Data Access and Export for the Salesforce Platform
You can use the Salesforce Platform to help you honor your customers’ requests to
prepare or package their data. We give you examples of common customer requests and tips. Then
you can decide how best to work toward complying with the regulations that apply to your
company.
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Some laws require you and your company to let customers take their data with them. We’ve
listed a few of the obligations that are important to many companies collecting and processing
their customers’ data.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), European Union
Customer Contracts
If you have customers or users who want to take the data that you’ve received from them,
review these common requests. We’ve provided links to the procedures related to those
requests. You can also review considerations in other sections of this guide for Salesforce
products that may use the Salesforce Platform.
Common Customer Request
Actions to Consider
Things to Consider
A customer has requested that I export all data associated with their account.
When I try to export this data, I get blocked. What gives?
Some orgs have security policies in place to block unauthorized data export
events over a certain size. Consider editing the policy’s Apex code to temporarily
increase the limits on how much data you can export. After you’ve finished your
task, edit the policy to return it to its previous settings.
A customer wants to review the account information they’ve given to us, which
we stored in attachments on their account.
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