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This allocation of roles determines regulatory responsibility under data protection frameworks. As controller, the customer bears primary compliance obligations for lawfulness of processing, while Vercel's role is circumscribed to executing the customer's documented instructions.
Customers assume responsibility for ensuring their data processing activities comply with applicable privacy laws when using Vercel's Services. Vercel's processing scope is defined by customer instructions rather than Vercel's independent determinations.
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"When you use our Services to build and operate applications, Vercel processes data on your behalf as a data processor. In these cases, you (our Customer) are the data controller, responsible for ensuring that the data processing activities comply with applicable privacy laws. Vercel acts solely as a data processor in accordance with your instructions.— Excerpt from Vercel AI's Vercel AI SDK Privacy
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This allocation of roles determines regulatory responsibility under data protection frameworks. As controller, the customer bears primary compliance obligations for lawfulness of processing, while Vercel's role is circumscribed to executing the customer's documented instructions.
Customers assume responsibility for ensuring their data processing activities comply with applicable privacy laws when using Vercel's Services. Vercel's processing scope is defined by customer instructions rather than Vercel's independent determinations.
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