Roles and instructions
Where a customer determines purposes and means, the customer acts as controller and the NewsForensics operator acts as processor only on documented, lawful instructions.

This draft DPA records controller and processor duties, security measures, subprocessors and deletion instructions for enterprise review.
Where a customer determines purposes and means, the customer acts as controller and the NewsForensics operator acts as processor only on documented, lawful instructions.
Authorised personnel are bound to confidentiality. Technical controls include tenant scoping, access roles, session revocation, provider credential references, evidence hashes, audit events and incident workflows.
Processors may be engaged only for documented purposes with appropriate contractual and security review. Material additions are recorded in the public register and enterprise agreements may define notice and objection rights.
Reasonable assistance is provided for data-subject requests, risk assessments and confirmed personal-data incidents, subject to identity, tenant scope and contractual terms.
At termination, customer data is returned or deleted according to configured retention rules unless law, fraud prevention, dispute preservation or a legal hold requires limited continued retention.