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Oracle Services Privacy Policy

This Oracle Services Privacy Policy (“Services Privacy Policy”) is organized into three sections:

I. The first section (Services Personal Information Data Processing Terms) describes the privacy and security practices that Oracle Corporation and its affiliates (“Oracle”) employ when handling Services Personal Information (as defined below) for the provision of Technical Support, Consulting, Cloud or other services, including those provided via mobile application, (the “Services”) provided to Oracle customers (“You” or “Your”) during the term of Your order for Services. Additional terms may be specified in the relevant privacy and security practices for the Services You have ordered.

Services Personal Information is personal information that is provided by You, resides on Oracle, customer or third-party systems and environments, and is processed by Oracle on Your behalf in order to perform the Services. Services Personal Information may include, depending on the Services: information concerning family, lifestyle and social circumstances; employment details; financial details; online identifiers such as mobile device IDs and IP addresses, geolocation data, and first party online behavior and interest data. Services Personal Information may relate to Your representatives and end users, such as Your employees, job applicants, contractors, collaborators, partners, suppliers, customers and clients.

II. The second section (System Operations Data Processing Terms) describes the privacy and security practices that apply to personal information that may be incidentally contained in Systems Operation Data that is generated by the interaction of (end-)users of our Services (“Users”) with the Oracle systems, tools and networks used to monitor, safeguard and deliver Services to our customer base.

Systems Operations Data may include access, event, diagnostic and other log files, as well as statistical and aggregated information that relates to the use and operation of our Services, and the systems and networks these Services run on.

III. The third section (Communications and Notifications to Customers and Users) applies to both Services Personal Information and personal information contained in Systems Operations Data, describes how Oracle handles legally required disclosure requests, and informs You and Users how to communicate with Oracle’s Global Data Protection Officer or file a complaint.

The definitions of Services Personal Information and Systems Operations Data do not include Your or User contact and related information collected from the use of Oracle websites, or Your or User interactions with us during the contracting process. Oracle’s handling of this information is subject to the terms of the General Oracle Privacy Policy.

I. SERVICES PERSONAL INFORMATION DATA PROCESSING TERMS

Oracle treats all Services Personal Information in accordance with the terms of Sections I and III of this Policy and Your order for Services.

In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Services Privacy Policy and any privacy terms incorporated into Your order for Services, including an Oracle Data Processing Agreement, the relevant privacy terms of Your order for Services shall take precedence.

1. Purpose of Processing Services Personal Information

Oracle may process Services Personal Information for the processing activities necessary to perform the Services, including for creating an Oracle services account to access Oracle products and services, for testing and applying new product or system versions, patches, updates and upgrades, and resolving bugs and other issues You have reported to Oracle.

2. Customer instructions

You are the controller of the Services Personal Information processed by Oracle to perform the Services. Oracle will process your Services Personal Information as specified in Your Services order and Your documented additional written instructions to the extent necessary for Oracle to (i) comply with its processor obligations under applicable data protection law or (ii) assist You to comply with Your controller obligations under applicable data protection law relevant to Your use of the Services. Oracle will promptly inform You if, in our reasonable opinion, Your instruction infringes applicable data protection law. You acknowledge and agree that Oracle is not responsible for performing legal research and/or for providing legal advice to You. Additional fees may apply.

3. Rights of individuals

You control access to Your Services Personal Information by Your end users, and Your end users should direct any requests related to their Services Personal Information to You. To the extent such access is not available to You, Oracle will provide reasonable assistance with requests from individuals to access, delete or erase, restrict, rectify, receive and transmit, block access to or object to processing of Services Personal Information on Oracle systems. If Oracle directly receives any requests or inquiries from Your end users that have identified You as the controller, we will promptly pass on such requests to You without responding to the end user.

If you are an end user and you have questions about your choices regarding the disclosure and use of Services Personal Information provided to Oracle, please consult directly with the organization that collected your information from you.

4. Security and confidentiality

Oracle has implemented and will maintain technical and organizational measures designed to prevent accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to Services Personal Information. These measures, which are generally aligned with the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 standard, govern all areas of security applicable to the Services, including physical access, system access, data access, transmission, input, security oversight, and enforcement.

Oracle employees are required to maintain the confidentiality of personal information. Employees’ obligations include written confidentiality agreements, regular training on information protection, and compliance with company policies concerning protection of confidential information.

See additional details regarding the specific security measures that apply to the Services are set out in the security practices for these Services, including regarding data retention and deletion, available for review.

5. Incident Management and data breach notification.

Oracle promptly evaluates and responds to incidents that create suspicion of or indicate unauthorized access to or handling of Services Personal Information.

If Oracle becomes aware and determines that an incident involving Services Personal Information qualifies as a breach of security leading to the misappropriation or accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, Services Personal Information transmitted, stored or otherwise processed on Oracle systems that compromises the security, confidentiality or integrity of such Services Personal Information, Oracle will report such breach to You without undue delay.

As information regarding the breach is collected or otherwise reasonably becomes available to Oracle and to the extent permitted by law, Oracle will provide You with additional relevant information concerning the breach reasonably known or available to Oracle.

6. Subprocessors

To the extent Oracle engages Oracle affiliates and third-party subprocessors to have access to Services Personal Information for the purpose of assisting in the provision of Services, such subprocessors shall be subject to the same level of data protection and security as Oracle under the terms of Your order for Services. Oracle is responsible for its subprocessors’ compliance with the terms of Your order for Services.

Oracle maintains lists of Oracle affiliates and subprocessors that may process Services Personal Information. Additional information is available to You via My Oracle Support (https://support.oracle.com) Document ID 2121811.1, or other applicable primary support tool provided for the Services.

7. Cross-border data transfers

Oracle is a global corporation with operations in over 80 countries and Services Personal Information may be processed globally as necessary in accordance with this policy and other relevant privacy terms specified applicable to Your Services. If Services Personal Information is transferred to an Oracle recipient in a country that does not provide an adequate level of protection for personal information, Oracle will take adequate measures designed to protect the Services Personal Information, such as ensuring that such transfers are subject to the terms of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or other adequate transfer mechanism as required under relevant data protection laws.

In the event the Services agreement between You and Oracle references the Oracle Data Processing Agreement for Oracle Services (“DPA”), further details on the relevant data transfer mechanism that applies to Your order for Oracle services are available in the DPA. In particular, for Services Personal Information transferred from the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, such transfers are subject to Oracle’s Binding Corporate Rules for Processors (BCR-P) or the terms of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. For Services Personal Information transferred from the United Kingdom (UK), such transfers are subject to the UK Addendum or other appropriate transfer mechanism.

Oracle also complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) (collectively, the “DPF”) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce, regarding the collection, use, and retention of Services Personal Information when You and Oracle have agreed by contract that transfers of such information from the EEA, United Kingdom (and Gibraltar), or Switzerland will be transferred and processed pursuant to the applicable DPF for the relevant Services. Oracle will then be responsible for ensuring that third parties acting as a subprocessor on our behalf do the same. Oracle shall remain liable under the DPF Principles if its subprocessor processes Services Personal Information in a manner inconsistent with the DPF Principles, unless Oracle proves that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

Oracle has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the DPF Principles with regard to Services Personal Information (as described above) that is transferred from the European Union, the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar), and/or Switzerland to the United States when specified in a relevant contract. If there is any conflict between the terms in this Services Privacy Policy and the DPF Principles, the DPF Principles shall govern. To learn more about the DPF program, and to view Oracle’s certification, please visit Data Privacy Framework website.

Please see the Data Privacy Framework website or refer to this list of U.S. entities covered under Oracle’s DPF self-certification. With respect to Services Personal Information received or transferred pursuant to the DPF, the Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction over Oracle’s compliance with the DPF.

8. Audit rights

To the extent provided in your order for Services, You may at Your sole expense audit Oracle’s compliance with the terms of this Services Privacy Policy by sending Oracle a written request, including a detailed audit plan, at least two weeks in advance of the proposed audit date. You and Oracle will work cooperatively to agree on a final audit plan.

The audit shall be conducted no more than once during a twelve-month period, during regular business hours, subject to Oracle’s on-site policies and regulations, and may not unreasonably interfere with business activities. If You would like to use a third party to conduct the audit, the third party auditor shall be mutually agreed to by the parties and the third-party auditor must execute a written confidentiality agreement acceptable to Oracle. Upon completion of the audit, You will provide Oracle with a copy of the audit report, which is classified as confidential information under the terms of Your agreement with Oracle.

Oracle will contribute to such audits by providing You with the information and assistance reasonably necessary to conduct the audit, including any relevant records of processing activities applicable to the Services. If the requested audit scope is addressed in a SOC 1 or SOC 2, ISO, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA or similar audit report issued by a qualified third party auditor within the prior twelve months and Oracle provides such report to You confirming there are no known material changes in the controls audited, You agree to accept the findings presented in the third party audit report in lieu of requesting an audit of the same controls covered by the report. Additional audit terms may be included in Your order for Services.

9. Deletion or return of Services Personal Information

Except as otherwise specified in an order for services or required by law, upon termination of services, Oracle will return or delete any remaining copies of Your production customer data, including any Services Personal Information, located on Oracle systems or Services environments. Additional information on data deletion functionality is provided in the applicable Services descriptions.

II. SYSTEMS OPERATIONS DATA PROCESSING TERMS

1. Responsibility and purposes for processing personal information

Oracle Corporation and its affiliated entities are responsible for processing personal information that may be incidentally contained in Systems Operations Data in accordance with Sections II and III of this Policy. See the list of Oracle entities. Please select a region and country to view the registered address and contact details of the Oracle entity or entities located in each country.

We may collect or generate Systems Operations Data for the following business purposes:

• a) to help keep our Services secure, including for security monitoring and identity management;
• b) to investigate and prevent potential fraud or illegal activities involving our systems and networks, including to prevent cyber-attacks and to detect bots;
• c) to administer our back-up disaster recovery plans and policies;
• d) to confirm compliance with licensing and other terms of use (license compliance monitoring);
• e) for research and development purposes, including to analyze, develop, improve and optimize our Services;
• f) to comply with applicable laws and regulations and to operate our business, including to comply with legally mandated reporting, disclosure or other legal process requests, for mergers and acquisitions, finance and accounting, archiving and insurance purposes, legal and business consulting and in the context of dispute resolution.

Where relevant, our legal basis for processing Your personal information is as follows:

• Oracle will process Systems Operations Data as may be necessary to help keep our Services secure; to investigate and prevent potential fraud or illegal activities involving our systems and networks; to administer our back-up disaster recovery plans and policies; and to confirm compliance with licensing and other terms of use.
• Oracle will process Systems Operations Data as may be necessary for internal research for technological development and demonstration and to improve, upgrade, or enhance Oracle products and services based on our legitimate interests when such processing has a limited privacy impact on the individual.
• Oracle may also process Systems Operations Data as necessary for compliance with our legal obligations and for required business operations as noted above.

2. Sharing personal information

Personal information contained in Systems Operations Data may be shared throughout Oracle’s global organization for Oracle’s business purposes. A list of Oracle entities is available as indicated above.

We may also share such personal information with the following third parties:

• third-party service providers (for example IT service providers, lawyers and auditors) in order for those service providers to perform business functions on behalf of Oracle;
• relevant third parties in the event of a reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings);
• as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or other legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to government requests, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence, for national security and/or law enforcement purposes.

When third parties are given access to personal information contained in Systems Operations Data, we will take the appropriate contractual, technical and organizational measures to ensure, for example, that personal information is only processed to the extent that such processing is necessary, consistent with this Privacy Policy and in accordance with applicable law. Oracle does not share or sell Systems Operations Data subject to this Privacy Policy with third parties for any commercial purposes.

3. Cross-border data transfers

If personal information contained in Systems Operations Data is transferred to an Oracle recipient in a country that does not provide an adequate level of protection for personal information, Oracle will take measures designed to adequately protect information about Users, such as ensuring that such transfers are subject to the terms of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or other adequate transfer mechanism as required under relevant data protection laws.

4. Security

Oracle has implemented appropriate technical, physical and organizational measures in accordance with the Oracle Corporate Security Practices designed to protect personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, damage, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access as well as all other forms of unlawful processing (including, but not limited to, unnecessary collection) or further processing.

5. Individual rights

To the extent personal information about You is contained in Systems Operations Data, You may request to access, correct, update or delete personal information contained in Systems Operations Data in certain cases, or otherwise exercise Your choices with regard to Your personal information by filling out an inquiry form. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.

If are a California resident, under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended, You may request that Oracle:

1. Discloses to you the following information:

• the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collected about You and the categories of personal information we sold, if applicable;
• the categories of sources from which we collected such personal information;
• the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information; and
• the categories of third parties to whom we sold or otherwise disclosed personal information, if applicable.

2. deletes personal information we collected about You or corrects inaccurate personal information about You, unless retained solely for legal and compliance purposes and as otherwise set out in the CCPA

3. fulfils your request to opt-out of any future sale of personal information about You, if applicable.

If You are an authorized agent making an access or deletion request on behalf of a California resident, please reach out to us via the inquiry form and indicate that You are an authorized agent. We will provide You with instructions on how to submit a request as an authorized agent on behalf of a California resident.

If you submit a request, please be specific as to what right you are asserting (e.g., access, correction, etc.) and which specific pieces of personal information are in scope of your request. In some cases, in order to comply with applicable law or a legal obligation, Oracle may deny your request or may seek more information from you in order to respond to your request.

If You are a California resident, you may obtain information about exercising your rights, as described above, by contacting us at 1-800-633-0748. For information on the CCPA requests Oracle received, complied with, or denied for the previous calendar year, please visit Oracle’s Annual Consumer Privacy Reporting page, available here.

III. COMMUNICATIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS TO CUSTOMERS AND USERS

1. Legal requirements.

Oracle may be required to provide access to Services Personal Information and to personal information contained in Systems Operations Data as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or other legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect Your or a User’s safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to government requests, including public and government authorities outside Your or a User’s country of residence, for national security and/or law enforcement purposes.

Oracle will promptly inform You of requests to provide access to Services Personal Information, unless otherwise required by law.

2. Global Data Protection Officer

Oracle has appointed a Global Data Protection Officer who is also Oracle’s Chief Privacy Officer. If You or a User believe that personal information has been used in a way that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, or if You or a User have further questions, comments or suggestions related to Oracle’s handling of Services Personal Information or personal information contained in Systems Operations Data, please contact the Data Protection Officer by filling out an inquiry form.

Written inquiries to the Global Data Protection Officer may be addressed to:

Oracle Corporation
Global Data Protection Officer
Willis Tower
233 South Wacker Drive
45th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
U.S.A.

For personal information collected INSIDE the EU/EEA, You may contact Oracle’s external EU Data Protection Officer by filling out the inquiry form and selecting “Other Privacy Inquiry - Contact our DPO” in our drop down box or by written inquiry to.

Robert Niedermeier
Hauptstraße 4
D-85579 Neubiberg / München
Germany

For personal information collected INSIDE Brazil, written inquiries to the Brazilian Data Protection Officer may be addressed to:

Alexandre Sarte
Rua Dr. Jose Aureo Bustamante, 455
Vila São Francisco
São Paulo, BR

3. Filing a complaint

If You or a User have any complaints regarding our compliance with our privacy and security practices, please contact us via our inquiry form. We will investigate and attempt to resolve any complaints and disputes regarding our privacy practices. Users also have the right to file a complaint with a competent data protection authority if they are a resident of a European Union member state.

We commit to refer unresolved complaints concerning our handling of Services Personal Information received in reliance on the DPF to TRUSTe, an alternative dispute resolution provider based in the United States. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your DPF Principles-related complaint from us, or if we have not addressed your DPF Principles-related complaint to your satisfaction, please visit TRUSTe for more information or to file a complaint. These dispute resolution services are provided at no cost to you.

Under certain conditions, specified on the DPF website, Users may invoke binding arbitration after other dispute resolution procedures have been exhausted.

4. Changes to this Services Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on February 21, 2024. However, the Services Privacy Policy can change over time, for example to comply with legal requirements or to meet changing business needs. The most up-to-date version can be found on this website. In cases of material changes, we will also inform you in another appropriate way (for example via a pop-up notice or statement of changes on our website) prior to the changes becoming effective.

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