Data processing agreements
Liability, audits, transfers, in plain words.
A data processing agreement can quietly override the contract it sits under. Gathersense reads it against your positions and shows where it does.
What lands on your desk
Small document, big exposure.
Data processing agreements from clients, and the ones your own suppliers ask you to sign.
- Client DPAs
- Supplier DPAs
- Transfer terms
- Security schedules
A day with Gathersense
When the DPA overrides the deal.
A client’s data processing agreement, attached to a services agreement you already signed.
14:00
The client’s DPA arrives
Attached to a services agreement you already signed.
14:03
It overrides your liability cap
Clause 12.1 makes data claims unlimited.
Critical14:04
A retention clash is flagged
Six years in clause 11.2, 31 days for footage elsewhere.
High16:00
You send back three edits
Each with its reason, on the record.
What you will use
The features behind it.
- Reading the contract4 of 5 readySummaryReadyRisks4 criticalCommercial terms1 clashYour playbook12 off standardYour templateReading
FEATURE
Contract review
Every angle of a contract, in one read.
Open - Client Services Agreements13 guidelinescsa-01Limit on liabilityRed linecsa-02csa-03csa-04csa-05csa-06Version 3 · PublishedUsed by every review
FEATURE
Playbook check
Your positions, checked on every contract.
Open - Who pays if transferred staff bring old claims?
You do. Clause 10.3 makes you responsible for staff claims, even ones from before the transfer.
Clause 10.3Playbook csa-03FEATURE
AI Agent
Plain answers about any contract, with the clause.
Open
Does it check the DPA against the main agreement?
Yes. When the data terms change the liability or other terms of the main agreement, the finding says so.
Who can see our contracts?
Only people in your workspace with access, set by team and by person.
Can it explain the wording?
Each finding explains in plain words what the clause does and what it means for you.
Where is our data processed?
Gathersense is hosted in the EU. See Security for the details.
Also for you.
- Who can see thisShared with teamsLegalProcurement
+3PrivateReminders and the AI Agent follow the same access.
+3SOLUTION
Data protection
Processing terms and liability, clause by clause.
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NDAs
The short ones, read properly.
Open12.2 Subject to clause 12.1, each party's total aggregate liability in each Contract Year shall not exceed the Charges paid or payable in the twenty-four (24) months preceding the claim.
Contract text unchanged1 commentTRUST
Security
Your contracts stay yours.
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Your data
Your contracts stay yours.
Never sold, and never used to train AI models. Gathersense is hosted in the EU, and only the people you allow can see a contract.
- EU-based, with data resident in the EU
- Built to ISO 27001 standards
- GDPR compliant
- EU AI Act aligned
- AI processing with no training on your data
- A dedicated, single-tenant environment for your team
Your data, in plain words
- Where it lives
- In the EU
- Sold
- Never
- Used to train AI
- Never
- Who can see it
- Only people you allow
- Every review
- Recorded
Bring one contract.
We will read it together.
A working session with your team, on one of your own contracts.
