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Effective Date: May 14, 2024
1.1 These standard contractual clauses (hereinafter referred to as "Clauses") are intended to ensure compliance with Article 28 (3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter referred to as GDPR).
1.2 The Controllers and Processors listed in Annex I have agreed to these Clauses to ensure compliance with Article 28(3) and (4) GDPR.
1.3 These Clauses apply to the processing of personal data as specified in Annex II.
1.4 Annexes I to IV are an integral part of the Clauses.
1.5 These Clauses apply are without prejudice to obligations to which the Controller is subject to the GDPR.
1.6 These Clauses do not in themselves ensure compliance with obligations related to international transfers in accordance with Chapter V of the GDPR.
2.1 The Parties undertake not to modify the Clauses except for adding information to the Annexes or updating information in them.
2.2 This does not prevent the Parties from including the standard contractual clauses laid down in these Clauses in a broader contract, or from adding other clauses or additional safeguards provided that the do not directly or indirectly contradict the Clauses or detract from the fundamental rights or freedoms of data subjects.
3.1 Where these Clauses use the terms defined in GDPR, those terms shall have the same meaning as in that regulation.