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Los Angeles, CA, August 2019 – Annex Cloud, an industry leading B2B and B2C loyalty solution provider for mid-market and enterprise level brands, manufacturers, retailers and distributors, today announced that it has recently completed its Service Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2) examination under the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (AT-C section 205, Examination Engagements) of the AICPA as of August, 2019 that was performed by an independent auditing firm.

Completion of the SOC 2 Type 1 examination indicates that selected Annex Cloud processes, procedures and controls have been formally evaluated and tested by an independent accounting and auditing firm. The examination included the Company’s controls related to the 2017 Trust Services Principles and Criteria for Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy, of which we are now proudly certified in all five trust domains.

An SOC 2 examination is performed in accordance with AT-C section 205, Examination Engagements. SOC 2 is designated as an acceptable method for a user entity’s management to obtain assurance about service organization internal controls set forth in TSP section 100, 2017 Trust Services Principles and Criteria for Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy (AICPA, Trust Services Criteria) (applicable trust services criteria) without conducting additional assessments.

A SOC 2 examination is widely recognized, because it represents that a service organization has been through an evaluation of their control activities as they relate to the applicable Trust Services Principles and Criteria. A Type 1 report addresses the service organization's system description and the effectiveness of the design of the service organization's controls.

“Annex Cloud takes information security very seriously and we are thrilled to meet the SOC 2 Type 1 compliance standard. One of the most important aspects of customer loyalty solutions is providing powerful protections for the data entrusted to us. With this SOC 2 Type 1 evaluation complete, customers, clients, partners, and investors can rest assured that we have strict controls in place for information security,” says, Jeff Herrera, Chief Marketing Officer.

About Annex Cloud

Since 2010, Annex Cloud has provided more than 250 leading brands and retailers, including Sugarfina, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Bed Bath & Beyond, G.H. Bass, Olympus and VF Corp., with the ability to engage tens of millions of their customers one-to-one at scale.

Annex Cloud’s customer marketing and loyalty platform provides fully integrated Customer Loyalty, Referral Marketing, and User Generated Content solutions that seamlessly work together to optimize the customer journey and deliver a unified customer experience, a greater quantity and quality of referrals and content, and more high-quality and resilient customer relationships.

For additional information, please email at Sean Ogino , sogino@annexcloud.com or call 1-866-802-8806.