Sales engagementSurfe and the GDPR: agreement, role and data location.
Surfe is a sales engagement tool. Its role depends on the activity, it publishes its data processing agreement, and the data location depends on your account. Below: what to check and how to declare it.
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In short
- Category
- Sales engagement
- Usual role
- Depends on the activity
- Data location
- Set per account or project
- Agreement
- Published by the vendor
What does Surfe do with personal data?
Find business contacts and run outreach sequences by email, phone or LinkedIn. That is how Privacyboard describes a typical use of Surfe, as a starting point you can edit.
The data usually involved: names, Email addresses, Phone numbers, job titles, company details, engagement data
Is Surfe a processor or a controller?
Surfe acts as controller for the contact database it builds for customers (data enrichment).
Privacyboard does not prefill a role for this vendor on purpose. You are asked to choose, since the answer changes what your privacy policy says and which agreement matters.
Where does Surfe store personal data?
Surfe does not have one fixed location for every customer. The location depends on the plan, the account and the services you enable.
How to find yours: Check your account settings, the address you log in to, or the provider’s data processing terms. Support can tell you if you cannot find it.
Even when the main location is in the EU, ask whether subprocessors or support access involve a transfer outside the EEA, and record it if so.
Which legal basis usually applies to Surfe?
For the usual use of Surfe, companies most often rely on legitimate interests (GDPR Article 6(1)). Prospecting professionals about offers related to their job can rest on a legitimate interest, if they are informed and can object easily.
The interest you would state: “Contacting business prospects about services related to their role, who can object at any time.” The GDPR asks you to say which interest you pursue (Article 13(1)(d)).
Cold messages to individuals (not professionals) need consent, and contact data bought or scraped must have been collected lawfully. Inform each prospect at your first message. The balancing test is yours to do: the interest must be real, the processing necessary for it, and people’s rights must not outweigh it.
This is a starting point, not legal advice: the basis belongs to your activity, and you confirm it in your register.
Sources: CNIL: rules for prospecting by email, EDPB Guidelines 1/2024 on legitimate interest
Does Surfe have a data processing agreement?
Checked on 5 November 2026. Vendors change their pages, so check the date.
Yes. Surfe publishes the text of its data processing agreement on its own website. Article 28 of the GDPR requires a written contract with every processor, so this is the document to read and keep.
What we noted when we opened the page: Surfe Data Protection Agreement, updated 17 Feb 2026; legal entity not named. Part 1 covers Surfe as independent controller, Part 2 as processor for enrichment; SCCs for transfers; no hosting location stated.
A page that exists does not mean you are covered. Whether the agreement applies to you depends on your plan and on what you accepted, so record the decision yourself in your vendor list.
Read the Surfe agreementHow to declare Surfe
- 1
In your privacy policy
Name Surfe as a recipient, say what it is used for (find business contacts and run outreach sequences by email, phone or LinkedIn) and mention any transfer outside the EEA. Articles 13 and 14 ask you to tell people who receives their data.
- 2
In your vendor list
Add Surfe with its purpose, the data involved, its role, its region and a link to the agreement. Privacyboard prefills all of this, you confirm or correct it.
- 3
In your processing register
Link Surfe to the activities that use it, so each record shows its recipients. Article 30 asks the register to list the categories of recipients.
What to check before relying on Surfe
- Inform prospects in the first message: who you are, where you got their data, and how to object.
- Honour opt-outs across every sequence and tool.
- Check where enrichment data comes from and whether it was collected lawfully.
- Set a retention period for prospects who never answer.
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Is Surfe GDPR compliant?
Privacyboard does not certify vendors. Compliance depends on how Surfe is configured and used, on the agreement you have with it and on your own practices. What can be checked is documented here: it publishes a data processing agreement, the usual role and the data location. Read the agreement itself before relying on it.
Does Surfe have a DPA?
Yes. Surfe publishes the text of its data processing agreement on its own website. Article 28 of the GDPR requires a written contract with every processor, so this is the document to read and keep. You can read it at https://www.surfe.com/data-protection.
Is Surfe a data processor?
It depends on the activity. Surfe acts as controller for the contact database it builds for customers (data enrichment).
Which legal basis applies when I use Surfe?
For the usual use of Surfe, companies most often rely on legitimate interests (GDPR Article 6(1)). Prospecting professionals about offers related to their job can rest on a legitimate interest, if they are informed and can object easily. The interest you would state: “Contacting business prospects about services related to their role, who can object at any time.” The GDPR asks you to say which interest you pursue (Article 13(1)(d)).
Where does Surfe store data?
Surfe does not have one fixed location for every customer. The location depends on the plan, the account and the services you enable. How to find yours: Check your account settings, the address you log in to, or the provider’s data processing terms. Support can tell you if you cannot find it.
Do I need to mention Surfe in my privacy policy?
Yes, if Surfe handles personal data for you. The GDPR asks you to tell people who receives their data (Articles 13 and 14). Name the vendor or its category, say what it is used for and mention any transfer outside the EEA.
How do I add Surfe to my vendor list?
In Privacyboard, pick Surfe from the catalog. The purpose, the data, the suggested role and a link to its agreement are prefilled, and you confirm each one. Creating a workspace is free.
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