Databricks
Data warehouse · databricks.com · last read 2026-11-09
At a glance
- Is Databricks GDPR compliant?
- No tool is GDPR compliant on its own: compliance depends on what you process with it and how. What follows is what Databricks itself publishes, each answer linked to its source and the date we read it.
- Does Databricks have a data processing agreement (DPA)?
- Yes. Databricks publishes a data processing agreement at databricks.com. It gives 30 days' notice before a new subprocessor is added. It commits to telling you of a personal data breach within 72 hours. Source and date
- Does Databricks have a SOC 2 report?
- Databricks says a SOC 2 Type 2 report is available on request. In Databricks' words: “You can also reach out to your Databricks account team for copies of our Enterprise Security Guide and SOC 2 Type II report.” We read this on 2026-11-09. Source and date
- Is Databricks ISO 27001 certified?
- Databricks states ISO/IEC 27001 on its own page, but does not say there how to get the certificate. We read this on 2026-11-09. Source and date
- How does Databricks transfer personal data out of the EU?
- Databricks's agreement relies on the EU standard contractual clauses and the UK transfer addendum. Source and date
- Does Databricks offer EU data residency?
- The vendor documents an EU region but states nothing about which plan reaches it or what it costs. Source and date
- Who are Databricks's subprocessors?
- Databricks lists 12 third-party subprocessors; 12 of them name at least one processing country outside the EEA. We last read the list on 2026-11-09. Source and date
- How do you report a security vulnerability to Databricks?
- Databricks publishes a security.txt at www.databricks.com naming [email protected]. The file falls short of RFC 9116: no Expires field. Source and date
The same questions for any vendor, and the rule behind each: the vendor due diligence checklist.
Identity
| Legal entity | Databricks, Inc. |
|---|---|
| HQ | US |
| Parent company | — |
| Ultimate ownership | US |
| EU contracting entity | — |
| LEI | 984500FEDAC7FBD96273 |
| US CLOUD Act reach | Contracting entity incorporated in the US |
| Source | databricks.com · 2026-11-09 |
Legal entity from the vendor's own terms. LEI, registered country and parent company from the Global LEI Index (GLEIF); ownership is left empty where GLEIF names no parent. The CLOUD Act row is arithmetic over those countries, not an assessment of risk.
Databricks data residency
| Region | EU data location | Minimum plan | Source | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU | Terms not stated | — | docs.databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
EU: Databricks groups regions into Geos; the Europe Geo is the EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Customer content for Designated Services stays in the workspace's Geo unless an admin enables cross-Geo processing, which is on by default only outside the US and EU. No plan or price is named.
The same question for every vendor: where SaaS vendors store EU data.
Databricks's subprocessor list names AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle for hosting or infrastructure. Which SaaS vendors run on which cloud, and the sovereign offerings of each: sovereign clouds.
Subprocessor chain
12 third parties · 23 of the vendor's own group companies · 12 with a country outside the EEA · all read 2026-11-09
| Subprocessor | Country | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | US | Cloud Service Provider |
| Anthropic, PBC | US | AI-backed services |
| Atlassian Pty Ltd. | AU | Customer support and ticket handling. |
| Google LLC | US | Cloud Service Provider |
| Microsoft Corporation | US | Cloud Service Provider |
| Microsoft Corporation | US | Customer support (in Microsoft Teams). |
| OpenAI, L.L.C. | US | AI-backed services |
| Oracle Corporation | US | Cloud Service Provider |
| salesforce.com, inc. | US | Customer support ticketing. |
| Slack Technologies, Inc. | US | Customer support. |
| SupportLogic, Inc. | US | Monitor quality of service in responding to support tickets. |
| Twilio Inc. | US | Provide customer communications, including in-product messaging and email. |
Databricks's own group companies listed as subprocessors (23)
| Company | Country | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Databricks Arabia Ltd | SA | — |
| Databricks Asiapac Unified Analytics Pte. Ltd. | SG | — |
| Databricks Australia Pty Ltd | AU | — |
| Databricks B.V. | NL | — |
| Databricks Brazil Ltda. | BR | — |
| Databricks Canada ULC | CA | — |
| Databricks Costa Rica SRL | CR | — |
| Databricks Denmark Lps | DK | — |
| Databricks doo Beograd | RS | — |
| Databricks Federal LLC | US | Provision of technical and operational support to Databricks Services. |
| Databricks GmBH | DE | — |
| Databricks India Private Limited | IN | — |
| Databricks Israel Ltd | IL | — |
| Databricks Italy S.r.l. | IT | — |
| Databricks Japan K.K. | JP | — |
| Databricks Korea LLC | KR | — |
| Databricks Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. | MX | — |
| Databricks New Zealand Limited | NZ | — |
| Databricks SARL | FR | — |
| Databricks Spain S.L. | ES | — |
| Databricks Sweden AB | SE | — |
| Databricks Switzerland GmbH | CH | — |
| Databricks U.K. Limited | GB | — |
The count outside the EEA is arithmetic over the country column, not a judgement about lawfulness. A transfer outside the EEA can be perfectly lawful; whether this one is depends on your use, not on the vendor.
Every subprocessor in the registry, and which vendors name it: subprocessors.
Processing terms
From the vendor's data processing agreement · read 2026-11-09 · databricks.com
| Term | What the agreement says |
|---|---|
| Transfer mechanism | SCC module 2 |
| Transfer mechanism | SCC module 3 |
| Transfer mechanism | Swiss FADP clauses |
| Transfer mechanism | UK Addendum |
| Notice of new subprocessors | At least 30 calendar days before a new subprocessor starts processing; Subprocessor List updated and notice sent to individuals who signed up for updates |
| If you object to one | Object in writing to [email protected] within 10 calendar days of notice, on reasonable data protection grounds; the parties discuss in good faith; if unresolved, the customer may terminate the affected parts of the Order Form(s) as its sole remedy, with a pro rata refund of prepaid unused fees |
| Breach notification | without undue delay and no later than 72 hours after becoming aware, in writing |
| Audit | Customer may request an audit of applicable controls once a year; details (start date, scope, duration, confidentiality controls) mutually agreed; results are Databricks Confidential Information |
| Audit | On written request, at no cost: documentation of third-party audits/certifications (annual, ISO 27001 or equivalent, by independent auditors). Customer may request its own audit of applicable controls once a year, only if the audit reports are not enough or the law requires it. Scope, timing and controls are agreed by both parties. |
Terms as the agreement states them. Where it is silent on a term, there is no row; that is not a statement that the vendor does not offer it.
Which version applies
We found no version number or date in the agreement as we read it.
These terms side by side for every vendor: data processing agreements compared. What vendors give you for a transfer impact assessment: transfer impact assessments.
Assurance
Does Databricks have a SOC 2 report?
Databricks says a SOC 2 Type 2 report is available on request. We read this on 2026-11-09.
- Available on request “You can also reach out to your Databricks account team for copies of our Enterprise Security Guide and SOC 2 Type II report.”
Source: databricks.com, 2026-11-09
Of the 114 vendors in this registry whose own pages mention SOC 2, 57 say the report is available on request, 1 links to the report itself, and 56 state it without saying how to get it. The type is the one the vendor names.
Is Databricks ISO 27001 certified?
Databricks states ISO/IEC 27001 on its own page, but does not say there how to get the certificate. We read this on 2026-11-09.
On the same list Databricks also names ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018 and ISO/IEC 27701. Each standard's page says how it relates to ISO/IEC 27001.
Of the 122 vendors in this registry whose own pages state ISO/IEC 27001, 16 link to the certificate, 43 say it is available on request, and 63 state it without saying how to get it. A certificate names the certification body, the scope and the expiry date: those are the three things to check.
| Scheme | Status | Scope | Source | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C5 | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| CCPA | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| UK Cyber Essentials Plus · CyberEssentialsPlus | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| DoD IL5 · DoDIL | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| FedRAMP | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| GDPR | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| HIPAA | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| HITRUST | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| IRAP | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| ISMAP | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| ISO 22301 · ISO22301 | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| ISO 27001 · ISO27001 | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| ISO 27017 · ISO27017 | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| ISO 27018 · ISO27018 | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| ISO 27701 · ISO27701 | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| CCCS Medium | Claimed | Protected B | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| GxP | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| ISO 27036 | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| K-FSI | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| NCA ECC/CCC/DCC | Claimed | spanning baseline controls (ECC), cloud computing (CCC) and data cybersecurity (DCC) | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| PCI-DSS · PCIDSS | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| SOC 1 · SOC1 | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| SOC 2 Type II · SOC2T2 | Available on request | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| SOC 3 · SOC3 | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
| TISAX | Claimed | — | databricks.com | 2026-11-09 |
Claimed means the vendor asserts the scheme on its own page and offers nothing further. Available on request means the report or certificate exists but sits behind a request, a login or an NDA. Neither is a certificate we have seen. That is a distinction an auditor makes, so we make it too.
SecNumCloud, C5, ENS and HDS for every vendor, with the pages for ISO standards, SOC 2 and TISAX: certifications compared.
Official registers
| Register | Offering, as the register names it | Status | Level | Valid until | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedRAMP Marketplace (US) | Databricks on AWS GovCloud · Databricks, Inc. | FedRAMP Authorized | High | — | 2026-11-09 |
| FedRAMP Marketplace (US) | Databricks on AWS US East/West · Databricks, Inc. | FedRAMP Authorized | Moderate | — | 2026-11-09 |
| FedRAMP Marketplace (US) | Databricks on Azure Commercial · Databricks, Inc. | FedRAMP Authorized | High | — | 2026-11-09 |
| Global LEI Index (GLEIF) | DATABRICKS, INC. · DATABRICKS, INC. | ISSUED | US-DE | 2027-02-05 | 2026-11-09 |
- ACN qualified cloud (Italy): checked 2026-11-09, no entry under Databricks; Databricks, Inc.
- DORA critical ICT third-party providers (ESAs): checked 2026-11-09, no entry under Databricks; Databricks, Inc.
- ENS certificates of conformity (CCN, Spain): checked 2026-11-09, no entry under Databricks; Databricks, Inc.
- EU Cloud Code of Conduct (GDPR Art. 40): checked 2026-11-09, no entry under Databricks; Databricks, Inc.
- FedRAMP Marketplace (US): checked 2026-11-09, 3 entries under Databricks; Databricks, Inc.
- SecNumCloud qualified services (ANSSI, France): checked 2026-11-09, no entry under Databricks; Databricks, Inc.
What the authority publishes, not what the vendor claims. An entry covers the offering it names and nothing else: a FedRAMP authorisation for a government edition says nothing about the commercial service. No entry is not a finding about security - most vendors never apply - and an entry filed under a name not listed above would not have been found.
Support window
Not yet collected. This row will say not declared only once we have read a lifecycle or security page and found no period stated — see support windows.
Vulnerability reporting: [email protected] (security.txt, no Expires field; read 2026-11-09)
How other vendors publish theirs: security.txt across the registry.
Documents
| Document | Disclosure | Transcription | HTTP | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| certifications | Public | full | 200 | 2026-11-09 |
| dpa | Public | full | 200 | 2026-11-09 |
| residency | Public | full | 200 | 2026-11-09 |
| subprocessors | Public | full | 200 | 2026-11-09 |
History
Nothing has moved since we started watching this vendor on 2026-11-09. Changes appear here only after a human has reviewed them.
Every reviewed change across the registry, newest first: vendor changes.