Employee Center Third-Party Vendor and Processor Policy

No Raw Database Data Claim

For clarity, this document does not claim that Quintin N. Mahan owns raw facts, raw database rows, independent outside source records, CRS-owned operational records, customer-owned records, third-party-owned records, or customer relationships merely because such information is entered into, stored in, processed by, displayed through, backed up with, or exported from EC.

This document protects EC Protected Materials: the application, software, source code, schemas, database design, data model, relationships, indexes, workflows, dashboards, reports, queries, automations, integrations, APIs, access controls, credentials, hardware, infrastructure, legal records, certificate records, hashes, metadata systems, audit systems, methods, processes, techniques, trade secrets, documentation, and EC-created structural organization.

Version: 1.0
Effective Date: June 1, 2026
Platform: Employee Center / EC
Owner: Quintin N. Mahan
Legal Hub: /legal
Policies Hub: /legal/policies

Policy URL: /legal/policies/third-party-vendor-processor-policy

1. Purpose

This policy explains that EC may use vendors, processors, APIs, hosting, communications, storage, and third-party services.

2. Covered Vendors

Covered vendors may include Zoho, Google, Google Voice, Tailscale, hosting providers, DNS providers, SSL providers, SMS/modem providers, network vendors, phone systems, payment/accounting systems, storage providers, operating systems, and package maintainers.

3. Vendor Terms

Third-party services may have their own terms, privacy policies, security practices, retention rules, pricing, API limits, and outage risks.

4. EC Records

Records received from or sent to third-party systems may become EC records and part of the EC Protected Materials to the maximum extent stated in the Terms.

5. Vendor Changes

Quintin N. Mahan may add, remove, replace, restrict, or disable vendors at his discretion.

6. No Ownership Transfer

Use of a vendor does not transfer ownership of EC to CRS, the vendor, a buyer, or any third party.

Changes to This Policy

Quintin N. Mahan may update this policy by publishing a new active version in EC.

The current active version will be displayed through the Legal hub.

Older versions may remain stored in Postgres for audit, evidence, and historical review.

Contact / Owner

Employee Center is owned by Quintin N. Mahan.

Legal and policy documents are available from:

/legal

The current Terms and Conditions are available from:

/legal/terms-and-conditions

End of Employee Center Third-Party Vendor and Processor Policy.