Learn how Aligned protects your data and ensures compliance.
Welcome to Aligned's Security and Privacy Overview — your central resource for understanding how we safeguard your data, manage risk, and meet regulatory standards.
We believe trust is built through transparency. That is why we provide clear, up to date information on how we protect your data and maintain compliance across our platform.
Here is what this article covers:
✅ GDPR compliance and data processing details
🔐 Security infrastructure and encryption standards
📄 Access controls and identity management
🗂️ Data hosting and residency
🔎 Shared responsibility model
💬 FAQs for security and privacy reviews
This gives your security and procurement teams the documentation they need during due diligence and vendor assessments.
How Aligned Secures Your Data
We implement layered technical and organizational safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your data.
Data Hosting and Residency
All customer data is securely hosted on industry-leading cloud infrastructure designed for resilience, high availability, and compliance with data protection standards.
Our infrastructure is built to ensure your data remains protected at all times.
For more technical detail, check out: How is my data stored and secured?
Encryption
We follow industry best practices for encryption:
All data is encrypted in transit using HTTPS and TLS
Data is encrypted at rest within our infrastructure
Secure authentication and session management protocols are enforced
Infrastructure and Compliance
Aligned is built on secure, compliance-aligned infrastructure. Our internal security program includes:
Documented security policies
Access controls and role-based permissions
Continuous monitoring
Risk assessments
Secure development and change management processes
Single Sign On and Access Controls
Aligned supports Single Sign On (SSO) on our Enterprise plan, enabling secure and scalable team access.
Benefits include:
Centralized authentication via your identity provider such as Google or Okta
Simplified user provisioning and deactivation
Stronger access governance
Improved audit visibility
Set up SSO with Aligned: Aligned SSO
🤝 Shared Responsibility Model
Security is a shared responsibility between Aligned and our infrastructure providers.
Aligned is responsible for application security, access management, and protecting customer data.
Our infrastructure providers are responsible for physical and environmental safeguards for the underlying infrastructure including facilities, hardware, power, cooling, and network controls.
📄 Legal and Data Protection
Our legal framework is designed to support compliance with global data protection requirements, including GDPR. Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy outline:
How we collect and process data
Your rights as a customer
Our commitments under applicable data protection regulations
💡 Have Questions?
Security is a shared journey. If you or your InfoSec team have any questions during a security review or vendor assessment, feel free to reach out to our support team or your account manager. We are happy to help!