Common use of PROCESSING OBLIGATIONS Clause in Contracts

PROCESSING OBLIGATIONS. The Contractor shall carry out the order exclusively within the framework of the agreements made and in accordance with the Client's instructions. The Contractor shall not use the data for any other purposes and shall in particular not be entitled to pass them on to third parties. Extracts, copies or duplicates of data or data carriers may only be produced and used without the knowledge of the Client insofar as this is necessary for the execution of the order or to ensure proper data processing or if there is a legal or other obligation to retain data. Any excerpts, copies or duplicates made shall be securely deleted by the Contractor immediately after completion of the processing or use or destroyed in accordance with data protection law, or handed over to the Client. Decisions on the organisation of data processing and on the procedures used that are significant for security shall be agreed with the Client. The Contractor may not provide information to third parties or the data subject or may do so only on the Client's instructions. The Contractor may only provide information to employees of the Client to authorised persons. The Contractor undertakes to only use software, data or data carriers that have been reliably checked for freedom from harmful software in order to avoid the introduction of viruses, etc.