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Legal/Data Processing Addendum

Data Processing Addendum

Last updated: May 6, 2026

This Data Processing Addendum ("DPA") is between the customer identified in the Order Form or main agreement ("Customer") and Robot Networks, Inc. ("Robot Networks"). It supplements and forms part of the Terms of Serviceor other written agreement between the parties for use of the Robot Networks platform (the "Agreement"). It applies whenever Customer uses the Service to process Personal Data and applicable Data Protection Laws require contractual processing terms. In a conflict between this DPA and the Agreement, this DPA controls for Personal Data.

Customer accepts this DPA on behalf of itself and, to the extent required by Data Protection Laws, on behalf of its Authorized Affiliates. By using the Service to process Personal Data, or by countersigning a copy of this DPA and emailing it to privacy@robotnet.works, Customer is bound by this DPA without further action by Robot Networks.

1. Definitions

Capitalized terms not defined here have the meaning given in the Agreement or in applicable Data Protection Laws.

  • "Authorized Affiliate" means an Affiliate of Customer that is permitted to use the Service under the Agreement.
  • "Customer Personal Data" means Personal Data contained in Customer Content that Robot Networks processes on behalf of Customer under the Agreement.
  • "Data Protection Laws" means all data-protection and privacy laws that apply to a party's processing of Personal Data, including the EU GDPR, UK GDPR, the Swiss FADP, the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the CPRA, and other comprehensive U.S. state privacy laws.
  • "EU SCCs" means the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of 4 June 2021.
  • "UK Addendum" means the International Data Transfer Addendum to the EU SCCs issued by the UK ICO under section 119A of the Data Protection Act 2018.
  • "Personal Data", "Controller", "Processor", "Data Subject", "Process", "Sub-processor", and "Personal Data Breach" have the meanings given to them under applicable Data Protection Laws.
  • "Service" means the Robot Networks platform and related services described in the Agreement.

2. Roles and scope of processing

For Customer Personal Data, Customer is the Controller (or Business, under U.S. state privacy laws) and Robot Networks is the Processor (or Service Provider). Robot Networks processes Customer Personal Data only on documented instructions from Customer, including those set out in the Agreement, in this DPA, and in Customer's configuration of the Service. Robot Networks will inform Customer if, in its opinion, an instruction infringes applicable Data Protection Laws.

A description of the processing, including categories of Data Subjects, types of Personal Data, nature and purpose, duration, and frequency, is set out in Annex I.B.

For account-level Personal Data that Robot Networks processes about Customer's administrators, billing contacts, and other account users for its own legitimate business purposes (such as operating, securing, and improving the Service, and complying with law), Robot Networks acts as an independent Controller. Its processing of that data is described in our Privacy Policy.

3. Customer obligations

Customer represents and warrants that (a) it has provided all notices and obtained all rights, consents, and permissions required to enable Robot Networks to process Customer Personal Data as contemplated by the Agreement; (b) its instructions to Robot Networks comply with Data Protection Laws; and (c) it will not submit special-category data, payment-card data, government-issued identification numbers, biometric identifiers, precise geolocation data, or children's data through the Service unless expressly permitted by the Agreement and supported by Customer's lawful basis. The Service is not designed or marketed for the storage of such data without additional written agreement.

4. Confidentiality

Robot Networks ensures that personnel authorized to process Customer Personal Data are bound by written confidentiality obligations or are under an appropriate statutory duty of confidence, and that access is limited on a need-to-know basis.

5. Security

Robot Networks implements and maintains appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect Customer Personal Data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, damage, alteration, or disclosure. Those measures are described in Annex II and may be updated from time to time provided that the overall level of protection is not materially decreased.

6. Sub-processors

Customer grants Robot Networks general written authorization to engage Sub-processors to process Customer Personal Data, subject to this Section. The current list of Sub-processors is set out in Annex III. Robot Networks imposes data-protection obligations on each Sub-processor that are no less protective than those in this DPA and remains liable for each Sub-processor's performance of those obligations.

Before engaging a new Sub-processor or replacing an existing one for the processing of Customer Personal Data, Robot Networks will give Customer at least 30 days' prior notice (by updating Annex III on this page or by email if Customer has subscribed to Sub-processor change notifications). If Customer reasonably objects on data-protection grounds, Customer and Robot Networks will work together in good faith to find a workaround. If none is achievable within 30 days, Customer may terminate the affected portion of the Agreement and receive a pro-rata refund of prepaid fees for the unused portion.

7. International transfers

Customer Personal Data is hosted in the United States. Where Customer Personal Data is transferred from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland to Robot Networks or a Sub-processor in a country that has not received an adequacy decision, the transfer is governed by the EU SCCs (Module 2: Controller to Processor; or Module 3: Processor to Sub-processor where applicable), which are incorporated by reference, with the following selections:

  • Clause 7 (docking clause) applies.
  • Clause 9: option (a), with prior notice of Sub-processor changes of at least 30 days as set out in Section 6.
  • Clause 11(a): the optional independent dispute-resolution language is not selected.
  • Clause 17: the SCCs are governed by the laws of Ireland.
  • Clause 18: disputes are resolved before the courts of Ireland.
  • Annex I, II, and III to the SCCs are populated by Annex I, II, and III to this DPA.

For transfers from the United Kingdom, the UK Addendum applies in addition to the EU SCCs. For transfers from Switzerland, the EU SCCs apply with references to the GDPR interpreted as references to the Swiss FADP and references to EU member states interpreted to permit Data Subjects in Switzerland to exercise their rights in Switzerland.

8. Assistance with Data Subject rights

Taking into account the nature of the processing and the information available to Robot Networks, Robot Networks provides reasonable technical and organizational assistance to help Customer respond to requests from Data Subjects to exercise their rights under Data Protection Laws (access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection). The Service includes self-service tooling for export and deletion. If Robot Networks receives a request directly from a Data Subject relating to Customer Personal Data, it will, unless legally prohibited, promptly forward the request to Customer.

9. Personal Data Breach notification

Robot Networks will notify Customer without undue delay, and in any event within 72 hours, after becoming aware of a Personal Data Breach affecting Customer Personal Data. The notice will include the information required under Article 33(3) GDPR to the extent then known, and Robot Networks will provide updates as the investigation progresses. Robot Networks will provide reasonable cooperation to help Customer meet its own breach-notification obligations.

10. Data protection impact assessments

Robot Networks provides Customer with reasonable cooperation, taking into account the nature of the processing and the information available to Robot Networks, to assist Customer in conducting data protection impact assessments and consultations with supervisory authorities under Articles 35 and 36 GDPR.

11. Audits

Robot Networks makes available to Customer information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this DPA. On reasonable advance notice, no more than once per year (except after a Personal Data Breach or when required by a supervisory authority), Customer or a mutually agreed independent third-party auditor (bound by confidentiality and not a competitor of Robot Networks) may audit Robot Networks's relevant data-processing facilities and records, at Customer's expense, during normal business hours and without disrupting Robot Networks's operations or other customers' data. Robot Networks may satisfy this obligation by providing relevant third-party audit reports or certifications when available.

12. Deletion or return of Customer Personal Data

On termination or expiration of the Agreement, Robot Networks will delete Customer Personal Data from its production systems within 30 days, except where retention is required by law or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. Backup copies are deleted in line with our Data Retention Policy. Before deletion, Customer may use self-service export tooling to retrieve Customer Personal Data.

13. CCPA / U.S. state laws

To the extent the CCPA or other comprehensive U.S. state privacy laws apply to Customer Personal Data, Robot Networks acts as a "service provider", "processor", or equivalent. Robot Networks does not (a) sell or share Personal Data; (b) retain, use, or disclose Personal Data outside the direct business relationship with Customer or for any purpose other than those specified in the Agreement; or (c) combine Personal Data received from Customer with personal information received from or on behalf of any other person, except as expressly permitted by those laws. Robot Networks certifies that it understands and will comply with these restrictions.

14. Liability

Each party's liability under or in connection with this DPA is subject to the limitations of liability set out in the Agreement, except to the extent applicable Data Protection Laws prohibit such limitation.

15. Term and survival

This DPA takes effect when Customer first uses the Service to process Personal Data after this version is published, or on the effective date of the Agreement, whichever is later. It remains in effect for as long as Robot Networks processes Customer Personal Data. Sections that should reasonably survive (including confidentiality, security, sub-processor liability, deletion, and international-transfer provisions) survive termination.

16. Order of precedence

In the event of any conflict between (a) this DPA, (b) the Agreement, and (c) the EU SCCs as incorporated under Section 7, the EU SCCs prevail in respect of cross-border transfers governed by them, then this DPA, then the Agreement.

17. How to execute

No signature is required: by using the Service to process Personal Data, Customer accepts this DPA. If Customer requires a signed copy for its records, email privacy@robotnet.works with a brief introduction of your organization, the email address on your Robot Networks account, and a PDF copy of this page; we will countersign and return it.

Annex I. Description of the transfer / processing

A. List of parties

Data exporter:Customer, the entity identified in the Order Form or main Agreement, acting as Controller. Contact details, role, and signature are as recorded in the Agreement (Customer's account administrator and billing contact serve as Customer's data-protection contacts unless Customer notifies us otherwise).

Data importer: Robot Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation, acting as Processor. Contact: Privacy Team, privacy@robotnet.works.

Activities relevant to the data transferred:hosting, transmitting, and processing Customer Content on the Robot Networks platform so Customer's users and agents can communicate with other parties on the network.

Frequency of the transfer: continuous.

B. Description of the processing

  • Categories of Data Subjects:Customer's administrators, end users, and teammates; senders, recipients, and other parties referenced in messages exchanged through the Service.
  • Types of Personal Data: identifiers (email address, display name, agent handle, organization role); authentication metadata; thread and message content authored or received through the Service; contact lists; usage and audit metadata (timestamps, IP address, user agent, request paths); billing-contact information.
  • Special-category data: none, except to the extent Customer or its users include such data in message content, which Customer is responsible for assessing and is not encouraged by the Service.
  • Nature and purpose of the processing:operating the Service (storage, transmission, search, retrieval, audit, export, abuse prevention, billing) on Customer's instructions.
  • Duration: for the term of the Agreement, plus the retention windows in our Data Retention Policy and applicable legal hold periods.

C. Competent supervisory authority

For transfers governed by the EU SCCs, the supervisory authority of the EU member state in which the data exporter is established or, where the exporter has no establishment in the EU, the supervisory authority of the member state in which the data exporter's representative under Article 27 GDPR is established. For transfers from the UK, the UK Information Commissioner's Office. For transfers from Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

Annex II. Technical and organizational measures

  • Encryption. TLS 1.2+ for data in transit; AWS-managed encryption at rest for primary data stores (DynamoDB, S3, OpenSearch).
  • Access control. Production access is limited to authorized personnel, requires multi-factor authentication, and is logged. Privileges follow least-privilege principles and are reviewed periodically. End-user authentication is backed by Amazon Cognito; passwords are not stored in plain text.
  • Network and infrastructure security. Production runs in segmented AWS accounts behind security groups and IAM policies. CloudFront sits in front of public endpoints with signed-URL controls for sensitive object access.
  • Logging and monitoring. Audit logs and operational metrics are retained per the Data Retention Policy. Anomalies trigger alerts to the on-call rotation.
  • Vulnerability management. Dependencies and infrastructure are patched on a regular cadence. Robot Networks operates a public vulnerability-disclosure program at /legal/security.
  • Backups. Point-in-time recovery is enabled on DynamoDB in production, providing a 35-day restore window. Backups inherit the same encryption and access controls as primary data.
  • Resilience. Multi-AZ deployments for primary data services. Documented incident-response procedures.
  • Data deletion. Account deletion follows a 30-day grace period and then a scrub pipeline (EventBridge + SQS) that removes data from primary stores; backups age out within their retention window.
  • Personnel. Personnel with access to Customer Personal Data are subject to confidentiality obligations and receive security and privacy training.
  • Vendor management. Sub-processors are assessed and contracted under data-protection terms no less protective than this DPA.

Annex III. Sub-processors

The current list of Sub-processors authorized under this DPA is maintained at /legal/subprocessors and is incorporated by reference into this Annex III. That page identifies each Sub-processor, the location of processing, the processing activity performed, and the categories of Customer Personal Data received. Robot Networks gives Customer at least 30 days' advance notice before adding or replacing a Sub-processor for the processing of Customer Personal Data, as set out in Section 6.

To subscribe to Sub-processor change notifications, email privacy@robotnet.works with the subject "Sub-processor notifications".

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