DSV is committed to protecting personal data and ensuring that organisational and technical security measures are in place.
DSV may choose to or be required by law to provide different or additional information on DSV’s processing of your personal data than what this Policy contains.
Please refer to our local privacy information notices at the end of this page.
DSV General Privacy Information Notice
DSV is committed to protecting your personal data and ensuring that organisational and technical security measures are in place to protect your personal data, whether you are buying DSV's transport and/or logistics services (“Services”), receiving newsletters or simply browsing DSV's websites.
By using DSV's websites or buying Services, you consent to the processing of your personal data by the DSV Group as outlined in this DSV General Privacy Information Notice (the “Policy”) and the Legal Notice pertaining to the use of the DSV website. The Legal Notice can be found
here.
DSV is a global group of companies within the field of global transportation and logistics. In order to conduct our daily business, the DSV Group entities on a regular basis exchange data, including personal data. All such transfers take place in accordance with applicable local legislation and EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. In addition, DSV has implemented Binding Corporate Rules (“BCR”), which have been approved by applicable public authorities. The BCR relates to the processing and transfer within the DSV Group of personal data originating from the EU/EEA. This means that all DSV Group entities will comply with the same internal set of rules for all such transfers.
DSV’s Binding Corporate Rules can be found
here.
The DSV entity you are in contact with is the data controller of the personal data received and processed about you as part of providing Services to you or as part of you visiting any of DSV's websites.
DSV may change and update this Policy on a regular basis at its sole discretion.
Personal Data, Purposes of Processing and Legal Basis
Services
DSV receives and collects personal data about you directly from you or from other data controllers for the purpose of DSV providing or assisting with Services or requests to or from you as the beneficiary of a Service. Other data controllers may disclose personal data to us such as your name, address, title or contact information, as necessary for us to provide Services to you. Upon your request, DSV will provide you with the identity of such other data controllers. Your personal data is processed to fulfil the agreement that you have entered into with DSV or DSV’s customer or in order to take steps to provide or assist with your requests (e.g. while completing a contact form, as part of a registration or a survey).
DSV processes your personal data in accordance with applicable laws and the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is either a contract, your consent, legal obligation or DSV's legitimate interest in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation article 6, § 1, point a, b, c and f.
Websites
When you use DSV ’s websites, information and data from your computer system may be collected and logged by us as is necessary for the functionality of DSV ’s websites, and in accordance with DSV ’s Cookie Policy, found on www.dsv.com. This may include processing of personal data, e.g. IP address, access time and other website and browser information. Further, DSV may collect your name and contact information if you use a request form on any DSV website.
DSV processes your personal data in accordance with applicable laws, and the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is either your consent or DSV ’s legitimate interest in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation article 6, § 1, point a and f.
Newsletters and Other Commercial Materials from DSV
In order to send you newsletters, invitations and information about events and other relevant information about DSV’s Services and the company, DSV processes your name, e-mail and other contact information in order to send you newsletters, invitations and information about events and other relevant information about DSV's Services and the company.
DSV processes your personal data in accordance with applicable laws and the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation article 6, § 1, point a. You can always withdraw your consent for the continued processing.
Regardless of your purpose, it is recommended that you do not disclose to us any sensitive personal data such as racial or ethnic origin, religion, trade union membership, sexual orientation, health, genetic or biometric data etc.
Further, DSV may anonymise and aggregate data, including personal data, gathered via any DSV website or through any booking system or similar for statistical purposes to expand DSV's product portfolio and improve the Services.
Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties
DSV may disclose your personal data to other entities in the DSV Group, contracted service providers and advisors (“Third Parties”), if it is necessary in order to fulfil its obligations towards you. Contracted service providers can for example be hauliers, shipping lines, airlines, public authorities or IT-providers, providing IT-tools related to part of the Services such as track & trace, labelling and booking.
Further, DSV may disclose personal data processed in connection with the use of DSV's websites, your participation in events or receiving of commercial information from DSV to hosting companies, marketing companies or other providers necessary to provide the Services.
Further, DSV may disclose your information in order for DSV to comply with its legal obligations, to protect the rights, property and safety of DSV or others or in case of a sale of/liquidation of any part of DSV's business or assets.
If it is necessary to transfer your personal data outside EU/EEA, we will ensure an adequate level of data protection; All entities in the DSV Group are bound by DSV’s binding corporate rules, and all other Third Parties will have entered into a transfer agreement based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses when required by law.
Upon your request, DSV can provide you with the identity of such Third Parties.
The Period DSV Process Your Personal Data
Your personal data is processed for as long as it is necessary in order to fulfil the purpose and in accordance with applicable law. Your personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary to keep in order to fulfil the purpose, unless applicable laws require DSV to keep it for a longer period. For how long the purpose exists vary depending on the legal basis and circumstances around it (e.g. terms agreed in a contract with you, validity period of consent, legal interest, etc.), countries to which the Services relate (e.g. national bookkeeping requirements etc.) and what services DSV provides.
Personal data related to the use of DSV's websites will be deleted after 30 days at the latest, except from cookies, which will be deleted in accordance with DSV's Cookie Policy.
If the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, the personal data will be deleted when you withdraw your consent at the latest, unless applicable law require DSV to store the personal data for a longer period.
Your Rights as an Individual
In accordance with laws, you have the following rights:
- You have the right to be informed about the personal data DSV are processing about you.
- You have the right to have incorrect or incomplete personal data corrected or completed.
- You have under certain circumstance right to have your personal data deleted.
- You have under certain circumstances the right to restrict and limit the processing of your personal data.
- You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
- You have under certain circumstances the right to request that your personal data is transmitted to another data controller.
Any consent that you may have provided to DSV may be withdrawn at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided below.
Contact
If you have any questions regarding the content of this Policy or your rights as an individual, you can contact the local privacy responsible for your country of domicile using the e-mail stated below, and if no such local privacy responsible exists for your country of domicile, you may contact us at:
DSV A/S
Att. Group Compliance
Hovedgaden 630
P.O. Box 210
DK-2640 Hedehusene Denmark
CVR-no: 58 23 35 28
Telephone number: +45 43 20 30 40
Email address: privacy@dsv.com
Local Privacy Responsible Contact information:
Australia: australia.privacy@dsv.com
Austria: austria.privacy@dsv.com
Belgium: belgium.privacy@dsv.com
Brazil: brazil.privacy@dsv.com
Bulgaria: bulgaria.privacy@dsv.com
China: china.privacy@dsv.com
Croatia: croatia.privacy@dsv.com
Czech Republic: czechrepublic.privacy@dsv.com
Denmark: denmark.privacy@dsv.com
Estonia: estonia.privacy@dsv.com
Finland: finland.privacy@dsv.com
France: france.privacy@dsv.com
Germany: germany.privacy@dsv.com
Greece: greece.privacy@dsv.com
Hong Kong: hongkong.privacy@dsv.com
Hungary: hungary.privacy@dvs.com
Ireland: ireland.privacy@dsv.com
Israel: isreal.privacy@dsv.com
Italy: italy.privacy@dsv.com
Latvia: latvia.privacy@dsv.com
Lithuania: lithuania.privacy@dsv.com
Netherlands: netherlands.privacy@dsv.com
North Macedonia: macedonia.privacy@dsv.com
Norway: norway.privacy@dsv.com
Poland: poland.privacy@dsv.com
Portugal: portugal.privacy@dsv.com
Romania: romania.privacy@dsv.com
Serbia: serbia.privacy@dsv.com
Slovakia: slovakia.privacy@dsv.com
Slovenia: slovenia.privacy@dsv.com
South Africa: southafrica.privacy@dsv.com
Spain: spain.privacy@dsv.com
Sweden: sweden.privacy@dsv.com
Turkey: turkey.privacy@dsv.com
UK: uk.privacy@dsv.com
USA: usa.privacy@dsv.com
Submit a complaint
Should you wish to complain about or report any non-compliant processing of your personal data by us, you may use DSV's whistle-blower program or contact us at privacy@dsv.com.
You may also file a complaint with your local data protection agency/supervisory authority. The DSV lead Data Protection Agency is: Datatilsynet, Carl Jacobsens Vej 35, 2500 Valby, Denmark.