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Customer support · zendesk.com · last read 2026-11-09

At a glance

Is Zendesk GDPR compliant?
No tool is GDPR compliant on its own: compliance depends on what you process with it and how. What follows is what Zendesk itself publishes, each answer linked to its source and the date we read it.
Does Zendesk have a data processing agreement (DPA)?
Yes. Zendesk publishes a data processing agreement at zendesk.de. It gives 30 days' notice before a new subprocessor is added. It commits to telling you of a personal data breach within 48 hours. Source and date
Does Zendesk have a SOC 2 report?
Zendesk says a SOC 2 Type 2 report is available on request. In Zendesk's words (in German): “Wir führen routinemäßige Audits durch, um aktualisierte SOC 2 Typ II-Berichte zu erhalten, die auf Anfrage und unter NDA verfügbar sind.” We read this on 2026-10-05. Source and date
Is Zendesk ISO 27001 certified?
Zendesk states ISO/IEC 27001 certification (2022 edition, as Zendesk names it), and its own page links to the certificate. In Zendesk's words (in German): “Zendesk ist nach ISO 27001:2022 zertifiziert. Zertifikat herunterladen.” We read this on 2026-10-05. Source and date
Does Zendesk use your data to train AI models?
For business plans (Zendesk AI (LLM Integrations)): Customer data is never used to train third-party LLMs. For business plans (Zendesk AI (Proprietary Models)): Zendesk's own models may be trained on customer data only to the extent the customer instructs. For business plans (Zendesk generative AI features): Third-party LLMs are not trained on Zendesk data; sub-processor LLM vendors cannot use Service Data to train their models. Source and date
Does Zendesk offer zero data retention?
For business plans (Zendesk AI (LLM Integrations)): Third-party LLM providers keep no data beyond the brief time needed to generate a response. For business plans (Zendesk generative AI features): Directly hosted model providers are used through zero data retention endpoints; no LLM provider stores Service Data. Source and date
Can Zendesk process AI data in the EU?
For business plans (Zendesk AI (Proprietary Models)): Data can be hosted by region, including Ireland and Germany; processing location is not stated. For business plans (Zendesk generative AI features): European customers can use OpenAI's European endpoints. Source and date
How does Zendesk transfer personal data out of the EU?
Zendesk's agreement relies on the EU standard contractual clauses, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, Binding Corporate Rules and the UK transfer addendum. Zendesk, Inc. is on the official Data Privacy Framework List (status: Active). Source and date
Does Zendesk offer EU data residency?
An EU location exists but requires a paid plan or add-on. Plan it needs: Data Center Location add-on, or a Suite including it. Source and date
Who are Zendesk's subprocessors?
Zendesk lists 38 third-party subprocessors; 17 of them name at least one processing country outside the EEA. We last read the list on 2026-10-26. The page we read covers only part of the list. Source and date
How do you report a security vulnerability to Zendesk?
Zendesk publishes a security.txt at www.zendesk.com naming https://www.zendesk.com/company/policies-and-guidelines/responsible-disclosure-policy/ or https://bugcrowd.com/engagements/zendesk or [email protected]. Source and date

The same questions for any vendor, and the rule behind each: the vendor due diligence checklist.

Identity

Legal entityZendesk, Inc.
HQUS
Parent company—
Ultimate ownershipUS
EU contracting entity—
LEI549300SLI6BN94BKKO36
US CLOUD Act reachContracting entity incorporated in the US
Sourcezendesk.de · 2026-10-08

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.

Zendesk data residency

RegionEU data locationMinimum planSourceObserved
EUPaid upgradeData Center Location add-on, or a Suite including itsupport.zendesk.com2026-09-18

EU: Page states regional hosting is for 'entitled customers', being purchasers of the Data Center Location Add-On or of a Suite that includes it, and that 'If Customer is not entitled to regional hosting or has not enabled it by selecting a region of choice, Zendesk makes no commitments on the Hosting location of Customer's Service Data.' The add-on covers named functionality only and excludes beta and Early Access offerings.

The same question for every vendor: where SaaS vendors store EU data.

Zendesk's subprocessor list names AWS, Microsoft and Google for hosting or infrastructure. Which SaaS vendors run on which cloud, and the sovereign offerings of each: sovereign clouds.

Subprocessor chain

38 third parties · 48 of the vendor's own group companies · 17 with a country outside the EEA · all read 2026-10-26 · partial: the page we read covers only part of the vendor's subprocessors

SubprocessorCountryPurpose
Aiven OyUS, BEProvides search and data analytics functionality.
Amazon Web Services Australia Pty. Ltd.US, CA, GB, DE, AUCloud Service Provider
Amazon Web Services, Inc.US, IE, DE, GB, JP, AUCloud Service Provider for All Services
APIHub, Inc. (aka Clearbit)USProvides the marketing data engine used for the Reach functionality available in Zendesk Sell.
Baseten Labs, Inc.—Provides hosting and inference infrastructure for open-weight AI models.
Cartesia AI Inc.—Provides text to speech generation for Forethought AI Agents Solve Voice.
Cloudflare, Inc.USProvides content distribution, network performance optimization, security, abuse prevention, and DNS services for web traffic transmitted to and from the Services.
Confluent, Inc.USProvides the infrastructure for Kafka clusters where all tickets and Agent activity data flow through.
Daily.co—Provides voice channel infrastructure.
Datadog, Inc.US, DEProvides logging platform used for performing analytics, debugging, troubleshooting, auditing, reporting, and detecting and alerting on unexpected application behavior.
Deepgram Inc.—Supports voice-related features, including generating transcripts and providing analysis and data redaction functionality for recordings and transcripts.
Deepgram, Inc.—Supports voice-related features, including generating transcripts.
ElevenLabs Inc.—Provides generative artificial intelligence and natural language processing services for voice-related features.
ElevenLabs Inc.—Provides generative artificial intelligence and natural language processing services.
Fireworks.ai, Inc.—Provides hosting and inference infrastructure for open-weight AI models.
Forge Technology, Inc. (aka Paragon)—Provides integration infrastructure platform services.
Functional Software, Inc. (aka Sentry)US, DEProvides cross-platform error monitoring and reporting services.
Gladia, Inc.—Provides natural language processing services for voice-related features.
GoodData CorporationUSSupports analytics functionality in Insights.
Google LLC—Provides generative artificial intelligence and natural language processing services.
Google LLC—Supports translation functionality available to Agents, analytics dashboards and features, user authorization within Zendesk WFM, and generative artificial intelligence and natural language processing services.
Google LLC—Translation functionality, analytics dashboards and features, user authorization within Zendesk WFM, and generative AI and NLP services
Google LLC, Google Cloud EMEA LimitedDE, US, BECloud Service Provider for Zendesk QA, AI agents
Groq Inc.—Provides generative artificial intelligence and natural language processing services.
Groq, Inc.—Provides hosting and inference infrastructure for open-weight AI models.
Halon Security ABDESupports email filtering and security services.
Microsoft Corporation—Hosts large language models used to provide generative artificial intelligence and natural language processing services (Forethought AI Agents).
Microsoft Corporation—Hosts large language models used to provide generative artificial intelligence and natural language processing services (Zendesk QA, AI agents, GenAI Functionality).
Mistral AI—Provides generative artificial intelligence and natural language processing services.
MongoDB, Inc.US, IE, DE, JP, AU, BEProvides scalable database services used to host select Service Data.
OpenAI, L.L.C.—Provides generative artificial intelligence and natural language processing services (Forethought AI Agents).
OpenAI, L.L.C.—Provides generative artificial intelligence and natural language processing services.
Pusher Ltd.USSupports live event handling and messaging services for system-wide notifications.
Raintank, Inc. (aka Grafana Labs)US, BEProvides logging and observability functionality.
SendGrid, Inc.USProvides email campaign services used to send notification emails and dashboards to Agents and End-Users.
Snowflake Inc.US, DEProvides data warehouse and analytics services and supports advanced Analytics Functionality.
Twilio Inc.USSupports telecommunication and messaging functionality, including telecommunication infrastructure.
Twilio, Inc.US, IE, AUSupports telecommunication and messaging functionality, including telecommunication infrastructure.
Zendesk's own group companies listed as subprocessors (48)
CompanyCountryPurpose
Base sp. z o. o. (Base spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością)PL—
Cleverly, Unipessoal, LDAPT—
Cleverly, Unipessoal, LDAPT—
Forethought Technologies Canada, Inc.CA—
Forethought Technologies, Inc.US—
FutureSimple Inc.US—
HyperArc, Inc.US—
Kabushiki Kaisha ZendeskJP—
Local Measure Inc.US—
Local Measure International Pty Ltd.AU—
Online Media Holdings Ltd.AU—
Qualitista OÜEE—
Smooch Technologies ULCCA—
Smooch Technologies ULCCA—
Smooch Technologies US Inc.US—
Tymeshift doo Novi SadRS—
Tymeshift Portugal, Unipessoal LdaPT—
Tymeshift, Inc.US—
Ultimate Enterprises OyFI—
Ultimate.ai GmbHDE—
Ultimate.ai LtdGB—
Unleash Labs Ltd.IL—
Unleash Technologies, Inc.US—
ZD Sub HoldingsUS—
Zendesk ApSDK—
Zendesk ApSDK, SE—
Zendesk Australia Holding Pty. LtdAU—
Zendesk Brasil Software Corporativo LTDABR—
Zendesk France SASFR—
Zendesk G.K.JP—
Zendesk GmbHDE—
Zendesk IncorporatedPH—
Zendesk International LimitedIE—
Zendesk International LimitedIE, IT—
Zendesk Italy S.r.l.IT—
Zendesk Korea LLCKR—
Zendesk Netherlands B.V.NL—
Zendesk Pty., LtdAU—
Zendesk Pty., LtdAU—
Zendesk Singapore Pte. Ltd.SG—
Zendesk Sweden ABSE—
Zendesk Technologies Private LimitedIN—
Zendesk Technologies Spain S.L.ES—
Zendesk UK LimitedGB—
Zendesk UK LimitedGB—
Zendesk, Inc.US—
Zendesk, Inc.US—
Zendesk, S. de R.L. de C.V.MX—

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 2026-10-09 · zendesk.de

TermWhat the agreement says
Transfer mechanismBinding Corporate Rules
Transfer mechanismEU-U.S. DPF
Transfer mechanismSCC module 2
Transfer mechanismSCC module 3
Transfer mechanismUK Addendum
Transfer mechanismother
Notice of new subprocessorsAt least 30 days before the change, by updating the subprocessor policy; customers can sign up for email notifications
Notice of new subprocessorsSCC Clause 9(a) Option 2 (general written authorisation); prior notice period as set out in the DPA's section on the use of subprocessors
If you object to oneObject on reasonable data protection grounds by email to [email protected] within 30 days of the policy update; parties negotiate in good faith; if no resolution within 60 days, Zendesk either has the subprocessor not process the customer's data or lets the customer terminate the affected services with a pro rata refund of prepaid fees
Obligations passed to subprocessorseach subprocessor commits to protect Personal Data in accordance with the requirements of this DPA; Zendesk remains liable for subprocessors
Breach notificationwithout undue delay and within 48 hours of a confirmed personal data breach
Deletion when the service endsZendesk deletes Service Data in accordance with the Zendesk Service Data Deletion Policy
Getting your data backOn Customer's written request, Zendesk makes Customer's Service Data available for export or download in accordance with the Agreement
Requests from data subjectsreasonably assists Customer in responding to data subject requests; refers requests received directly to Customer unless legally prohibited
AuditThird-party audit reports (e.g. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001) on written request; if those are insufficient and the law grants the right, customer audit with 30 days' written notice, no more than once a year, during business hours, at Zendesk HQ or an agreed site, at customer's cost
Transfer impact assessmentCustomer may need to perform a data transfer assessment; Zendesk provides reasonable assistance on request
Processing on your instructionsprocesses Personal Data according to Customer's documented instructions, unless otherwise permitted or required by applicable law; informs Customer without delay if instructions violate data protection law
Confidentiality of staffall employees and contractors committed to an appropriate contractual or statutory duty of confidentiality
Security measuresappropriate technical and organisational measures, including the measures in Annex II

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.

AI and your data

What Zendesk's own pages state about the data you send its AI products, plan by plan. Compared with other vendors on AI vendors and your data.

PlansTermWhat the page saysSourceObserved
Business
Zendesk AI (LLM Integrations)
Training on your dataNot used Customer data is never used to train third-party LLMssupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk AI (Proprietary Models)
Training on your dataNot used unless you opt in Zendesk's own models may be trained on customer data only to the extent the customer instructssupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk generative AI features
Training on your dataNot used Third-party LLMs are not trained on Zendesk data; sub-processor LLM vendors cannot use Service Data to train their modelssupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk AI (LLM Integrations)
Zero data retentionWith its model providers Third-party LLM providers keep no data beyond the brief time needed to generate a responsesupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk generative AI features
Zero data retentionWith its model providers Directly hosted model providers are used through zero data retention endpoints; no LLM provider stores Service Datasupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk AI (Proprietary Models)
EU processingEU storage only Data can be hosted by region, including Ireland and Germany; processing location is not statedsupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk generative AI features
EU processingIn the EU European customers can use OpenAI's European endpointssupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk generative AI features
Model providersAWS Bedrocksupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk generative AI features
Model providersElevenLabssupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk generative AI features
Model providersFireworks AIsupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk generative AI features
Model providersGoogle Geminisupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk generative AI features
Model providersGroqsupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk generative AI features
Model providersMicrosoft Azuresupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28
Business
Zendesk generative AI features
Model providersOpenAIsupport.zendesk.com2026-10-28

Assurance

Does Zendesk have a SOC 2 report?

Zendesk says a SOC 2 Type 2 report is available on request. We read this on 2026-10-05.

  • Available on request “Wir führen routinemäßige Audits durch, um aktualisierte SOC 2 Typ II-Berichte zu erhalten, die auf Anfrage und unter NDA verfügbar sind.” (in German)

Source: zendesk.de, 2026-10-05

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 Zendesk ISO 27001 certified?

Zendesk states ISO/IEC 27001 certification (2022 edition, as Zendesk names it), and its own page links to the certificate. We read this on 2026-10-05.

  • Certificate published “Zendesk ist nach ISO 27001:2022 zertifiziert. Zertifikat herunterladen.” (in German)

Source: zendesk.de, 2026-10-05

On the same list Zendesk 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.

SchemeStatusScopeSourceObserved
BCRCertificate publishedfür die Rollen als Auftragsverarbeiter und als Verantwortlicher für die Verarbeitung; geprüft durch den irischen Data Protection Commissioner (mit Peer-Review durch das britische Information Commissioner’s Office und die niederländische Datenschutzbehörde)zendesk.de2026-10-05
CSA CAI · CAIQCertificate published—zendesk.de2026-10-05
CSA CAI-Fragebogen · CAIQCertificate publishedSelbsteinschätzung; öffentlich verfügbarer Fragebogen im CSA STAR Registerzendesk.de2026-10-05
CCPAClaimedZendesk handelt als „Dienstanbieter“ in Bezug auf die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten durch unsere Dienste; CCPA-Nachtrag in das DPA integriertzendesk.de2026-10-05
CSA STAR AI Level 1 & 2 · CSAClaimedCloud-Sicherheits- und KI-Governancezendesk.de2026-10-05
Cyber Essentials Plus · CyberEssentialsPlusClaimed—zendesk.de2026-10-05
FedRAMP LI-SaaS · FedRAMPAvailable on requestLow Impact Software-as-a-Service (LI-SaaS); im FedRAMP Marketplace gelistet; Sicherheitspaket für Abonnent:innen von US-Regierungsbehörden auf Antragzendesk.de2026-10-05
HDSClaimedHDS-Programmzendesk.de2026-10-05
Hébergeur de Données de Santé · HDSClaimedKundendienst- und Engagement-Plattform von Zendesk für Gesundheitsdienstleister in Frankreich; personenbezogene Gesundheitsdaten (PHI)zendesk.de2026-10-05
HIPAAClaimedDie Zendesk-KI kann im Rahmen der Business Associate Agreement (Geschäftspartnervereinbarung, BAA) von Zendesk abgedeckt werden. Kund:innen, die eine BAA mit Zendesk abschließen möchten, müssen Zugriff auf das Add-on für Erweiterte Compliance haben.zendesk.de2026-10-05
HIPAAClaimedHIPAA-Programm und BAAzendesk.de2026-10-05
HIPAAClaimedKonto mit HIPAA-Aktivierung erfordert den Advanced Security Deployed Associated Service oder das Advanced Compliance Deployed Associated Service Add-On, von Zendesk vorgegebene Sicherheitskonfigurationen und eine unterzeichnete Business Associate Agreement (BAA)zendesk.de2026-10-05
ISO 27001:2022 · ISO27001Certificate published—zendesk.de2026-10-05
ISO 27017:2015 · ISO27017Certificate published—zendesk.de2026-10-05
ISO 27018:2019 · ISO27018Certificate published—zendesk.de2026-10-05
ISO 27701:2019 · ISO27701Certificate published—zendesk.de2026-10-05
LGPDClaimedZendesk handelt als ein „Auftragsverarbeiter“ hinsichtlich der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten durch unsere Dienstezendesk.de2026-10-05
Financial Services Qualifications System (FSQS)Available on requestalle Anforderungen (Stufe 1 und Stufe 2) erfüllt, um vollständig im Finanzdienstleister-Qualifizierungssystem für Lieferanten registriert zu werdenzendesk.de2026-10-05
Singapore Personal Data Protection Act – PDPA · PDPAClaimedZendesk ist ein durch die Infocomm Development Authority von Singapur (IDA) anerkannter Datenintermediär in seiner Eigenschaft als „Software-as-s-Service“-Dienstleister („SaaS“)zendesk.de2026-10-05
SOC 2 Typ II · SOC2T2Available on request—zendesk.de2026-10-05

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

RegisterOffering, as the register names itStatusLevelValid untilObserved
Data Privacy Framework List (US)EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework · Zendesk, Inc.ActiveHR data, non-HR data2026-12-232026-10-05
Data Privacy Framework List (US)Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework · Zendesk, Inc.ActiveHR data, non-HR data2026-12-232026-10-05
Data Privacy Framework List (US)UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF · Zendesk, Inc.ActiveHR data, non-HR data2026-12-232026-10-05
FedRAMP Marketplace (US)Zendesk Customer Support and Help Desk Platform · ZendeskFedRAMP AuthorizedLI-SaaS—2026-10-04
Global LEI Index (GLEIF)ZENDESK, INC. · ZENDESK, INC.LAPSEDUS-DE2025-06-282026-10-08

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.

What an entry on the Data Privacy Framework List covers, and which vendors hold one: EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

Support window

ProductSupport periodStateSBOMSourceObserved
Zendesk (SaaS)—Service onlyunknownzendesk.com2026-09-18

Vulnerability reporting: zendesk.com, bugcrowd.com, [email protected] (security.txt, expires 2027-04-16; read 2026-10-17)

How other vendors publish theirs: security.txt across the registry.

Documents

What we read, how it was disclosed, and when.
DocumentDisclosureTranscriptionHTTPObserved
aiPublicfull2002026-10-28
ai-2Publicfull2002026-10-28
dpaPublicfull2002026-10-09
subprocessorsPublicpartial2002026-10-26
tiaPublicfull2002026-10-20

History

DetectedWhat movedWhySource
2026-09-18
EU data location Terms not stated → Paid upgrade
Minimum plan, Note rewritten
we read a better pagesupport.zendesk.com

Every reviewed change across the registry, newest first: vendor changes.