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Home
Glossary
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Categories
Create a category
Add a category or subcategory
Choose a category type
Default categories
Topic display categories
Blog style categories
Shared content categories
Custom content categories
URL redirect categories
Category appearance in the table of contents
Edit a category
Edit a category
Internal category note
Internal category title
Category icons
Control subcategory display
Customize category behavior in the table of contents
Delete a category and its content
Visibility and permissions
Hide a category from navigation
Restrict a category to certain readers
Exclude category
Reorder and move categories
Reorder categories or articles
Move categories or articles between levels
Why isn't my category showing up in search?
Why is a category not displaying to readers?
Articles
Create a new article
Article creation guide
Create a blank article
Create a new article from template
Structure template (sample)
Copy from existing article
Share articles between categories and knowledge bases
Generate article content with AI
URL redirect article
Edit an article
Web accessibility best practices
Accessibility starter resources
Accessibility auditing tools
Screen readers
Accessibility conferences and events
URL redirect best practices
Add images and files to articles
Edit and update files in articles
Add inline styles to articles
Add code samples
Work with links to other websites
Add scripts to articles
Use action links with # or javascript:void(0)
Edit permalinks
Add anchors within articles
Add banners and thumbnails
Find and replace text within an article
Change existing article to a URL redirect article
Change existing URL redirect article to a regular article
Editor keyboard shortcuts
Autosave
Sharing "draft" articles
Reuse, link, and recommend articles
Share articles between categories and knowledge bases
Topic articles
Related articles section
Link to article or category
Recommend articles in the contextual help widget
Set article editor behavior
Set which fields to automatically display at the top of the editor
Expand or collapse article details in the editor
Change your default save action
View article editor with fewer distractions
Article settings
Full and short titles
Use New & Updated article callouts
Publishing status
Hide articles from various places
Redirect old articles to a new permalink
Automatically redirect when you update an article's URL
Internal title
Author note (Internal article note)
Search phrases
Summary
Published date
Schedule an article to be published
Schedule an article to be archived
Edit or remove an article's scheduled publication or archival
Create a template
Add a video callout
Title tags
Turn off comments for specific articles
Turn off ratings for specific articles
Remove PDF download for specific articles
Versioning and history
Versions
Overview
What is a version?
Benefits of using versions
Use cases for versions
Are revisions stored for versions?
How to use versions
Open and edit versions
Create a version
Activate a version
Delete a version
Version notes
What are version notes?
View version notes
Edit version notes
Version sharing/review process
Article in-app version review process
Version review process for readers
In-app version review process, custom content categories
Version PDFs
Generate a version PDF
Change the version PDFs' format or text
Revisions
What is a revision?
Use cases for revisions
View revisions and revision history
Compare revisions
Recover a revision
Delete a revision
Are revisions stored for versions?
Reorder and move articles
Reorder articles
Move articles between levels
Delete and recover articles
Delete an article
Delete articles in bulk in Manage
Recover a deleted or archived article
Recover multiple deleted or archived articles
Change article styles (layout, lists, and other tricks)
Files and images
Supported file types
File size limits
Who can access the files and images in my knowledge base?
Find a file's URL
Add images to articles
Add images to articles
Add alternative text to images
Add image captions
Adjust image width for all images
Display images side-by-side
Add files and images directly in your Files page
Edit and update files
Image upload errors
Why are some screenshots blurry?
Image best practices
Intro
File types for screenshots/larger images
File types for icons
Resizing images
Accessible images
Gif and animation usage
Create consistent screenshots
base64 images
Add videos to articles
Add videos to your articles
Wistia video embeds
Add videos in bulk
Video upload errors
Edit and update videos
Disable video downloads
Add other files to articles
Add files to articles
How do I import a PDF?
Display PDF file in articles
Embed Google Drive files in articles
Display Microsoft Office 365 files in articles
Add files in bulk
Edit and update files
File upload errors
Files page: Manage images and files
Introduction to the Files page
List View
Which Files page view should I use?
Add files and images directly in your Files page
Edit and update files in the Files page
Add a file description for alt text
Find a file's URL
File references
Restoring deleted files
Purge and fully remove files
Manage files with file labels
Use labels as filters
Who can access the files stored in my knowledge base?
Tags
Tags feature overview
Set up tags
Create a tag
Edit a tag
Delete tags
Hide tags from Search Results
Merge tags
What does merging tags do?
Use tags in content
Add an existing tag to an article
Remove a tag from an article
Add tags to multiple articles in bulk
Tag searches
Perform a tag audit
File labels
What are file labels?
Create a file label
Edit a file label
Delete a file label
Add an existing label to a file
Remove a label from a file
Merge labels
What does merging labels do?
Use labels as filters
Snippets
Snippets feature overview
Set up snippets
Create a snippet
Copy existing snippet
Undo changes to a snippet
Delete a snippet
Use snippets in content
Use snippets overview
Add snippets in content
Add snippets to your knowledge base theme
Perform a snippet audit
Snippet references
Snippet best practices
Snippet use cases
Snippet best practices
Snippet standardization checklist
Shared & synced content
Synced articles
Synced article overview
How synced articles work
How synced articles really work
What is and isn't shared between synced articles
How versions are stored for synced articles
Why isn't my shared content article showing in search results?
Synced content in copied knowledge base
Use synced articles
Create a new shared/synced article
How to stop syncing content between articles
How to identify synced child and parent articles
Convert standalone article to synced article
How can I tell multiple shared child articles apart?
Synced categories
Synced content category overview
How synced categories work
Sync behavior in shared content categories
Synced article behavior in shared content categories
Behavior when you create new or delete content in a synced category
Use synced categories
Create a new synced category
Stop syncing an article in a synced category
Stop syncing a synced category
Synced knowledge bases
Synced knowledge base
Style guide
Style guide feature overview
Set up Style guide
Create a style guide
Turn on access to AI content style guide reviews
Style guide starters
Style guide starters overview
Use our sample starter guide
Use another style guide template
Use a common style guide and document exceptions and additions
Additional style guide resources
Review content with your style guide
Use AI to review article content with your style guide
Manually review article content against your style guide
Generate articles with style guide
Import content
Import Word documents
Embed a single Word document in an articleNew
Convert a Word document to an article pageNew
Convert and split a Word document into separate articlesNew
Create a Word document shareable link articleNew
Convert multiple Word documents to multiple articlesNew
Add a Word document to your file libraryNew
Import PDF documents
Embed a single PDF document in an article with a previewNew
Convert a PDF document to an article pageNew
Create a PDF document shareable link articleNew
Add a PDF document to your file libraryNew
PDF extraction errorsNew
Import from Confluence
Import from Document360
Import from Freshdesk
Import from Helpjuice
Import from HubSpot
Import from Notion
Import from Zendesk
Import from CSV
Import from other file format
Import from other tool
Import with the API
Testing imports
Import best practices
Create REST API documentation
REST API documentation in KnowledgeOwl
Prerequisites
Create your API documentation
Custom styles
Limitation: content security policy header
Understand Redoc's standalone API docs
Next steps
Generate content
Use Alchemer surveys to generate content in KnowledgeOwl
Look and feel
Homepage look and feel
Homepage customization overview
Change homepage welcome text
Change the homepage welcome text
Remove the homepage welcome text
Change the color of the homepage welcome text
Add or remove article lists
Article Lists
New Articles list
Updated Articles list
Popular Articles list
Recent Articles list
Remove article lists from your homepage
Create a custom homepage articles list
Add custom homepage elements
Add a background image to my homepage
Change the background image on my homepage
Add category icons to your homepage category panels
Add a custom alert or banner to your homepage
Add a custom icon and header link on your homepage
Overall look and feel
Style your overall theme
Access the theme builder
Choose your colors
Color picker: Which colors control which parts of my theme?
Choose your font
Use a custom font
Choose your logo
Use the new Support theme
Change your favicon
Choose your table of contents behavior
Set your knowledge base time zone, date, and language
Customize style or layout with HTML/CSS
Add a link to the upper right (top navigation)
Undo changes to Customize > Style
Breadcrumbs
Access to the header via Custom Head
Reset your theme
Copy a knowledge base's theme
Set up your default behavior
Basic settings
Domain settings
Website settings
Article editor settings
Customize your robots.txt
Create your llms.txt
How to use your own domain
Private domain overview
Create a CNAME record on your DNS
Add a private domain
Set up your SSL cert
Make all requests use your new private domain
Add reCAPTCHA
SSL cert troubleshooting: CNAME record has not fully synced
SSL cert troubleshooting: CAA policy does not allow
Update your private domain
Other overall look and feel customizations
Add Fancybox to click to zoom/enlarge images
About Fancybox
Installation
Style images
Change toolbar
Specific images only
Skip images
Upgrade
Remove "Made with KnowledgeOwl" statement from footer
Change Alert div icon or colors
Display a back to top icon when scrolling
Only play GIFs while hovering
Use different logos for different reader groups
Set your footer copyright year to automatically update
Fix anchor links hidden by top navigation
Article look and feel
Common article customizations
Style image captions
Add Font Awesome icons into articles
Style your table footer
Use your own syntax highlighter for code blocks
Use thumbnails and banner images
Remove the PDF, print, or email icon from all articles
Fix for article editor removing a script
Add details/summary blocks into articles
Style details/summary blocks
Advanced article customizations
Create an article table of contents (TOC) from headers
Create expanding/collapsing sections in an article
Adjust line spacing
Format numbered list spacing and borders
Customize nested numbered list styles
Update your article actions merge code
Conditional content based on tags
Category look and feel
Style your Default categories
Icon panels styles
Icon panels: Change panel background color/category title color
Hide article descriptions on default category landing pages
Style your Topic display categories
Topic display: Hide category description
Topic display: Style your tabs
Topic display: Change Quick Links style and/or add header
Table of contents look and feel
Style your table of contents
Set table of contents default display
Display categories open by default
Change the icons used in the table of contents
Add links to your table of contents
Add or remove Home link in table of contents
Add search bar to table of contents
Add glossary link to table of contents
Add a link to the full PDF download to table of contents
Add custom link to table of contents
Search look and feel
Change your search bar placeholder
Customize the search "No Results" message
Style the glossary term callouts in search results
Hide tags from Search Results
PDF look and feel
Add page numbers to PDFs
Display full URL of links in PDFs
Display content only in PDFs
Snippet to force page breaks in PDFs
Glossary look and feel
Glossary styling overview
Style the Glossary page
Keep glossary header visible when scrolling
Style the letters at the top of the glossary
Add search to the glossary page
Add a print icon to the Glossary page
Style glossary terms & definitions
Customize how highlighted glossary terms and definitions look
Style the glossary snippet search results
Customize default text
Customize default text overview
Add and remove customized text strings
Add or edit your own text string
Reset a customized text string
Update Style settings with Customize Text merge code
Update Homepage with Customize Text merge code
Default text section guides
Customize Search text guide
Customize Table of Contents text guide
Customize Reader Login text guide
Customize Top Navigation text guide
Customize Article text guide
Customize Miscellaneous text guide
Customize Required Reading text guide
Customize Article Lists text guide
Customize Contact Form text guide
Customize AI chatbot text guide
Default HTML and CSS
Default HTML
Default Homepage HTML
Default Body HTML
Default Top Navigation HTML
Default Article HTML
Default Article Version HTML
Default Login HTML
Default Manage Reader Subscriptions HTML
Default 404 Error Page HTML
Default Restricted Access Page HTML
Default Right Column HTML
Default Homepage Article HTML (deprecated)
Default Custom CSS
Merge codes
What are merge codes?
KB Merge Codes
Article
Homepage
Reader
Body
PDF Merge Codes
Custom content category merge codes
Other
Features
Related Articles
Feature overview
How it works
Where do Related Articles show up?
Do deleted or archived articles show in Related Articles?
Use automatic Related Articles
Manually suggest Related Articles
Use both manual and automatic Related Articles
Set up Related Articles
Turn on automatic Related Article suggestions
Backward suggest Related Articles
Set the number of Related Articles to automatically display
Turn off automatically suggested Related Articles
Display Related Articles only in specific articles
Readd the Related Articles section to my articles
Hide Related Articles section from a specific article
Hide Related Articles when there are none
Hide Related Articles when there is one or less
Add and remove Related Articles
Add Related Articles
Reorder or remove Related Articles
Contact Form
Contact form overview
What data is collected in the Contact Form?
Set up your contact form
Set up contact form to send emails to one or more addresses
Custom fields
Create Zendesk TicketsUpdated
Integrate contact form with Freshdesk
Update wording in the Contact Form
Customize Contact Form link
Contact form submission email delivery issues
Advanced setup
Bypass contact form self-serve
Open the contact form with certain details filled in
Add template text to the start or end of the contact form's subject
Fix error for site owner on Contact Form
Manage articles
Manage articles feature overview
Use Manage filters
Use standard Manage filters
Create a custom Manage filter
Edit a custom Manage filter
Included Tags vs. Excluded Tags
Delete a custom Manage filter
Bulk edit articles
Bulk edit articles in Manage
Manage bulk edit options
Bulk activate "ready for review" versions
Bulk edit articles to make them required reading
Archive articles in bulk in Manage
Delete articles in bulk in Manage
Purge deleted articles in Manage
How do bulk edits, archives, and deletes work?
Export Manage articles to CSV
When to use the CSV export
Generate your CSV export
Manage CSV export column list
CSV export tips and tricks
Ratings
Ratings feature overview
Set up ratings
Enable ratings
Change the location of the Ratings section
Add ratings to individual articles
Turn off ratings in your knowledge base
Add ratings to all articles
Ratings reports and resets
Ratings reporting
Reset article ratings
Article favorites
Feature overview
Set up favorites
Turn on favorites
Rename favorites
Display favorites in the table of contents
Display favorites outside the table of contents
Change the favorites star icon
Change how many favorites are displayed in the Current reader's favorites article list
Add a top navigation link to the Favorite Articles page
Fix missing favorites icon
Add and access favorite articles
Add an article to your favorites
Remove an article from your favorites
Reorder your favorites
Access your favorite articles
Comments
Change your commenter icon or avatar
Comments feature overview
Set up comments
Comments configuration overview
Change comments placeholder, prompt, or button text
Auto approve comments
Set who can submit and view comments
Get emails when comments are submitted
Comment spam protection and security
Limit the max characters allowed in comments
Turn off comments in your knowledge base
Moderate and approve comments
Glossary
Glossary feature overview
Add terms to your Glossary
Glossary formatting
Add a new glossary term
When should I use display titles?
Disable highlighting for a glossary term
Edit existing glossary term
Delete glossary terms
Import glossary terms
Troubleshooting glossary term imports
Export glossary terms
Set up Glossary
Add or remove glossary link in table of contents
Add glossary terms to your search results
Add or remove the glossary page from your search results
Rename the glossary
Glossary setup FAQs
View the glossary
Add Glossary definitions in articles
Add glossary definitions in articles manually
Automatically highlight definitions in articles
When one glossary term contains another glossary term
Style Glossary terms and definitions
Style guide
AI chatbot
AI chatbot feature overview
Set up AI chatbot
External website AI chatbot embed
Embed AI chatbot on an external website or app
Add context to chatbot queries
AI chatbot JavaScript API Reference
Chatbot JWT authentication
Chatbot OAuth 2.0 authentication
AI chatbot troubleshooting
How to optimize your content for the AI chatbot
Fix the temporarily unavailable chatbot error
Owl Intelligence
Owl Intelligence feature overview
Set up Owl Intelligence
Use Owl Intelligence to generate content
Generate article content with AI
Generate article meta description with Owl Intelligence
Article prompts for Owl Intelligence
Interruption to Owl Intelligence
Use AI to compare article content to your style guide
Use Owl Intelligence to evaluate style guide alignment
URL checker
URL checker overview
Overview
Which content is checked
Which content isn't checked
Generate a links report
Run the URL checker
Additional content options
Report options
Use the URL checker links report
How to read the URL checker links report
Common HTTP status codes
Tips & tricks for using the links report
Links report best practices
Find and replace
Find and replace feature overview
Run a search
Run a search
Exact matches searches
Regex pattern searches
Review search results
Find and replace results table
Find and replace CSV download
Replace content
How to run a replace
What content fields are replaced
What's in the find and replace change log?
Subscriptions
Subscription feature overview
Set up subscriptions
Requirements to turn on subscriptions
Set the subscription notification schedule and email subject
Set up SMTP for subscriptions
Set up public subscriptions
Enable subscriptions
Add Subscribe button to topic and custom content categories
Style the Subscribe button differently
Force readers to subscribe with their reader account email address
Use subscriptions
Subscribe to a category
Unsubscribe from a category
Trigger/retrigger subscriptions
Contextual Help Widget (2.0)
Widget feature overview
Set up Widget
Widget setup and installation
Widget setup and installation overview
Widget Settings section
Widget Admin Settings section
Widget Customize Text section
Widget Contact Form section
Custom Widget Styles
Widget 2.0 installation
Advanced Widget setup & methods
Add spam protection to Widget 2.0 Contact Tab
Open widget to specific tab
Hide one of the Widget 2.0 tabs
Custom Widget Javascript
Open widget to a specific article or category
Use Widget 2.0 on Single Page Applications
Prepopulate Widget 2.0 Contact Form fields
Widget methods and functions dictionary
Display the widget in your own div wrapper
Use widget for contextual help
Widget contextual help overview
Contextual help widget configuration
How to format your recommended page paths
Recommend an article or category in contextual help
Update an existing recommended page
Remove an existing recommended page path
Change the order of the Recommended tab
Widget authentication
Widget authentication--when and how to use it
Widget 2.0 JWT authentication
Widget 2.0 OAuth2 authentication
Upgrade from older widgets
Modern Widget vs. Widget 2.0 Comparison
Transition checklist: from Modern Widget to Widget 2.0
Required Reading
Required Reading feature overview
Set up Required Reading
Turn on Required Reading
Add the required reading flag to your article template
Add the required reading flag to your Right Column template
Add the acknowledgements section to your article template
Change the Required Reading text
Add a Required Reading link to Table of Contents
Add a Required Reading article list to your homepage
Add or remove required articles
Make individual articles required
Bulk edit articles to make them required reading
Retrigger the same article for new acknowledgment
Remove requirement or start date
Required Reading instructions for readers
Required reading overview for readers
Access the Required Reading page
View Required Reading reports
Notifications
Email notifications
Overview
Create a new email notification
Edit an email notification
Delete an email notification
Available email notification events
Slack notifications
Slack notification overview
Create a new Slack notification with the KnowledgeOwl app for Slack
Create a new Slack notification with a custom Slack app
Edit a Slack notification
Delete a Slack notification
Available Slack notification events
Microsoft Teams notifications
Webhook notifications
SMTP
SMTP feature overview
Create an SMTP service
Create a new SMTP service: Basic authentication
Gmail for two-factor authentication
Create a new SMTP service: Microsoft OAuth2
Why does authorizing my SMTP OAuth2 connector return an immediate error?
Why does my SMTP OAuth2 authorization succeed but test emails still fail?
Create a new SMTP service: Unauthenticated
PDFs
PDF overview
Individual article PDFs
Standard PDF export (Full PDF Download)
Custom PDF exports
Styling PDFs
Hyperlinks in PDFs
PDF Watermarks and Passwords
Markdown export
HTML Zip export
Overview
Generate an HTML Zip export
HTML export on Windows missing categories
SEO guide
Get started
Best practices
KnowledgeOwl SEO features
Promote your knowledge base
Make your knowledge base public
Generate your sitemap
Optimize your homepage
Custom title tags and meta descriptions
Public Sitemaps and SEO
Duplicate content
Prevent search engines from indexing your site and content
Measure SEO performance
Google Search Console
Modern & Legacy Contextual Help Widget (deprecated)
How the widget works
Installation
Use the Modern Widget for Contextual Help: Recommend on Pages
Modern Slideout Widget Authentication with OAuth2
Use the Modern Slideout Widget on Single Page Applications
Modern Widget + Zendesk Contact Form fix email address dropdown
Deprecation of Modern & Legacy widget
Search
Search feature overview
Set up search
General search settings
General settings overview
Enable semantic search
Pagination
Sorting
Filter by category
Article preview text
Exclude category
Shared content articles
Glossary page
Glossary definition search results
Change search text and styles
Keywords
Keywords overview
Language
Fuzziness
Typeahead (autosuggest)
Keyword search fields and weights
Search testing
Synonyms
Intro to synonyms
Create a synonym
Edit a synonym
Delete a synonym
Large PDFs
Search your knowledge base
Keyword search
Keyword search overview
Typeahead (autosuggest) search
Full search results
Exact match searches
Typeahead (autosuggest) versus full text search
Sort search results
Unsupported search characters
Tag search
Tag search overview
Tag search case sensitivity
Save a tag search
Tags versus search phrases
Sort tag search results
Optimize search
Optimize search intro
Use search settings
Use indexed fields well
Use search field weights
Use search phrases
Use synonyms
Use Searches with no results
Run a search reindex
Run a required search reindex
Run an optional search reindex
Delayed reindex
Search FAQs
Why isn't my category showing up in search results?
How do I add keywords to my article?
Why doesn't search work for unhyphenated versions of hyphenated words?
Can I exclude an entire category--and all its articles--from search?
Why doesn't my shared content article show in search results?
Use Google Custom Search Engine in KnowledgeOwl
How search works: Advanced
Search basics
Indexing
Stemming
Search relevance scoring
Reporting and analytics
Owl Analytics
Owl Analytics feature overview
Set up Owl Analytics
Owl Analytics setup
Owl Analytics privacy & compliance settings
Turn off Owl Analytics
Purge all analytics data
Use Owl Analytics reports
Owl Analytics quick start
Readers reports
Overview report
Logs report
View visitor profile
Readers report
Locations report
Row evolution graph
Segmented visits log
Behavior reports
Pageviews report
Searches report
Entry pages report
Exit pages report
Page titles report
Downloads report
Transitions report
Filter, search, & export reports
Use the Period filter
Use the Audience filter
Search an Owl Analytics report
Export data from Owl Analytics
Export data from Owl Analytics programmatically
Owl Analytics Export API
Export API setup
Export API quickstart
Owl Analytics Export API endpoint
Which report format do I need?
Create new Export API tokens
Delete Export API tokens
Export API token best practices
Owl Analytics key concepts
Action
Actions per visit
Average page load time
Average time on page
Bounce/bounce rate
Download
Entry page
Exit/Exit rate
New visitor
Outlink
Pageview
Referrer
Returning visitor
Unique pageviews
Unique download
Unique visitor
Visit
Visitor
Broken links report
Reporting Dashboard
Overview
Your Knowledge Base at a Glance
Article Ratings Report
Popular Articles report
Published Articles with 0 Views
Searches with no Results
Reset article views in the Popular Articles report
Contact form reporting
Overview
Contact Form Activity
Search Activity
Export searches to CSV
Page Breakdown
Widget reporting
Widget reporting overview
Articles Viewed from Remote Pages
Recommended Article Weights
AI chatbot reporting
Overview
Owl Intelligence credits
Daily usage statistics
Questions from readers
Comments reporting
Overview
View comments pending approval
Approve or delete comments
Who can view, approve, and delete comments?
What happens when I approve a comment?
What happens when I delete a comment?
Create a CSV export of your Comments report
Required reading reporting
Required reading reporting overview
Reading the Required Reading Report
Third-party analytics
Set up third-party analytics
Search term analytics
Reader-specific analytics
Security and permissions
KB visibility and access
Create a public knowledge base
Create a public knowledge base with some private content
Create a private knowledge base
Create a private knowledge base with different content for different readers
Restrict content to logged in readers
Restrict by IP address, shared passwords, reader logins, or a combination
Convert a private knowledge base to mixed public and private
Advanced security options
Require login to view files/images
Spam protection
HTTP response headers
Basic authentication
Change authentication type for image / file security
Author management
Author overview
What is an author?
Author permissions
Author login type
Set up authors
Edit authors and permissions
Reset an author password
Add an author
Delete an author
Export a list of authors
Author roles & custom roles
Default author roles
Create a custom author role
Available custom role permissions
Author teams
Author teams overview
Create and administer author teams
Create author teams
Change the order of author teams
Edit and delete author teams
Use author teams in content
Restrict content to author teams
Inherited author team restrictions
Remove author team restrictions
Author FAQs and troubleshooting
Can authors share logins?
What happens when I delete an author?
Can multiple authors work on the same article?
Author email delivery issues
Why is this email address saying it's on a suppression list?
Reader management
Readers and reader filters
Readers page overview
What's the difference between an author and a reader?
Enable reader logins
Create a reader
Create readers in bulk
Search for readers
Create a custom reader filter
Edit a custom reader filter
Delete a custom reader filter
Edit readers in bulk
Restore a deleted reader
Purge deleted readers
Reader Groups
Reader Groups overview
Set up Reader Groups
Create a reader group
Auto-assign groups by email rules
Delete a reader group
Use Reader Groups in content
Restrict content to logged in readers
Test reader group access
Content that supports reader group restrictions
Content with multiple reader groups
Check if an article or category is restricted to reader groups
How inherited reader groups work
Use Reader Groups in style/theme display
Reader emails
Customize your reader welcome emails
Customize your reader password reset emails
Configure SMTP for reader emails
How custom SMTP from/reply impacts the email template from/reply to fields
Reader email delivery issues
Reader security, passwords, and login options
Reader password security
What's the difference between admin managed and self-administered reader passwords?
Set up self-administered reader options
Allow Google log in for readers
Allow readers to log in through SSO
Help readers reset their passwords
Reader signups
Overview
Turn on reader signups
Change the default text of the reader signup form
Add custom fields to the reader signup form
Approve or deny single new reader
Approve or deny multiple readers
Auto-assign new readers to groups upon signup
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Single sign-on (SSO) overview
SSO options for different knowledge base setups
Set up SAML SSO for authors
SSO FAQs
Update your x509 certificate
Opening links to SSO knowledge bases from Microsoft Office
SAML SSO instructions
SAML SSO setup overview
Configure SAML SSO (generic instructions)
Configure SSO with Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
Configure SSO with Microsoft Entra ID
Configure SAML SSO with Okta
Configure SSO with Google Workspace
SSO Advanced options
SAML attribute map
Custom attribute map rules
Missing SSO ID mapping warning
Auto-Assign Groups By Email Rules (SSO Edition)
Remote authentication instructions
Overview
PrerequisitesUpdated
Enable remote authentication
Create your remote auth token request and script
Salesforce SSO instructions
Salesforce configuration intro
Step 1: Enable Salesforce SSO in KnowledgeOwl
Step 2: Create LoginController apex class in Salesforce
Step 3: Add the Remote Site in Salesforce
Step 4: Create a Visualforce page in Salesforce
Step 5: Create final apex classes in Salesforce
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Last modified on 09/04/2026 3:15 pm EDT
Updated: September 4th, 2026
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This Data Processing Addendum (“DPA”) forms part of the terms and conditions of service found at https://support.knowledgeowl.com/help/terms-and-conditions unless the Customer has entered into a superseding agreement with KnowledgeOwl, in which case it forms part of that agreement (in either case, the “Agreement”).
KnowledgeOwl agrees to comply with the following provisions with respect to any Personal Data Processed by KnowledgeOwl in connection with its provision of the Services. References to the Agreement will be construed as including this DPA and, except as modified below, the terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
For the purpose of this DPA, Customer is the Data Controller and KnowledgeOwl is the Data Processor. Any capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this DPA and the Agreement, this DPA will prevail.
1. DEFINITIONS
“Data Controller” means the entity that determines the purposes and means of the Processing of Personal Data.
“Data Privacy Framework” means the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
“Data Processor” means the entity which Processes Personal Data on behalf of the Data Controller.
“Data Protection Laws” means all laws and regulations, including laws and regulations of the European Union, applicable to the Processing of Personal Data under the Agreement.
“Data Subject” means the individual to whom Personal Data relates.
“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable person.
“Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon Personal Data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, blocking, erasure or destruction (“Process”, “Processes” and “Processed” shall have the same meaning).
“Security Breach” has the meaning set forth in Section 7 of this DPA.
“Standard Contractual Clauses” means the agreement executed by and between the. Customer and KnowledgeOwl in Schedule 1 pursuant to the European Commission’s decision (C(2010)593) of 5 February 2010 on Standard Contractual Clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries which do not ensure an adequate level of data protection.
“Sub-processor” means any Data Processor engaged by KnowledgeOwl.
2. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
2.1 The parties agree that with regard to the Processing of Personal Data, the Customer is the Data Controller and KnowledgeOwl is the Data Processor.
2.2 KnowledgeOwl shall process Personal Data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Laws and Customer will ensure that its instructions for the Processing of Personal Data shall comply with the Data Protection Laws. If KnowledgeOwl believes or becomes aware that any of Customer’s instructions conflict with any Data Protection Laws, KnowledgeOwl shall inform Customer.
2.3 During the Term of the Agreement, KnowledgeOwl shall only Process Personal Data on behalf of and in accordance with Customer’s written instructions and shall treat Personal Data as confidential information. Customer instructs KnowledgeOwl to Process Personal Data for the following purposes: (i) Processing in accordance with the Agreement and any applicable orders; and (ii) Processing to comply with other reasonable written instructions provided by Customer where such instructions are consistent with the terms of the Agreement. KnowledgeOwl may Process Personal Data other than on the written instructions of Customer if it is required under applicable law to which KnowledgeOwl is subject. In this situation, KnowledgeOwl shall inform Customer of such requirement before KnowledgeOwl Processes the Personal Data unless prohibited by applicable law. The objective of Processing of Personal Data by KnowledgeOwl is the provision of the Services pursuant to the Agreement.
2.4 Customer acknowledges and agrees that KnowledgeOwl may engage Sub-processors to provide the Services set forth in the Agreement. KnowledgeOwl agrees that any agreement with an approved Sub-processor shall include no less protective data protection obligations as set out in this DPA. KnowledgeOwl will notify the Customer of any intended change to Sub-processors, giving the Customer at least 10 business days to object in writing. KnowledgeOwl shall remain responsible for any approved Sub-processor’s compliance with the obligations of this DPA.
3. RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS
3.1 To the extent Customer, in its use or receipt of the Services, does not have the ability to correct, amend, restrict, block or delete Personal Data, as required by Data Protection Laws, KnowledgeOwl shall promptly comply with reasonable requests by Customer to facilitate such actions to the extent KnowledgeOwl is legally permitted and able to do so.
3.2 KnowledgeOwl shall, to the extent legally permitted, promptly notify Customer if it receives a request from a Data Subject for access to, correction, amendment, deletion of or objection to the processing of that person’s Personal Data. KnowledgeOwl shall not respond to any such Data Subject request without Customer’s prior written consent except to confirm that the request relates to Customer. To the extent that Customer responds to any such Data Subject request, KnowledgeOwl shall provide Customer with commercially reasonable cooperation and assistance, including by implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures, in relation to the handling of a Data Subject’s request, to the extent legally permitted.
4. KNOWLEDGEOWL PERSONNEL
4.1 KnowledgeOwl shall ensure that its personnel engaged in the Processing of Personal Data are informed of the confidential nature of the Personal Data, have received appropriate training on their responsibilities and are subject to obligations of confidentiality and such obligations shall survive the termination of that individual’s engagement with KnowledgeOwl.
4.2 KnowledgeOwl shall ensure that access to Personal Data is limited to personnel who require such access to fulfill KnowledgeOwl’s obligations under the Agreement.
5. SECURITY; AUDIT RIGHTS; PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
5.1 Pursuant to Article 28, Section 3(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), KnowledgeOwl shall take all measures required pursuant to Article 32 of the GDPR.
5.2 KnowledgeOwl will make available to Customer all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with the obligations laid down in Article 28 of the GDPR and allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections, conducted by Customer or another auditor mandated by Customer.
5.3 KnowledgeOwl will reasonably cooperate with Customer to assist Customer in ensuring compliance with Articles 32 to 36 of the GDPR.
6. SECURITY BREACH MANAGEMENT AND NOTIFICATION
If KnowledgeOwl becomes aware of any accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to any Personal Data transmitted, stored or otherwise Processed on KnowledgeOwl’s equipment or in KnowledgeOwl’s facilities (“Security Breach”), KnowledgeOwl will promptly: (i) notify Customer of the Security Breach; (ii) investigate the Security Breach and provide Customer with all relevant information about the Security Breach; and (iii) take all steps to mitigate the effects and to minimize any damage resulting from the Security Breach.
7. RETURN AND DELETION OF PERSONAL DATA
Upon Customer’s request, KnowledgeOwl shall delete or return Personal Data to Customer and shall delete existing copies unless applicable European Union or Member State law requires storage of such data.
8. EU-U.S. DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK, UK EXTENSION, AND SWISS-U.S. DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK
KnowledgeOwl agrees to apply the Data Privacy Framework Principles issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, located at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/ (“DPF Principles”) to all Personal Data that Customer transfers to KnowledgeOwl that originates from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland (“EEA Data”). For clarity, KnowledgeOwl agrees to (a) use EEA Data only for purposes specified by Customer; (b) notify Customer upon KnowledgeOwl’s determination that it can no longer apply the DPF Principles to EEA Data; and (c) upon such determination, cease use of EEA Data or take other reasonable and appropriate steps to apply the DPF Principles to EEA Data.
9. PARTIES TO THIS DPA
Nothing in this DPA shall confer any benefits or rights on any person or entity other than the parties to this DPA.
10. LEGAL AUTHORITY
Each of KnowledgeOwl and Customer mutually represent and warrant that (i) the person executing this DPA on its respective behalf has the legal authority to bind such party, and (ii) it has right, power, and authority to (a) enter into this DPA, (b) make the representations and warranties contained herein, and (c) commit to and perform the respective duties, obligations and covenants set forth hereunder.
Schedule 1: STANDARD CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES
Section 1
Clause 1
Purpose and Scope
The purpose of these standard contractual clauses is to ensure compliance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) for the transfer of personal data to a third country.
The Parties:
the natural or legal person(s), public authority/ies, agency/ies or other body/ies (hereinafter ‘entity/ies’) transferring the personal data, as listed in Annex I.A (hereinafter each ‘data exporter’), and
the entity/ies in a third country receiving the personal data from the data exporter, directly or indirectly via another entity also Party to these Clauses, as listed in Annex I.A (hereinafter each ‘data importer’)
have agreed to these standard contractual clauses (hereinafter: ‘Clauses’).
These Clauses apply with respect to the transfer of personal data as specified in Annex I.B.
The Appendix to these Clauses containing the Annexes referred to therein forms an integral part of these Clauses.
Clause 2
Invariability of the Clauses
These Clauses set out appropriate safeguards, including enforceable data subject rights and effective legal remedies, pursuant to Article 46(1) and Article 46 (2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and, with respect to data transfers from controllers to processors and/or processors to processors, standard contractual clauses pursuant to Article 28(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, provided they are not modified, except to select the appropriate Module(s) or to add or update information in the Appendix. This does not prevent the Parties from including the standard contractual clauses laid down in these Clauses in a wider contract and/or to add other clauses or additional safeguards, provided that they do not contradict, directly or indirectly, these Clauses or prejudice the fundamental rights or freedoms of data subjects.
These Clauses are without prejudice to obligations to which the data exporter is subject by virtue of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Clause 3
Third-party Beneficiaries
Data subjects may invoke and enforce these Clauses, as third-party beneficiaries, against the data exporter and/or data importer, with the following exceptions:
Clause 1, Clause 2, Clause 3, Clause 6, Clause 7;
Clause 8.1(b), 8.9(a), (c), (d) and (e);
Clause 9(a), (c), (d) and (e);
Clause 12(a), (d) and (f);
Clause 13;
Clause 15.1(c), (d) and (e);
Clause 16(e);
Clause 18(a) and (b).
Paragraph (a) is without prejudice to rights of data subjects under Regulation (EU)2016/679.
Clause 4
Interpretation
Where these Clauses use terms that are defined in Regulation (EU) 2016/679, those terms shall have the same meaning as in that Regulation.
These Clauses shall be read and interpreted in the light of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
These Clauses shall not be interpreted in a way that conflicts with rights and obligations provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Clause 5
Hierarchy
In the event of a contradiction between these Clauses and the provisions of related agreements between the Parties, existing at the time these Clauses are agreed or entered into thereafter, these Clauses shall prevail.
Clause 6
Description of the Transfer(s)
The details of the transfer(s), and in particular the categories of personal data that are transferred and the purpose(s) for which they are transferred, are specified in Annex I.B.
Clause 7
Docking Clause
An entity that is not a Party to these Clauses may, with the agreement of the Parties, accede to these Clauses at any time, either as a data exporter or as a data importer, by completing the Appendix and signing Annex I.A.
Once it has completed the Appendix and signed Annex I.A, the acceding entity shall become a Party to these Clauses and have the rights and obligations of a data exporter or data importer in accordance with its designation in Annex I.A.
The acceding entity shall have no rights or obligations arising under these Clauses from the period prior to becoming a Party.
Section 2 - Obligations of the Parties
Clause 8
Data Protection Safeguards
The data exporter warrants that it has used reasonable efforts to determine that the data importer is able, through the implementation of appropriate technical and organisational measures, to satisfy its obligations under these Clauses.
8.1 Instructions
The data importer shall process the personal data only on documented instructions from the data exporter. The data exporter may give such instructions throughout the duration of the contract.
The data importer shall immediately inform the data exporter if it is unable to follow those instructions.
8.2 Purpose limitation
The data importer shall process the personal data only for the specific purpose(s) of the transfer, as set out in Annex I.B, unless on further instructions from the data exporter.
8.3 Transparency
On request, the data exporter shall make a copy of these Clauses, including the Appendix as completed by the Parties, available to the data subject free of charge. To the extent necessary to protect business secrets or other confidential information, including the measures described in Annex II and personal data, the data exporter may redact part of the text of the Appendix to these Clauses prior to sharing a copy, but shall provide a meaningful summary where the data subject would otherwise not be able to understand the its content or exercise his/her rights. On request, the Parties shall provide the data subject with the reasons for the redactions, to the extent possible without revealing the redacted information. This Clause is without prejudice to the obligations of the data exporter under Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
8.4 Accuracy
If the data importer becomes aware that the personal data it has received is inaccurate, or has become outdated, it shall inform the data exporter without undue delay. In this case, the data importer shall cooperate with the data exporter to erase or rectify the data.
8.5 Duration of processing and erasure or return of data
Processing by the data importer shall only take place for the duration specified in Annex I.B. After the end of the provision of the processing services, the data importer shall, at the choice of the data exporter, delete all personal data processed on behalf of the data exporter and certify to the data exporter that it has done so, or return to the data exporter all personal data processed on its behalf and delete existing copies. Until the data is deleted or returned, the data importer shall continue to ensure compliance with these Clauses. In case of local laws applicable to the data importer that prohibit return or deletion of the personal data, the data importer warrants that it will continue to ensure compliance with these Clauses and will only process it to the extent and for as long as required under that local law. This is without prejudice to Clause 14, in particular the requirement for the data importer under Clause 14(e) to notify the data exporter throughout the duration of the contract if it has reason to believe that it is or has become subject to laws or practices not in line with the requirements under Clause 14(a).
8.6 Security of processing
The data importer and, during transmission, also the data exporter shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the security of the data, including protection against a breach of security leading to accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access to that data (hereinafter‘personal data breach’). In assessing the appropriate level of security, the Parties shall take due account of the state of the art, the costs of implementation, the nature, scope, context and purpose(s) of processing and the risks involved in the processing for the data subjects. The Parties shall in particular consider having recourse to encryption or pseudonymisation, including during transmission, where the purpose of processing can be fulfilled in that manner. In case of pseudonymisation, the additional information for attributing the personal data to a specific data subject shall, where possible, remain under the exclusive control of the data exporter. In complying with its obligations under this paragraph, the data importer shall at least implement the technical and organisational measures specified in Annex II. The data importer shall carry out regular checks to ensure that these measures continue to provide an appropriate level of security.
The data importer shall grant access to the personal data to members of its personnel only to the extent strictly necessary for the implementation, management and monitoring of the contract. It shall ensure that persons authorised to process the personal data have committed themselves to confidentiality or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality.
In the event of a personal data breach concerning personal data processed by the data importer under these Clauses, the data importer shall take appropriate measures to address the breach,including measures to mitigate its adverse effects. The data importer shall also notify the data exporter without undue delay after having become aware of the breach. Such notification shall contain the details of a contact point where more information can be obtained, a description of the nature of the breach (including, where possible, categories and approximate number of data subjects and personal data records concerned), its likely consequences and the measures taken or proposed to address the breach including, where appropriate, measures to mitigate its possible adverse effects. Where, and in so far as, it is not possible to provide all information at the same time, the initial notification shall contain the information then available and further information shall, as it becomes available, subsequently be provided without undue delay.
The data importer shall cooperate with and assist the data exporter to enable the data exporter to comply with its obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679, in particular to notify the competent supervisory authority and the affected data subjects, taking into account the nature of processing and the information available to the data importer.
8.7 Sensitive data
Where the transfer involves personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, genetic data, or biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or a person’s sex life or sexual orientation, or data relating to criminal convictions and offences (hereinafter ‘sensitive data’), the data importer shall apply the specific restrictions and/or additional safeguards described in Annex I.B.
8.8 Onward transfers
The data importer shall only disclose the personal data to a third party on documented instructions from the data exporter. In addition, the data may only be disclosed to a third party located outside the European Union (in the same country as the data importer or in another third country, hereinafter ‘onward transfer’) if the third party is or agrees to be bound by these Clauses, , under the appropriate Module, or if:
the onward transfer is to a country benefitting from an adequacy decision pursuant to Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 that covers the onward transfer;
the third party otherwise ensures appropriate safeguards pursuant to Articles 46 or 47 Regulation of (EU) 2016/679 with respect to the processing in question;
the onward transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims in the context of specific administrative, regulatory or judicial proceedings; or
) the onward transfer is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
Any onward transfer is subject to compliance by the data importer with all the other safeguards under these Clauses, in particular purpose limitation.
8.9 Documentation and compliance
The data importer shall promptly and adequately deal with enquiries from the data exporter that relate to the processing under these Clauses.
The Parties shall be able to demonstrate compliance with these Clauses. In particular, the data importer shall keep appropriate documentation on the processing activities carried out on behalf of the data exporter.
The data importer shall make available to the data exporter all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with the obligations set out in these Clauses and at the data exporter’s request, allow for and contribute to audits of the processing activities covered by these Clauses, at reasonable intervals or if there are indications of non-compliance. In deciding on a review or audit, the data exporter may take into account relevant certifications held by the data importer.
The data exporter may choose to conduct the audit by itself or mandate an independent auditor. Audits may include inspections at the premises or physical facilities of the data importer and shall, where appropriate, be carried out with reasonable notice.
The Parties shall make the information referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c), including the results of any audits, available to the competent supervisory authority on request.
Clause 9
Use of sub-processors
GENERAL WRITTEN AUTHORISATION The data importer has the data exporter’s general authorisation for the engagement of sub-processor(s) from an agreed list. The data importer shall specifically inform the data exporter in writing of any intended changes to that list through the addition or replacement of sub-processors at least ten(10) days in advance, thereby giving the data exporter sufficient time to be able to object to such changes prior to the engagement of the sub-processor(s). The data importer shall provide the data exporter with the information necessary to enable the data exporter to exercise its right to object.
Where the data importer engages a sub-processor to carry out specific processing activities (on behalf of the data exporter), it shall do so by way of a written contract that provides for, in substance, the same data protection obligations as those binding the data importer under these ACTIVE/110240378.1 7 Clauses, including in terms of third-party beneficiary rights for data subjects. 1 The Parties agree that, by complying with this Clause, the data importer fulfils its obligations under Clause 8.8. The data importer shall ensure that the sub-processor complies with the obligations to which the data importer is subject pursuant to these Clauses.
The data importer shall provide, at the data exporter’s request, a copy of such a sub- processor agreement and any subsequent amendments to the data exporter. To the extent necessary to protect business secrets or other confidential information, including personal data, the data importer may redact the text of the agreement prior to sharing a copy.
The data importer shall remain fully responsible to the data exporter for the performance of the sub-processor’s obligations under its contract with the data importer. The data importer shall notify the data exporter of any failure by the sub- processor to fulfil its obligations under that contract
The data importer shall agree a third-party beneficiary clause with the sub-processor whereby -- in the event the data importer has factually disappeared, ceased to exist in law or has become insolvent -- the data exporter shall have the right to terminate the sub-processor contract and to instruct the sub-processor to erase or return the personal data.
Clause 10
Data subject rights
The data importer shall promptly notify the data exporter of any request it has received from a data subject. It shall not respond to that request itself unless it has been authorised to do so by the data exporter.
The data importer shall assist the data exporter in fulfilling its obligations to respond to data subjects’ requests for the exercise of their rights under Regulation (EU) 2016/679. In this regard, the Parties shall set out in Annex II the appropriate technical and organisational measures, taking into account the nature of the processing, by which the assistance shall be provided, as well as the scope and the extent of the assistance required.
In fulfilling its obligations under paragraphs (a) and (b), the data importer shall comply with the instructions from the data exporter.
Clause 11
Redress
The data importer shall inform data subjects in a transparent and easily accessible format, through individual notice or on its website, of a contact point authorised to handle complaints. It shall deal promptly with any complaints it receives from a data subject.
In case of a dispute between a data subject and one of the Parties as regards compliance with these Clauses, that Party shall use its best efforts to resolve the issue amicably in a timely fashion. The Parties shall keep each other informed about such disputes and, where ACTIVE/110240378.1 8 appropriate, cooperate in resolving them.
Where the data subject invokes a third-party beneficiary right pursuant to Clause 3, the data importer shall accept the decision of the data subject to:
lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in the Member State of his/her habitual residence or place of work, or the competent supervisory authority pursuant to Clause 13;
refer the dispute to the competent courts within the meaning of Clause 18.
The Parties accept that the data subject may be represented by a not-for-profit body, organisation or association under the conditions set out in Article 80(1) of Regulation(EU) 2016/679.
The data importer shall abide by a decision that is binding under the applicable EU or Member State law.
The data importer agrees that the choice made by the data subject will not prejudice his/her substantive and procedural rights to seek remedies in accordance with applicable laws.
Clause 12
Liability
Each Party shall be liable to the other Party/ies for any damages it causes the other Party/ies by any breach of these Clauses.
The data importer shall be liable to the data subject, and the data subject shall be entitled to receive compensation, for any material or non-material damages the data importer or its subprocessor causes the data subject by breaching the third-party beneficiary rights under these Clauses.
Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the data exporter shall be liable to the data subject, and the data subject shall be entitled to receive compensation, for any material or non-material damages the data exporter or the data importer (or its sub-processor) causes the data subject by breaching the third-party beneficiary rights under these Clauses. This is without prejudice to the liability of the data exporter and, where the data exporter is a processor acting on behalf of a controller, to the liability of the controller under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, as applicable.
The Parties agree that if the data exporter is held liable under paragraph (c) for damages caused by the data importer (or its sub-processor), it shall be entitled to claim back from the data importer that part of the compensation corresponding to the data importer’s responsibility for the damage.
Where more than one Party is responsible for any damage caused to the data subject as a result of a breach of these Clauses, all responsible Parties shall be jointly and severally liable and the data subject is entitled to bring an action in court against any of these Parties.
The Parties agree that if one Party is held liable under paragraph (e), it shall be entitled to claim back from the other Party/ies that part of the compensation corresponding to its / their responsibility for the damage.
The data importer may not invoke the conduct of a sub-processor to avoid its own liability.
Clause 13
Supervision
Where the data exporter is established in an EU Member State: The supervisory authority with responsibility for ensuring compliance by the data exporter with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 as regards the data transfer, as indicated in Annex I.C, shall act as competent supervisory authority.
The supervisory authority of one of the Member States in which the data subjects whose personal data is transferred under these Clauses in relation to the offering of goods or services to them, or whose behaviour is monitored, are located, as indicated in Annex I.C, shall act as competent supervisory authority.
The data importer agrees to submit itself to the jurisdiction of and cooperate with the competent supervisory authority in any procedures aimed at ensuring compliance with these Clauses. In particular, the data importer agrees to respond to enquiries, submit to audits and comply with the measures adopted by the supervisory authority, including remedial and compensatory measures. It shall provide the supervisory authority with written confirmation that the necessary actions have been taken.
Section 3 - Local Laws and Obligations in case of access by public authorities
Clause 14
Local Laws and Obligations in Case of Access by Public Authorities
The Parties warrant that they have no reason to believe that the laws and practices in the third country of destination applicable to the processing of the personal data by the data importer, including any requirements to disclose personal data or measures authorising access by public authorities, prevent the data importer from fulfilling its obligations under these Clauses. This is based on the understanding that laws and practices that respect the essence of the fundamental rights and freedoms and do not exceed what is necessary and proportionate in a democratic society to safeguard one of the objectives listed in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, are not in contradiction with these Clauses.
The Parties declare that in providing the warranty in paragraph (a), they have taken due account in particular of the following elements:
the specific circumstances of the transfer, including the length of the processing chain, the number of actors involved and the transmission channels used; intended onward transfers; the type of recipient; the purpose of processing; the categories and format of the transferred personal data; the economic sector in which the transfer occurs; the storage location of the data transferred;
the laws and practices of the third country of destination– including those requiring the disclosure of data to public authorities or authorising access by such authorities – relevant in light of the specific circumstances of the transfer, and the applicable limitations and safeguards;
any relevant contractual, technical or organisational safeguards put in place to supplement the safeguards under these Clauses, including measures applied during transmission and to the processing of the personal data in the country of destination.
The data importer warrants that, in carrying out the assessment under paragraph (b), it has made its best efforts to provide the data exporter with relevant information and agrees that it will continue to cooperate with the data exporter in ensuring compliance with these Clauses
The Parties agree to document the assessment under paragraph (b) and make it available to the competent supervisory authority on request.
The data importer agrees to notify the data exporter promptly if, after having agreed to these Clauses and for the duration of the contract, it has reason to believe that it is or has become subject to laws or practices not in line with the requirements under paragraph (a), including following a change in the laws of the third country or a measure (such as a disclosure request) indicating an application of such laws in practice that is not in line with the requirements in paragraph (a).
Following a notification pursuant to paragraph (e), or if the data exporter otherwise has reason to believe that the data importer can no longer fulfil its obligations under these Clauses, the data exporter shall promptly identify appropriate measures (e.g. technical or organisational measures to ensure security and confidentiality) to be adopted by the data exporter and/or data importer to address the situation. The data exporter shall suspend the data transfer if it considers that no appropriate safeguards for such transfer can be ensured, or if instructed the competent supervisory authority to do so. In this case, the data exporter shall be entitled to terminate the contract, insofar as it concerns the processing of personal data under these Clauses. If the contract involves more than two Parties, the data exporter may exercise this right to termination only with respect to the relevant Party, unless the Parties have agreed otherwise. Where the contract is terminated pursuant to this Clause, Clause 16(d) and (e) shall apply.
Clause 15
Obligations of the Data Importer in Case of Access by Public Authorities
15.1 Notification
The data importer agrees to notify the data exporter and, where possible, the data subject promptly (if necessary with the help of the data exporter) if it:
receives a legally binding request from a public authority, including judicial authorities, under the laws of the country of destination for the disclosure of personal data transferred pursuant to these Clauses; such notification shall include information about the personal data requested, the requesting authority,the legal basis for the request and the response provided; or
becomes aware of any direct access by public authorities to personal data transferred pursuant to these Clauses in accordance with the laws of the country of destination; such notification shall include all information available to the importer.
If the data importer is prohibited from notifying the data exporter and/or the data subject under the laws of the country of destination, the data importer agrees to use its best efforts to obtain a waiver of the prohibition, with a view to communicating as much information as possible, as soon as possible. The data importer agrees to document its best efforts in order to be able to demonstrate them on request of the data exporter.
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.).
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.
Paragraphs (a) to (c) are without prejudice to the obligation of the data importer pursuant to Clause 14(e) and Clause 16 to inform the data exporter promptly where it is unable to comply with these Clauses.
15.2 Review of legality and data minimisation
The data importer agrees to review the legality of the request for disclosure, in particular whether it remains within the powers granted to the requesting public authority, and to challenge the request if, after careful assessment, it concludes that there are reasonable grounds to consider that the request is unlawful under the laws of the country of destination, applicable obligations under international law and principles of international comity. The data importer shall, under the same conditions, pursue possibilities of appeal. When challenging a request, the data importer shall seek interim measures with a view to suspending the effects of the request until the competent judicial authority has decided on its merits. It shall not disclose the personal data requested until required to do so under the applicable procedural rules. These requirements are without prejudice to the obligations of the data importer under Clause 14(e).
The data importer agrees to document its legal assessment and any challenge to the request for disclosure and, to the extent permissible under the laws of the country of destination, make the documentation available to the data exporter. It shall also make it available to the competent supervisory authority on request.
The data importer agrees to provide the minimum amount of information permissible when responding to a request for disclosure, based on a reasonable interpretation of the request.
Section 4 - Final Provisions
Clause 16
Non-Compliance with the Clauses and Termination
The data importer shall promptly inform the data exporter if it is unable to comply with these Clauses, for whatever reason.
In the event that the data importer is in breach of these Clauses or unable to comply with these Clauses, the data exporter shall suspend the transfer of personal data to the data importer until compliance is again ensured or the contract is terminated. This is without prejudice to Clause 14(f).
The data exporter shall be entitled to terminate the contract, insofar as it concerns the processing of personal data under these Clauses, where:
the data exporter has suspended the transfer of personal data to the data importer pursuant to paragraph (b) and compliance with these Clauses is not restored within a reasonable time and in any event within one month of suspension;
the data importer is in substantial or persistent breach of these Clauses; or
the data importer fails to comply with a binding decision of a competent court or supervisory authority regarding its obligations under these Clauses.
In these cases, it shall inform the competent supervisory authority of such non-compliance. Where the contract involves more than two Parties, the data exporter may exercise this right to termination only with respect to the relevant Party, unless the Parties have agreed otherwise.
Personal data that has been transferred prior to the termination of the contract pursuant to paragraph (c) shall at the choice of the data exporter immediately be returned to the data exporter or deleted in its entirety. The same shall apply to any copies of the data. The data importer shall certify the deletion of the data to the data exporter. Until the data is deleted or returned, the data importer shall continue to ensure compliance with these Clauses. In case of local laws applicable to the data importer that prohibit the return or deletion of the transferred personal data, the data importer warrants that it will continue to ensure compliance with these Clauses and will only process the data to the extent and for as long as required under that local law.
Either Party may revoke its agreement to be bound by these Clauses where (i) the European Commission adopts a decision pursuant to Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 that covers the transfer of personal data to which these Clauses apply; or (ii) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 becomes part of the legal framework of the country to which the personal data is transferred. This is without prejudice to other obligations applying to the processing in question under Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Clause 17
Governing Law
These Clauses shall be governed by the law of the EU Member State in which the data exporter is established. Where such law does not allow for third-party beneficiary rights, they shall be governed by the law of another EU Member State that does allow for third-party beneficiary rights. The Parties agree that this shall be the law of the Netherlands.
Clause 18
Choice of Forum and Jurisdiction
Any dispute arising from these Clauses shall be resolved by the courts of an EU Member State
The Parties agree that those shall be the courts of the Netherlands.
A data subject may also bring legal proceedings against the data exporter and/or data importer before the courts of the Member State in which he/she has his/her habitual residence.
The Parties agree to submit themselves to the jurisdiction of such courts
Appendix
ANNEX I
A. LIST OF PARTIES
Data exporter(s):
1. Name:
Address:
Contact person’s name, position and contact details:
Activities relevant to the data transferred under these Clauses:
Signature and date:
Role: Controller
Data importer(s):
1. Name: KnowledgeOwl
Address: 4845 Pearl East Cir Ste 118, PMB 30558, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
Contact person’s name, position and contact details:
Marybeth Alexander
Tel.: +1 (303) 566-7131
Fax: +1 (303) 566-7131
e-mail: [email protected]
Activities relevant to the data transferred under these Clauses: See Annex I.B
Signature and date:
Role: processor
B. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSFER
Categories of data subjects whose personal data is transferred
Users of KnowledgeOwl
Categories of personal data transferred
Limited personal and technical data including name, email, IP address, and usage data are used by KnowledgeOwl in order to provide our services. Customers can enter other types of data in their knowledge base, but this data is not requested nor tracked by KnowledgeOwl.
Sensitive data transferred (if applicable) and applied restrictions or safeguards that fully take into consideration the nature of the data and the risks involved, such as for instance strict purpose limitation, access restrictions (including access only for staff having followed specialised training), keeping a record of access to the data, restrictions for onward transfers or additional security measures.
KnowledgeOwl does not collect sensitive, personal information.
The frequency of the transfer (e.g. whether the data is transferred on a one-off or continuous basis).
Continuous
Nature of the processing
The limited personal data listed above is processed in order to provide and improve KnowledgeOwl services. Any data voluntarily entered into customer knowledge bases is stored and presented by KnowledgeOwl in accordance with the customer's configuration, but otherwise not processed.
Purpose(s) of the data transfer and further processing
Personal data is processed for the purpose of providing and improving the KnowledgeOwl service.
The period for which the personal data will be retained, or, if that is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
Personal data is retained in accordance with our Privacy Policy: https://support.knowledgeowl.com/help/privacy-policy
For transfers to (sub-) processors, also specify subject matter, nature and duration of the processing
A complete list of subprocessors and their purpose can be found at: https://support.knowledgeowl.com/help/list-of-sub-processors
All subprocessors are used on a continuous basis for the purpose of providing the KnowledgeOwl service.
C. COMPETENT SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY
Identify the competent supervisory authority/ies in accordance with Clause 13
Location of the Data Exporter
ANNEX II - TECHNICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL MEASURES INCLUDING TECHNICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL MEASURES TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF THE DATA
Description of the technical and organisational measures implemented by the data importer(s) (including any relevant certifications) to ensure an appropriate level of security, taking into account the nature, scope, context and purpose of the processing, and the risks for the rights and freedoms of natural persons.
Information on technical and organizational data protection measures are outlined publicly at: Security, privacy, and compliance.
ANNEX III – LIST OF SUB-PROCESSORS
The controller has authorised the use of the following sub-processors:
A complete list of subprocessors can be found at List of Sub-processors.
Signature
DATA EXPORTER (Controller)
Name:
Authorised Signature:
DATA IMPORTER (Processor)
Name: KnowledgeOwl
Authorised Signature:
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