KDS Logistics – International Forwarding & Ferry agents

Privacy

Privacy statement KDS Logistics

 

KDS Logistics B.V. is committed to your right to privacy, mainly to the protection of and respect for your privacy. We are responsible for processing your personal data as reflected.

 

Contact details

KDS Logistics | Van Maasdijkweg 27 | 3088 EC Rotterdam | The Netherlands

+31 (0)10 491 41 11 | info@kdslogistics.nl | www.kdslogistics.nl | Chamber of Commerce nr. 24155889

 

If you have any questions, or if you would like to make use of your individual rights, you can contact our liaison privacy

 

Liaison: Jeannette Terlouw

E-mail address: jeannette.terlouw@kdslogistics.nl

Phone number: +31 (0)10 491 41 14

 

Processed personal data

KDS Logistics processes your personal data, because you are using our services and/or you are providing these to us. Below you will find an overview of the personal data we process:

  • First and last name
  • Contact details
  • Phone number
  • E-mail address
  • Location data
  • Data on your activities on our website
  • Data on your surfing behaviour across several websites (e.g. because this business is part of an ad network)
  • Detailed descriptions of cargo

 

New customers will be checked for creditworthiness. All customers will be asked to provide us with their Chamber of Commerce number, VAT number, invoice data and contact details for financial information.

 

For what purposes does KDS Logistics process personal data?

  • Taking care of your payment
  • Sending our newsletter
  • Calling or e-mailing you if necessary to implement our services
  • Informing you on amendments to our services and products
  • Allowing you to create an account

 

 

 

  • In order to provide you with our services and products, KDS Logistics analyses your behaviour on our website to both improve the website and tailor the supply of services and products to your preferences
  • KDS Logistics also processes personal data if there is a legal obligation, e.g. data we need for our tax declaration

 

We will never sell personal data of any kind. In some cases, we are compelled to share your personal and/or business information with third parties, such as loading/unloading bays, terminals, etc. This will only happen if necessary to realise the best services, or to comply with legal provisions concerning customs, taxes, or safety. These legal provisions might vary per state. Sharing of personal data will be limited to those who have an interest. They will only process your personal data on our instruction. Moreover, they are subject to an obligation of secrecy.

 

Below you will find an overview of the type of personal data, the purposes, the legal grounds, and the used retention period, for which KDS Logistics processes your personal data.

 

Processing an application for a vacancy

  • Your name, e-mail address, phone number, address, date of birth, and curriculum vitae
  • For our legitimate interests,  to be able to process your application
  • We apply the current legislation, unless you have explicitly authorised us to retain your data

 

Transmission of supplier instructions, such as purchase orders and shipping information, as well as amendments to our services and general terms and conditions

  • Your name, e-mail address, phone number, and address
  • For the purpose of implementing our services and for enabling us to answer your questions and remarks
  • For the period of the business relationship

 

Auditing, analysing of data and research, to implement our services and to improve communication with our customers

  • Your name, e-mail address, phone number, and address. For the purpose of keeping our knowledge within the business up to date and for developing our website
  • For the period of the business relationship

 

The creation, development, and supply of advertising materials

  • Your name, e-mail address, phone number, and address
  • For the purpose of keeping our knowledge within the business up to date and for developing our website
  • Until you unsubscribe from our mailing list

 

Providing and improving our services, including our general terms and conditions

  • Your name, e-mail address, phone number, and address
  • For accepting your orders and for enabling us to answer your questions and remarks
  • For the period of the business relationship

 

Marketing

Your personal data might be used for marketing purposes. These could be marketing for our products, services, and offers that could be relevant to you. You can contact us via marketing@kdslogistics.nl at any time for requests to end these marketing messages.

 

Cookies, or similar techniques, we use

KDS Logistics uses functional, analytical, and tracking cookies. Cookies are small files which are stored on the browser of your computer, tablet, or smartphone on the first visit. KDS Logistics uses cookies with a pure technical functionality. These make sure that the website operates to your satisfaction and that, for example, your preferences are retained. These are also used to optimise the website. Besides, we use cookies to keep track of your surfing behaviour, in order to offer you tailored content and ads. On the first visit of our website, we already informed you of these cookies and asked for your permission for placing them.

 

Access, adaption, or deletion of data

You have the right to access, adapt, or delete your personal data. Besides, you have the right to withdraw your permission for the processing of your personal data, or to object to the processing of your personal data by KDS Logistics. You also have the right to data portability. This means that you can file a request to send the personal data we possess in a computer file to you or any other organisation, which you referred to. A request for access, adaptation, deletion, data portability of your personal data, a request for withdrawal of your permission, or an objection to the processing of your personal data can be sent to info@kdslogistics.nl. We will always check first whether the person who makes a request corresponds with the person in our data. This is to protect your right to privacy. We will respond to your request as soon as possible, but within four weeks at most.

 

How do we protect your personal data?

KDS Logistics values the protection of your personal data and shall take appropriate measures to prevent abuse, loss, unauthorised access, undesirable publication, and unauthorised amendment. If you feel that your personal data are not protected properly, or if there are indications of abuse, please contact us via info@kdslogistics.nl.

 

KDS Logistics has taken the following measures to protect your personal data:

  • Security software, such as a virus scanner and a firewall
  • DNSSEC is an extra protection (additional to DNS) for converting a domain name to the related IP-address. It is provided with a digital signature. This signature can be checked automatically. In this way, we prevent you from being redirected to a false IP-address.