Navigating Vendor Privacy Risks: Essential Strategies for Compliance with U.S. State Laws

Check out the legal requirements and best practices for mitigating third party / vendor risks to consumers' privacy or security by ensuring that vendor contracts involving personal data processing comply with U.S. state privacy laws.

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  Find out what vendor due diligence you should be doing to reduce your risk of data security incidents. 

• Data Processing Agreement
  Use this data processing agreement for the processing of personal and/or sensitive personal data of individuals between two organizations (the controller/customer and the processor/vendor/supplier) in the ordinary course of business. 

• Personal Data Processing Agreement Requirements
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