SmartRecruiters Subprocessors List (September 2026): Changes and History
SmartRecruiters names 15 subprocessors on its published list. Read from the vendor's own page and re-checked daily.
SmartRecruiters subprocessors (September 2026)
| # | Subprocessor | Purpose | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | Operation, maintenance, support, and testing of SmartRecruiters’ software. | The default hosting location for SmartRecruiters’ customers is Frankfurt, Germany, unless another country’s hosting is designated in an order form between SmartRecruiters, a customer. |
| 2 | With SmartRecruiters SARL: 2018 | For processing activities, SmartRecruiters, Inc. provides support to our customers. | The default hosting location for SmartRecruiters’ customers is Frankfurt, Germany, unless another country’s hosting is designated in an order form between SmartRecruiters, a customer. |
| 3 | 2018 | Provides professional services to customers for implementing SmartRecruiters’ software. | The default hosting location for SmartRecruiters’ customers is Frankfurt, Germany, unless another country’s hosting is designated in an order form between SmartRecruiters, a customer. |
| 4 | 2016 | Provides professional services to customers for implementing SmartRecruiters’ software. | The default hosting location for SmartRecruiters’ customers is Frankfurt, Germany, unless another country’s hosting is designated in an order form between SmartRecruiters, a customer. |
| 5 | 2014 | Textkernel scans a candidate’s uploaded documents and parses the data into the database, e.g.: it scans documents for a candidate’s first name and adds that data to the first name data field. | Netherlands |
| 6 | 2020 | Software development | N, A |
| 7 | 2023 | Web application security & performance solutions, including DNS and WAF components | Nearest location to a visitor based on the metadata |
| 8 | 2024 | Atlassian’s Jira, Confluence and Opsgenie are sub-processor if it is required to store customer personal data for solving bugs and problems reported by customers | Germany |
| 9 | 2021 | Data hosting of Big Query instance. Use of Google APIs (e.g., geolocation) | Saint-Ghislain, Belgium |
| 10 | 2026 | Collecting, aggregating, analysing, and managing product feedback on behalf of the customer via a cloud-based SaaS platform | GCP (primary, multi-availability zone), AWS (backup, geographically separate facility) |
| 11 | 2025 | Supporting in screening and ranking applicants | AWS Frankfurt, Germany for EU-hosted Customers. AWS US (North Carolina) for US-hosted Customers. |
| 12 | 2022 | Provides professional services to customers for implementing SmartRecruiters’ software. | N, A |
| 13 | 2015 | If requested during implementation, the Cloud connector used to host and maintain any custom integrations between Customer’s system and SmartRecruiters platform. | Netherlands |
| 14 | 2019 | Provides professional services to customers for implementing SmartRecruiters’ software. | N, A |
| 15 | 2017 | SendGrid powers the email functionality between candidates and customers in SmartRecruiters’ software. | United States |
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Certifications at SmartRecruiters
What SmartRecruiters's trust page lists, with the text each one comes from. SOC 2 Type I or Type II: what's the difference?
- SOC 2 Type II
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Active
“SOC 2 Type 2”
Trust page, trust.smartrecruiters.com ↗
Documents we track for SmartRecruiters
- Privacy policy
- checked September 28, 2026 www.smartrecruiters.com ↗
- Subprocessor list
- checked September 28, 2026 www.smartrecruiters.com ↗
- Terms of service
- checked September 28, 2026 www.smartrecruiters.com ↗
- Trust page
- checked September 28, 2026 trust.smartrecruiters.com ↗
Change history
Tracking since September 28, 2026. No change has been published since; additions, removals and document changes will appear here as they're published.
SmartRecruiters subprocessors FAQ
- How many subprocessors does SmartRecruiters use?
- SmartRecruiters lists 15 subprocessors on its published list, including 2010, With SmartRecruiters SARL: 2018, 2018, 2016, and 2014 and 10 more.
- Where does SmartRecruiters process customer data?
- The subprocessors named by SmartRecruiters are located in Germany, The default hosting location for SmartRecruiters’ customers is Frankfurt, a customer., unless another country’s hosting is designated in an order form between SmartRecruiters, A, and N and 11 other locations, as stated on its list.
- Does SmartRecruiters have a SOC 2 Type II report?
- Yes. SmartRecruiters's trust page lists a SOC 2 Type II report: “SOC 2 Type 2”
- Which security certifications does SmartRecruiters list?
- SmartRecruiters's trust page lists SOC 2 Type II.
- When was SmartRecruiters's subprocessor list last checked?
- ClauseTrail last checked SmartRecruiters's subprocessor list on September 28, 2026. Lists are re-checked daily.
- How do I find out when SmartRecruiters adds or removes a subprocessor?
- ClauseTrail monitors SmartRecruiters's subprocessor list, DPA, privacy policy and terms and emails you the exact change — who was added or removed and what the page said before and after. The first vendors are free.