(a) “Affiliate” means an entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, a party.
(b) “Applicable Data Protection Laws” means privacy, data security, and data protection laws, directives, and regulations in any jurisdiction applicable to the Personal Information Processed under the Agreement including the GDPR, LGPD, and U.S. State Data Protection Laws.
(c) “Applicable Standards” mean government standards, industry standards, codes of practice, guidance from Regulators, and best practices applicable to the parties’ Processing of Personal Information under the Agreement, including Data Transfer Solutions and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (“PCI DSS”).
(d) “Controller-Controller SCCs” means the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses which are standard data protection clauses for the transfer of personal data to Data Controllers established in third countries that do not ensure an adequate level of data protection, as described in Article 46 of the GDPR and set forth at https://business.safety.google/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/eu-c2c
(e) “Data Controller” means an entity that determines the purposes and means of Processing Personal Information. Data Controller also means “controller” as defined by Applicable Data Protection Laws, and “business” as defined by U.S. State Data Protection Laws.
(f) “Data Transfer Solution” means a solution that enables the lawful transfer of Personal Information to a third country in accordance with the GDPR or other Applicable Data Protection Laws, including the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, UK Extension to EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (collectively, the “Data Privacy Framework”), or another valid data protection framework recognized as providing adequate protection under GDPR or other Applicable Data Protection Laws.
(g) “Deidentified Data” means “de-identified data” or “deidentified data” as defined by U.S. State Data Protection Laws.
(h) “Disclosing Controller” means You or the Google End Controller that transfers Personal Information to the Google End Controller or You under this PIPA as applicable. For purposes of the Controller-Controller SCCs, the Disclosing Controller means the data exporter.
(i) “End Controller” means, for each party, the ultimate Data Controller of Personal Information.
(j) “GDPR” means (i) the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the “EU GDPR”) on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union (“EU”) and the European Economic Area (“EEA”), including all applicable EU Member State and EEA country laws implementing the EU GDPR; (ii) the EU GDPR as incorporated into United Kingdom (“UK”) law by the Data Protection Act 2018 and amended by the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (“UK GDPR”); and (iii) the Federal Data Protection Act of 19 June 1992 (Switzerland) (each as amended, superseded, or replaced).
(k) “Google” means the Google Entity that is party to the Agreement.
(l) “Google End Controller” means the End Controllers of Personal Information Processed by Google in accordance with Google’s applicable privacy policy at http://policies.google.com/privacy or as otherwise notified to You.
(m) “Google Entity” means Google LLC (formerly known as Google Inc.), Google Ireland Limited, or another affiliate of Google LLC.
(n) “includes” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”
(o) “individual” or “individuals” mean natural persons about which any Personal Information relates, including “data subjects” and “consumers”, as defined by Applicable Data Protection Laws.
(p) “LGPD” means Brazilian Law no. 13,709 for the protection of personal data.
(q) “Personal Information” means any information about an individual or information that is not specifically about an individual but, when combined with other information, may identify an individual or any other information that constitutes “personal data” or “personal information” within the meaning of Applicable Data Protection Laws and, without limitation, includes names, email addresses, postal addresses, telephone numbers, government identification numbers, financial account numbers, payment card information, credit report information, biometric information, online identifiers (including IP addresses and cookie identifiers), network and hardware identifiers, and geolocation information, and that is Processed in connection with the Agreement.
(r) “Process” or “Processing” will have the meaning provided under Applicable Data Protection Laws relevant to Personal Information, and where such definition is not specified, will have the meaning provided under the EU GDPR.
(s) “reasonable” means reasonable and appropriate to (i) the size, scope, and complexity of the parties’ Processing of Personal Information; (ii) the nature of Personal Information being Processed; and (iii) the need for privacy, confidentiality, and security of Personal Information.
(t) “Receiving Controller” means You or the Google End Controller that receives Personal Information from the Google End Controller or You under this PIPA as applicable. For purposes of the Controller-Controller SCCs, the data importer means the Receiving Controller.
(u) “Regulator” or “Regulatory” means an entity with supervisory or regulatory authority over Google under Applicable Data Protection Laws.
(v) “Third-Party Provider” means an agent or other entity that a party to this Agreement authorizes to act on its behalf in connection with the Agreement. “Third Party Provider” includes “processor” within the meaning of the Controller-Controller SCCs.
(w) “U.S. State Data Protection Laws” means all privacy, data security, and data protection laws, regulations or rules in the United States applicable to the Personal Information Processed for the Agreement, including without limitation the laws listed at business.safety.google/usdataprotectionlaws.
(x) “You” or “Your” means the counterparty to Google (including any personnel, contractor, or agent acting on behalf of that party) described in the Agreement.