Common use of PROCESSING OBLIGATIONS Clause in Contracts

PROCESSING OBLIGATIONS. The contractor shall carry out the contract only within the framework of the agreements made and according to the instructions of the client. The contractor shall not use the data for any other purposes and in particular is not entitled to pass it on to third parties. Excerpts, copies or duplicates of data or data carriers may only be produced and used without the knowledge of the client, as far as this is necessary for the execution of the contract or to ensure proper data processing or a legal or other storage obligation exists. Extracts, copies or duplicates that may have been made are to be deleted immediately after the processing or use has been completed by the contractor, or destroyed or handed over to the client. Decisions significant for security regarding the organisation of the data processing and the applied procedures must be agreed with the client. Information to third parties or the data subject may not be given by the contractor or only on the instructions of the client. Information given to employees of the client by the contractor may only be given to authorised persons. The contractor undertakes to use only software, data or data carriers which have been reliably tested for freedom from harmful software in order to prevent viruses from being introduced.