Glossary

Data processing agreement (DPA)

German:Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag (AVV)

The contract with a provider that processes personal data on your behalf.

Whether a data processing agreement exists is something you check with the provider yourself and enter in the data inventory: yes, no or unknown. Unknown is an honest answer and better than a guess. Legal questions are for an adviser.

Example from Module 2

For one tool you do not know whether a data processing agreement exists: you enter unknown and check.

Module 2: “Protecting data: encapsulate and check”. In the Werkbank course room, with sign-in.

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