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Adding guidance related to vendor and GitLab controlled data

Kyle Smith requested to merge ks-tprm-handbook-controller-to-controller into master

Why is this change being made?

We need guidance for controller-to-controller transfers where GitLab is the recipient of personal data from a vendor. An example of this would be GitLab's use of Meetup.com. When someone creates an account on Meetup.com, it becomes Meetup.com's data and they are the data controller. GitLab may view/use the data using Meetup.com, but it is still Meetup.com's data, not GitLab's. Therefore, a privacy and security review is not required.

Note: If GitLab hires a a vendor to collect data on our behalf, they would be considered a processor and a privacy and security review should be performed.

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