Information Requests Transparency Report

Footnotes

Subpoena: Subpoenas are valid and binding legal demands for information or testimony issued by courts, lawyers, law enforcement agencies, or grand juries, usually without any substantive review by a judge or magistrate.

Search warrants: Search warrants may be issued by local, state, or federal courts upon a showing of probable cause and must specifically identify the place to be searched and the items to be seized.

Other court orders: Other court orders refer to valid and binding orders issued by local, state, or federal courts, other than search warrants or court-issued subpoenas.

National security requests: National security requests include National Security Letters (“NSLs”) and court orders issued under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”).

Requests from Non-US Governments and Law Enforcement Entities: Non-U.S. requests include legal demands from non-U.S. governments, including legal orders issued pursuant to the Mutual Legal Assistance.

[1] Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of 4 June 2021 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council referenced into C/2021/3972, Mindtickle is required under below sections to maintain a transparency report –

• Section III (Local Laws and Obligations in case of Access by Public Authorities) – Clause 15 (Obligations of the data importer in case of access by public authorities) – 15.1 Notification (c) – Where permissible under the laws of the country of destination, the data importer agrees to provide the data exporter, at regular intervals for the duration of the contract, with as much relevant information as possible on the requests received (in particular, number of requests, type of data requested, requesting authority/ies, whether requests have been challenged and the outcome of such challenges, etc.).
• Section III (Local Laws and Obligations in case of Access by Public Authorities) – Clause 15 (Obligations of the data importer in case of access by public authorities) – 15.1 Notification (d) – The data importer agrees to preserve the information pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (c) for the duration of the contract and make it available to the competent supervisory authority on request.