on RunPod's behalf.
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This provision establishes that personal data flows to multiple categories of third-party service providers, requiring RunPod to maintain data processing agreements with each and potentially triggering sub-processor notification obligations for enterprise customers under their own data processing agreements with RunPod.
Removal of explicit service provider categories may obscure data sharing practices and reduce user understanding of third-party access to personal information.
View full change record →Previous version had 'Third-Party Analytics and Personalization Tracking' with no excerpt; current version expanded to comprehensive third-party service provider data sharing with specific examples.
View full change record →Under this clause, personal data including account identifiers, usage data, and potentially billing information may be shared with payment processors, analytics vendors, email delivery providers, hosting partners, and marketing service providers. The policy does not enumerate specific vendor names in the reviewed text, which limits user visibility into the specific recipients of their data.
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We will also provide an individual opt-out choice, or opt-in for sensitive data, before we share your data with third parties other than our agents, or before we use it for a purpose other than which it was originally collected.
You and your organization's administrator can access several types of Service Data directly from Google Cloud, including your account information, billing contact information, payment and transaction information, as well as product and communication settings and configurations.
to request that your data be transferred to a third party (data portability)
"We may share your personal information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.Excerpt from RunPod's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Third-party data sharing with service providers engages GDPR Article 28 (processor requirements) and Articles 44-49 (international transfers) where vendors are located outside the EU/EEA.
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This provision establishes that personal data flows to multiple categories of third-party service providers, requiring RunPod to maintain data processing agreements with each and potentially triggering sub-processor notification obligations for enterprise customers under their own data processing agreements with RunPod.
Under this clause, personal data including account identifiers, usage data, and potentially billing information may be shared with payment processors, analytics vendors, email delivery providers, hosting partners, and marketing service providers. The policy does not enumerate specific vendor names in the reviewed text, which limits user visibility into the specific recipients of their data.
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