Data Processing

Data Processing Agreement

Effective 20 August 2026 · Version 1.6

This Data Processing Agreement ("DPA") forms part of the Terms of Service between True North Analytics (ABN 24 726 502 584) ("we", "us", "Processor") and the Customer ("you", "Controller") and governs our processing of Personal Information on your behalf in connection with Accorda (the "Service").

By using the Service, the Customer is deemed to have entered into this DPA. The Customer may also request a counter-signed copy by emailing info@accorda.com.au.

In the event of any conflict between this DPA and the Terms of Service, this DPA prevails to the extent of the conflict on matters of personal information processing.

1. Definitions

In this DPA:

  • "Personal Information" has the meaning given in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and includes "personal data" as that term is used in equivalent overseas privacy laws applicable to a particular Customer.
  • "Customer Personal Information" means Personal Information processed by us on the Customer's behalf in connection with the Service.
  • "Data Subject" means an identified or identifiable individual whose Personal Information is included in Customer Personal Information.
  • "APPs" means the Australian Privacy Principles in Schedule 1 to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
  • "Subprocessor" means a third party engaged by us to process Customer Personal Information.
  • "Personal Information Breach" means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, Customer Personal Information.

Other capitalised terms used but not defined here have the meanings given in the Terms of Service.

2. Roles and scope

2.1 Roles

The parties agree that, in respect of Customer Personal Information:

  • The Customer is the data controller (or, in Australian Privacy Act terms, the APP entity that determines the purposes and means of processing)
  • We are the data processor, processing Customer Personal Information only on the Customer's documented instructions

2.2 Subject matter and duration

The subject matter of this DPA is the processing of Customer Personal Information through the Service. This DPA continues for as long as we process Customer Personal Information in connection with the Service.

2.3 Nature and purpose of processing

We process Customer Personal Information to provide and operate the Service for the Customer, including:

  • Hosting Customer Data
  • Providing user authentication and access control
  • Generating compliance evidence (sign-offs, audit logs, certificates)
  • Recording, categorizing, and managing incidents and corrective actions
  • Recording and managing complaints, risk registers, worker screening and staff credential records, and internal audits
  • Managing optional file attachments (incident photos and documents, and uploaded credential or clearance certificates)
  • Sending transactional emails (sign-off reminders, account notifications)
  • Providing AI-assisted features (where the Customer's plan includes them)
  • Providing customer support
  • Securing the Service and detecting fraud or abuse

2.4 Categories of Data Subjects

Customer Personal Information may relate to:

  • The Customer's administrators
  • The Customer's staff and other Authorised Users
  • The Customer's workers, contractors, and volunteers who are the subject of worker screening or credential records (whether or not they use the Service themselves)
  • Individuals who raise, or are the subject of, complaints, risks, or incidents recorded in the Service (who may be the Customer's clients, patients, participants, their family members, or staff)
  • Other third parties whose Personal Information is included in Customer Data uploaded by the Customer (subject to the AUP — the Customer must minimise such information). In particular, when incident and complaint records are created, they may involve or relate to the Customer's clients, patients, service recipients, or other vulnerable individuals; the Customer remains responsible for ensuring it has a lawful basis and appropriate consent for recording and processing such information.

2.5 Types of Personal Information

Customer Personal Information typically includes:

  • Identifiers (name, email address)
  • Workplace role and tenant assignment
  • Activity records (sign-in times, sign-off events, IP addresses, user-agents)
  • Incident records (including: incident title, date of occurrence, type, severity, status, owner, service context, triage notes, and AI-generated provenance metadata)
  • External reporting details for incidents (authority/regulator, reference numbers, dates, notes)
  • Complaint records (including complainant name and contact details unless anonymous, the nature and context of the complaint, severity, status, resolution, and external-referral details)
  • Risk register entries (including risk description, category, ratings, controls, owner, and review dates)
  • Worker screening records (including required screening schemes such as NDIS Worker Screening, national police checks, and Working with Children Checks, recorded clearance status and expiry, and verification outcomes)
  • Credential and qualification records (including credential name and type, an optional licence or certificate identifier, issuer, and validity dates)
  • Internal audit records (findings, corrective actions, and supporting evidence)
  • Optional file attachments (incident photos and documents, and uploaded credential or clearance certificates)
  • Other information the Customer chooses to include in Customer Data

We do not solicit and do not knowingly process sensitive information (as defined by the Privacy Act) for our own purposes. However, some records may contain or reference sensitive information. Incident and complaint records may naturally contain health information, allegations, or information about safeguarding concerns, especially in regulated sectors such as healthcare, aged care, NDIS, childcare, and similar services. In addition, the worker screening and credentials features are designed to let the Customer record the status of background checks and clearances (such as national police checks, Working with Children Checks, and NDIS Worker Screening), which may include information about an individual's criminal-history record checks — a category of sensitive information. Where the Customer records such information, it does so as Controller and remains solely responsible for determining the lawful basis, obtaining any consent required by law, recording only what is necessary for the stated purpose, and complying with the AUP.

3. Customer instructions

3.1 Documented instructions

We will process Customer Personal Information only on the Customer's documented instructions. The Terms of Service, this DPA, and the Customer's configuration of the Service constitute the Customer's documented instructions.

3.2 Additional instructions

The Customer may provide additional instructions in writing (including by email). We will follow such instructions to the extent technically feasible and lawful. If we consider an instruction to be unlawful, we will notify the Customer.

3.3 Compliance with law

If applicable law requires us to process Customer Personal Information beyond the Customer's instructions, we will inform the Customer of that requirement before processing, unless we are prohibited from doing so by that law.

4. Confidentiality of personnel

We will ensure that any personnel or contractors authorised to process Customer Personal Information:

  • Are subject to written confidentiality obligations no less protective than those in the Terms of Service
  • Have been trained on their data protection responsibilities
  • Have access only on a need-to-know basis

5. Security

5.1 Technical and organisational measures

We will implement and maintain appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect Customer Personal Information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, or access. The current measures are described in Annex A below.

5.2 Review

We will review and update the security measures from time to time as appropriate having regard to the state of the art, the costs of implementation, and the nature, scope, context, and purposes of processing.

5.3 Customer security obligations

Notwithstanding our security obligations, the Customer is responsible for:

  • The security of credentials issued to its Authorised Users
  • Configuring access controls within the Service appropriately for its risk profile
  • Promptly notifying us of any compromised credentials or suspected unauthorised access
  • Determining whether the Service's security measures are appropriate for the Customer's specific use case

6. Subprocessors

6.1 General authorisation

The Customer authorises us to engage Subprocessors to assist us in providing the Service, subject to the conditions in this Section 6.

6.2 Current Subprocessors

The current Subprocessors are listed in Annex B. The list is updated from time to time and the current version is available in our Privacy Policy.

6.3 New Subprocessors

We will provide the Customer with reasonable advance notice (at least 30 days, where practicable) before engaging any new Subprocessor that will process Customer Personal Information. Notice may be given by email to the Customer's primary administrator or by updates to our Privacy Policy or this DPA.

6.4 Customer right to object

If the Customer objects to a new Subprocessor on reasonable, privacy-related grounds, the Customer must notify us in writing within 14 days of our notice. The parties will discuss the objection in good faith. If we cannot reasonably accommodate the objection, the Customer's sole remedy is to terminate the Subscription as it relates to the affected service, with a pro-rata refund of any pre-paid fees for the unused portion.

6.5 Flow-down

We will impose on each Subprocessor obligations no less protective than those in this DPA in respect of the protection of Customer Personal Information, and remain responsible to the Customer for the Subprocessor's compliance.

7. Data Subject rights

7.1 Assistance

We will provide reasonable assistance to the Customer in responding to requests from Data Subjects to exercise their rights under applicable privacy law (including rights of access, correction, deletion, and complaint).

7.2 Direct contact by Data Subjects

If we receive a request from a Data Subject in connection with Customer Personal Information, we will (without responding to the request beyond an acknowledgement):

  • Promptly notify the Customer
  • Direct the Data Subject to the Customer

7.3 Customer responsibility

The Customer is responsible for responding to Data Subject requests substantively. We provide tools within the Service (including data export, account deactivation, and audit logs) to assist the Customer.

7.4 Costs

Where assistance under this Section 7 requires more than minimal effort on our part, we may charge a reasonable fee, which we will notify in advance.

8. Personal Information Breach notification

8.1 Notification to the Customer

We will notify the Customer of any Personal Information Breach affecting Customer Personal Information without undue delay, and in any event within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach. Notification will include, to the extent then known:

  • The nature of the breach, including the categories and approximate number of Data Subjects and records concerned
  • The likely consequences of the breach
  • Measures taken or proposed to address the breach and mitigate its effects
  • Contact details for further information

8.2 Co-operation

We will co-operate with the Customer's investigation of the breach and provide reasonable assistance in fulfilling the Customer's notification obligations to Data Subjects, regulators (including the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner), and other parties.

8.3 No admission

A notification under this Section 8 does not constitute an admission of fault or liability by us.

8.4 Customer notifications

The Customer is responsible for any notification it must make to Data Subjects, regulators, or other parties as a result of a Personal Information Breach. The Customer must not publicly attribute a breach to us without our prior consent, except where required by law.

9. DPIA assistance

We will provide reasonable assistance to the Customer in the conduct of any data protection impact assessment ("DPIA") or similar privacy impact assessment that the Customer is required to undertake in respect of its use of the Service. Where such assistance requires more than minimal effort on our part, we may charge a reasonable fee.

10. Records

We will maintain records of the categories of processing activities carried out on behalf of the Customer, sufficient to demonstrate compliance with this DPA. These records will be made available to the Customer on reasonable request.

11. Audits

11.1 Customer right of audit

The Customer may, on reasonable advance written notice (not less than 30 days, except in the case of an actual or suspected Personal Information Breach), request an audit of our compliance with this DPA. Audits are subject to the following conditions:

  • Audits are limited to no more than once per 12-month period, except in the case of an actual or suspected Personal Information Breach
  • Audits must be conducted during business hours, in a manner that does not unreasonably disrupt our operations
  • Audits must not require disclosure of information that would compromise the security of other customers' data, our intellectual property, or our confidential information
  • The auditor must be subject to confidentiality obligations no less protective than those in this DPA

11.2 Documentation in lieu

We may satisfy the audit obligation by providing the Customer with relevant documentation, certifications, or audit reports that we hold from third-party assessors.

11.3 Costs

The Customer bears its own costs of conducting an audit. We bear our own costs of co-operating with reasonable audit requests, except where the audit is initiated more frequently than the limits in this Section 11 permit, in which case the Customer reimburses us for the reasonable additional costs.

12. International transfers

12.1 Primary location

Customer Personal Information is primarily hosted in the Asia Pacific (Sydney) region.

12.2 Permitted transfers

We may transfer Customer Personal Information outside Australia where:

  • Necessary to provide the Service via a Subprocessor identified in Annex B
  • Necessary to comply with applicable law
  • The Customer has given consent

Where transfers occur, we rely on the protections offered by the recipient's privacy programme, contractual safeguards, and applicable law.

12.3 Cross-border disclosure

In accordance with APP 8 (cross-border disclosure of personal information), the Customer acknowledges that some Subprocessors may process Customer Personal Information outside Australia, including in jurisdictions whose privacy laws may differ from Australia's. By engaging us, the Customer is taken to consent to such disclosures within the scope of this DPA.

13. Return or deletion of data

13.1 At end of Service

On termination of the Customer's Subscription, we will, at the Customer's choice:

  • Return Customer Personal Information to the Customer in a structured, machine-readable format (using the data export functionality provided in the Service)
  • Delete Customer Personal Information in accordance with our deletion timelines

The Customer has 30 days from termination to make this choice and to extract Customer Personal Information through the Service.

13.2 Deletion timeline

After the 30-day grace period, we will delete Customer Personal Information from active systems within 30 days. Because backups are kept on a rolling 7-day basis, any remaining backup copies age out within a further 7 days.

13.3 Retention as required by law

We may retain Customer Personal Information as required by applicable law, in which case we will continue to protect it in accordance with this DPA for as long as it is retained.

13.4 Trial and demo follow-up record

Where the Customer's account is a trial or demo account, when it is deleted we retain a limited follow-up record for our own purpose of following up about the trial, seeking feedback, and offering the opportunity to continue. This record contains business-contact details (an administrator's name and email address, and the business name and sector) and high-level usage information (such as counts of policies, sign-offs, and users, the date of last activity, and key dates). It does not include the documents, incident records, or other content held in the account, which are deleted with the account.

We keep this follow-up record for no longer than 12 months from deletion and then delete it. The individual concerned may ask us not to make contact (opt out) at any time, and may ask us to erase the record at any time. We do not sell this information and do not share it for anyone else's marketing. This is described further in our Privacy Policy.

14. Liability

The limitation of liability provisions in the Terms of Service apply to this DPA.

15. Term

This DPA takes effect when the Customer first uses the Service after its publication, and continues until the Customer's Subscription ends and the obligations relating to return or deletion of data have been completed.

16. Changes to this DPA

We may update this DPA from time to time. Material changes will be notified to the Customer's primary administrator by email and reflected in our published version. Continued use of the Service after a material change constitutes acceptance.

17. Notices

Notices under this DPA may be given by email:

  • To the Customer: at the email address associated with the Customer's primary administrator
  • To us: info@accorda.com.au

18. Governing law

This DPA is governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia.

Annex A — Technical and organisational security measures

We implement and maintain the following technical and organisational measures, updated from time to time:

Encryption

  • Customer Data is encrypted in transit using TLS 1.2 or higher between the Customer's browser, our application, and our Subprocessors
  • Customer Data is encrypted at rest in our database (Supabase) and storage (Supabase Storage) using industry-standard encryption

Access control

  • Multi-factor authentication is available to all users and can be required for administrator accounts
  • Service personnel access is granted on a least-privilege basis
  • Authorised personnel may access Customer Personal Information across the Service where necessary to operate, support, secure, troubleshoot, and maintain it; such access is limited to what is necessary for those purposes and is subject to confidentiality obligations
  • Authentication systems use industry-standard practices including password hashing and short-lived access tokens

Tenant isolation

  • Customer Data is segregated using row-level security at the database layer; cross-tenant access is technically prevented, not just policy-prevented
  • Storage paths are tenant-scoped and access is governed by row-level security policies

Network security

  • Application traffic is delivered exclusively over HTTPS
  • Application-layer firewalls and rate limiting are in place
  • Service infrastructure is hosted on cloud providers with established security certifications

Logging and monitoring

  • Application errors and security events are logged and monitored
  • Customer-facing audit logs record administrative actions, sign-offs, and other compliance-relevant events
  • Operational logs are retained for periods stated in our Privacy Policy

Backups

  • Customer database is backed up daily, retained for 7 days
  • Backups are encrypted at rest

Incident response

  • We maintain a written Incident Response Plan describing our procedures for detection, containment, communication, and resolution of security incidents
  • Personnel are trained on the plan
  • The plan is reviewed at least annually and after any material incident

Personnel

  • Personnel with access to Customer Data are subject to confidentiality obligations
  • Access is revoked when personnel cease to require it for their role

Software development

  • Code changes are reviewed before deployment
  • Production deployments are subject to type-check and build verification
  • Vulnerability scanning of dependencies is performed regularly

Physical security

We do not maintain physical infrastructure for Customer Data; security of physical infrastructure is the responsibility of our Subprocessors (notably Supabase and Vercel), which operate certified data centres.

Annex B — Subprocessors

The following Subprocessors process Customer Personal Information in connection with the Service. The list is updated from time to time, with the current version available in our Privacy Policy.

SubprocessorPurposeRegion
SupabaseDatabase, authentication, storageAsia Pacific (Sydney)
VercelApplication hosting and privacy-friendly, cookieless usage analyticsMulti-region (primary: Sydney; edge: global)
StripePayment processingGlobal
AnthropicAI inference (assistant, policy review, policy mapping)United States
OpenAIVoice-to-text transcription (optional Dictate feature only; audio is transcribed and discarded, not used for model training, retained by OpenAI for up to 30 days for abuse monitoring)United States
Voyage AIText embeddings for document search and the AI assistant (document text and assistant queries; not used to train its models)United States
ResendTransactional emailGlobal
SentryError monitoringEuropean Union

Each Subprocessor is bound by contractual obligations to handle Customer Personal Information only for the purposes of operating the Service.

How to contact us

True North Analytics ABN 24 726 502 584 Email: info@accorda.com.au

Questions about this document? info@accorda.com.au
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