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Data Processing Agreement

Linked SLA Alerts — Tech Cache

Effective date: Upon installation of the app (or first use after this version is published), unless you and Tech Cache agree otherwise in writing.

Important — read before relying on this document

• This Data Processing Agreement (“DPA”) is published for transparency and to support EU/UK and similar procurement conversations.
• Tech Cache has not yet had this DPA reviewed by its own legal counsel. It is not legal advice. Customers should consult their own counsel before relying on it or signing counterpart-specific versions.
• If your organization requires a custom-signed DPA, contact [email protected].

1. Parties

This DPA is entered into between:

• Controller: The customer or organization that installs and uses Linked SLA Alerts (“Customer” or “Controller”).
• Processor: Tech Cache, provider of Linked SLA Alerts (“Tech Cache” or “Processor”).

2. Scope and purpose

This DPA applies where Tech Cache processes personal data on behalf of the Customer in connection with the Customer’s use of Linked SLA Alerts (the “App”), an Atlassian Marketplace application built on Atlassian Forge.

The App provides SLA-related workflows for Jira and Jira Service Management, including:

• Evaluating the parent issue’s SLA state when a user opens or refreshes the Linked SLA Alerts issue panel on the parent issue (there is no Forge scheduled trigger or background cron for this evaluation).
• On-demand Send SLA Alert to Linked Tickets when the Customer uses that action in the panel.
• Posting comments and @mentions on linked Jira tickets when notifications are sent per the Customer’s configuration.
• Sending optional notifications via Slack (channel posts or direct messages) when enabled by the Customer.
• Sending optional payloads to customer-configured HTTPS webhook endpoints on the App’s Forge external.fetch allowlist (e.g. Zapier, Make) when enabled by the Customer.

3. Description of processing

3.1 Categories of data subjects

Jira users associated with linked (and parent) issues, including:

• Assignees
• Reporters
• Watchers
• Request Participants (Jira Service Management projects, where applicable)

3.2 Categories of personal data processed

The App accesses and processes the following personal data solely to provide its core functionality:

3.3 Sensitive data

The App does not intentionally collect or process special-category data as defined under GDPR Article 9. Customers are responsible for ensuring that no such data is included in Jira fields or templates in ways that violate applicable law.

3.4 Frequency of processing

Event-driven, including when:

• A user opens or refreshes the Linked SLA Alerts panel on a parent issue (trigger evaluation and optional notifications, subject to deduplication in Forge Key-Value Store).
• The Customer uses on-demand Send SLA Alert.
• The Customer saves admin configuration.
• Optional integrations (e.g. Slack) are invoked to deliver a notification.

The App does not continuously poll Jira in the background for SLA state.

3.5 Duration of processing

Personal data is processed for the duration of the Customer’s active use of the App. Upon uninstall, configuration and operational data held in Forge are handled per Atlassian’s platform lifecycle and deletion practices.

4. Roles of the parties

• The Customer is the Controller for personal data in Jira that the Customer chooses to process using the App (e.g. who is notified, which channels are on, trigger rules).
• Tech Cache is the Processor for that in-app processing, except where Tech Cache acts as a controller for narrow activities described in the Privacy Policy (e.g. support email, this website).

5. Tech Cache’s obligations

Tech Cache agrees to:

• Instructions. Process personal data only on the Customer’s instructions as expressed through the App’s configuration and use, and as described in this DPA and applicable Terms, unless EU/UK law requires otherwise (in which case Tech Cache will inform the Customer of that legal requirement before processing, unless prohibited).
• Confidentiality. Ensure that personnel authorized to process personal data are bound by appropriate confidentiality obligations.
• Security. Implement appropriate technical and organizational measures appropriate to the risk. The App runs on Atlassian Forge; optional details: Security Overview, Vulnerability disclosure policy.
• Sub-processors. Use sub-processors as needed to provide the App; see Section 7. Tech Cache will provide at least 30 days’ advance notice of new sub-processors that process personal data for the App, via Subprocessors & Infrastructure (and the website generally), unless a substitute is required for security or legal reasons (in which case notice will be given as soon as practicable).
• Data subject rights assistance. Provide reasonable assistance to the Customer in responding to requests from data subjects, to the extent Tech Cache holds or controls the relevant data and can comply without undue burden.
• DPIAs. Provide reasonable assistance for data protection impact assessments or supervisory consultations, taking into account the nature of processing and information available to Tech Cache.
• Personal data breaches. Notify the Customer without undue delay after becoming aware of a personal data breach affecting Customer personal data processed through the App, where notification is required by applicable law. Contact: [email protected].
• Deletion / return. After the Customer stops using the App or upon written request, Tech Cache will delete or facilitate deletion of personal data processed through the App as practicable, subject to Atlassian Forge lifecycle and legal retention needs.
• Demonstration of compliance. On reasonable request, provide information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this DPA, no more than once per calendar year, subject to notice and confidentiality.

6. Customer’s obligations

The Customer agrees to:

• Ensure that its use of the App and its instructions comply with applicable data protection law.
• Ensure it has a lawful basis for processing personal data it instructs Tech Cache to process through the App.
• Provide appropriate privacy notices to data subjects where required.
• Configure the App appropriately for the sensitivity of the data involved (including optional Slack and webhooks).

7. Sub-processors

Tech Cache relies on the following sub-processors in connection with the App:

The Customer-configured endpoint is entirely under the Customer’s control. Tech Cache does not select or operate that service.

Current list maintained at: Subprocessors & Infrastructure.

8. International transfers

The App runs on Atlassian Forge; processing may occur in multiple regions per Atlassian’s terms and (where applicable) SCCs / DPA between Customer and Atlassian.

Where Tech Cache processes personal data outside the EEA, UK, or Switzerland independently of Atlassian (e.g. support mailbox), Tech Cache will use appropriate safeguards as required by applicable law.

9. Security measures (summary)

• Forge-native storage for app configuration and secrets (e.g. Slack token) in Atlassian-managed storage—not in a separate Tech Cache application database for core app operation as described in the Privacy Policy.
• Token masking in configuration surfaces where implemented; Customers may clear tokens when the product allows.
• Least privilege: Jira/Forge permissions limited to what the App requires (see published manifest.yml).
• Further detail: Security Overview · Vulnerability disclosure policy

10. Term and termination

This DPA is effective for the duration of the Customer’s use of the App and terminates when the Customer uninstalls or otherwise ends use, subject to survival of obligations regarding data already processed and legal retention.

11. Order of precedence

If the Terms of Service and this DPA conflict only as to data protection obligations relating to processing described here, this DPA controls for that subject matter. All other matters (including liability caps, governing law, and venue) remain governed by the Terms unless mandatory data protection law requires otherwise.

12. Contact

Tech Cache
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 813-906-9247 (call or text)
Website: techcache.github.io

13. Governing law

This DPA is governed by the laws applicable to the underlying commercial relationship between the parties (see Terms of Service), except where mandatory provisions of EU/UK or other applicable data protection law require otherwise.

This DPA was last updated: March 2026.
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