Privacy

Categories of data

The following categories of data relating to you may be processed by DeLaval in connection with the websites:

(a) Data that is automatically collected concerning the device and browser that you use to access the websites (e.g. IP address, cookie identifiers, device type and browser type) and concerning your browsing activity (e.g. which pages you visit).

(b) Data that is voluntarily submitted by you when you sign up for newsletters and campaigns, send messages through contact forms or execute other web forms on the websites.

Purposes of Processing

The data relating to you that is collected or generated by DeLaval in connection with the websites may be used to administer and operate the websites, to monitor and analyse the use of the websites, to optimise the functionality and content of the websites and to further develop the websites. The data that you submit in web forms on the websites will be processed for the purposes identified in relation to the respective forms (e.g. to sign you up for a specific campaign or send you newsletters).

Recipients

The data that is collected or generated by DeLaval in connection with the websites may for the purposes set out above be disclosed to and processed by any entity in the DeLaval Group (DeLaval Holding AB and each entity directly or indirectly controlled by DeLaval Holding AB). Furthermore, DeLaval may, for the purposes described above, use service providers to carry out certain activities on DeLaval’s behalf (e.g. data storage). Such service providers may have access to the data for such purposes, in which case DeLaval takes steps to ensure that the service providers protect the data and does not use it for other purposes. Please contact DeLaval, as set out in the “Further Information” section below, to find out which service providers, if any, that have access to the data relating to you that is collected or generated by DeLaval and for what purposes such service providers have access.

Except as set out above, the data that is collected or generated by DeLaval in connection with the websites will be shared only in aggregated/anonymised form (names of individuals, legal entities, farms, etc. will be removed or replaced by anonymous or fictitious identifiers).

Consent and Legal Basis

By submitting data in a web form on the websites, you consent to the use of such data for the purposes identified in relation to that form. Where data relating to you is used without DeLaval having sought your consent, the legal basis for processing of the data is that the processing is necessary for legitimate interests (the purposes specified above) pursued by DeLaval and which DeLaval, based on a balance of interests, deems not to be overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Certain processing of data relating to you may also be necessary for compliance with legal obligations.

Retention and Security

The data relating to you that is collected or generated by DeLaval in connection with the websites will not be kept for a longer period of time than is reasonably necessary for the purposes of processing set out above. DeLaval (or, as applicable, its service providers) has implemented physical, technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risks represented by the processing and the nature of the data. Such measures are implemented to: (a) ensure that the data can be accessed only by authorised personnel; (b) ensure that no personnel is authorised to access the data other than those requiring access to such data; (c) ensure that all such authorised personnel are subject to appropriate obligations to keep the data confidential; and (d) protect the data against unauthorised disclosure and access and accidental or unlawful destruction, loss and alteration.

The data relating to you that is collected or generated by DeLaval in connection with the websites will primarily be held in the European Union but may, for the purposes and with the limitations set out above, be transferred to any location where You access the websites, where the DeLaval Group is located and where DeLaval’s service providers maintain their operations. Where, in any other case than when necessary for the performance of services requested by you, data will be transferred from the European Union, or other countries and territories that the EU Commission has determined to ensure an adequate level of protection of personal data, to a country or territory that does not ensure such level of protection, DeLaval will apply appropriate additional safeguards to ensure the data is sufficiently protected (e.g. the “Standard Contractual Clauses” contained in the Annex to the EU Commission Decision in its current version). Please contact DeLaval, as set out in the “Further Information” section below, to find out which countries and territories that data is transferred to and which safeguards that have been implemented.

Further Information

You have the right, subject to restrictions under applicable law, to request information about DeLaval’s processing of data relating to you, to access such data (in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, with the right to forward such data) and to request DeLaval to correct, complete, update, lock or delete data relating to you that is inaccurate, incomplete, confusing, outdated or unlawful. You also have the right to object, on legitimate grounds, to processing of data relating to you (in particular if entitled to do so under applicable data protection legislation) and to withdraw, with prospective effect only, any consent given by you regarding processing of such data. If you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes applicable law, you may also lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Requests concerning DeLaval’s processing of data relating to you can be made to DeLaval at the address (attention: “Data Protection Officer”) or e-mail stated below.

Data Controller and Data Protection Officer

The local DeLaval entity in your country is the “controller” of data for the websites.

The local entities of the DeLaval Group and their respective addresses are specified here: https://corporate.delaval.com/legal/.

Send any data privacy requests or queries to dataprivacy@delaval.com or to the address of the relevant DeLaval local entity in your country.

Updates of this Statement

Additional functionalities may be added to the websites in the future. DeLaval will update this statement to describe how and for what purposes DeLaval will process data in relation to such new functionalities. DeLaval may also update this statement to describe additional scope or purposes of processing of data in connection with the websites.