Every API that touches personal data must provide a data processing agreement and a clear record of the consent under which that data is handled. I require that the DPA be available to consumers before they integrate, and that consent records establish who agreed to what and when. This is not paperwork for its own sake; it is the legal spine that lets consumers build on an API without inheriting unbounded compliance risk. Providers who make the DPA and consent posture explicit earn trust and shorten every procurement conversation that follows.
Consent and DPA Provided
Strategies
APIs Are Transparent and Accountable
I want our APIs to be transparent about how they handle data and accountable for the promises we make around it. That means the consent and data processing agreements that govern an integration are...
Experiences
Privacy
Privacy is the experience of handling the personal data that flows through APIs responsibly. APIs move sensitive information constantly, and the people that data belongs to have a stake in how it i...
Legal
The legal aspects of producing and consuming APIs can quickly derail even the best-laid plans for API producers and disrupt the roadmaps of developers building applications and integrations. Terms ...
Compliance
Compliance is the experience of meeting the legal, regulatory, and internal obligations that come with operating an API. For many teams it feels like a burden bolted on at the end, but the reality ...
Lifecycle
gavel Terms of Service Production
The terms of service are the legal contract sitting behind the technical one. Clear terms set the expectations between provider and consumer about acceptable use, liability, and change. I want the ...
