Privacy Policy
Effective date: April 21, 2025
ABOUT DAEDONG KIOTI AND OUR APPROACH TO PRIVACY
DAEDONG
KIOTI takes your privacy and your personal data seriously. DAEDONG KIOTI
understands that transparency and respect are foundational aspects of
longstanding relationships and, therefore, takes every reasonable effort to
protect the information you provide to us.
This Privacy Notice applies to any personal data provided to or collected by DAEDONG KIOTI. References in this Privacy Policy to “DAEDONG KIOTI”, “we”, “us” or “our” mean such DAEDONG KIOTI entity which controls the way your personal data are collected and the purposes for which your personal data are used will be the relevant “data controller” for the purposes of the applicable local privacy or data protection laws and data protection regulations.
This Privacy Notice describes the types of personal information we collect, how we use the information, with whom we share it, and the choices you can make about our use of the information. We also describe the measures we take to protect the security of the information and how you can contact us about our privacy practices.
Our privacy practices may vary among the countries in which we operate to reflect local practices and legal requirements.
Our websites may provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites may operate independently from DAEDONG KIOTI. Linked websites may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites. To the extent any linked websites you visit are not owned or controlled by DAEDONG KIOTI, we are not responsible for the websites’ content (including ‘cookies’ used on that website), any use of the websites, or the privacy practices of linked websites.
Controller information pursuant to Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
Controller Name: DAEDONG KIOTI Europe B.V.
Office: World Trade Center Rotterdam, Beursplein 37, 3011 AA Rotterdam, Niederlande
Post address: Postbus 30223, 3001 DE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Data Protection Officer:
DAEDONG KIOTI Europe B.V.
Data Protection Officer
Office: World Trade Center Rotterdam, Beursplein 37, 3011 AA Rotterdam, Niederlande
Postadresse: Postbus 30223, 3001 DE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
E-Mail: info@kioti.eu
Our websites
Ø [https://kioti.eu]
Privacy Policy Table of Contents
Below is a list of key topics addressed in this Privacy Policy. For more detailed information on how we process your personal information continue to read below.
2. HOW WE COLLECT AND USE PERSONAL DATA
2.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PERSONS SUBJECT TO EU DATA PROTECTION LAWS
3. RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
4. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
5. PROTECTION OF CHILDREN'S PERSONAL INFORMATION
6. INFORMATION SHARING
7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
7.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PERSONS SUBJECT TO EU DATA PROTECTION LAWS
8. SECURITY
9. UPDATES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE
10. HOW TO CONTACT US
We refer to personal data according to the following
definition given in the applicable local privacy or data
protection laws and data protection regulations:
“any
information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data
subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified,
directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a
name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one
or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental,
economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person”.
DAEDONG KIOTI may collect personal data as described below, depending on processing purposes applicable to you.
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Activity |
Processing purpose |
Data categories |
Data source |
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Order fulfilment, lead generation, product integration, Product owner registration |
We collect personal information to process your orders, sell agricultural machinery and parts, deliver and provide services, and provide technical support. We may share your personal data with parties involved in the provision of services or your request, including distributors and dealers. |
Name, date of birth, phone number, email, address |
You / Dealers and distributor network |
|
Sign up for APP membership |
We collect personal information for membership registration required for use of services such as identity verification, user identification and management, provision of purchased agricultural machinery content and various services, improvement of Daedong Connect, and development of new services. We may share your personal data with parties involved in the provision of services or your request, including distributors and dealers. |
ID, password, name, phone number, country code, email |
You |
|
Marketing and communications |
We engage in marketing activities for the purpose promoting our products and services, including via e-mail. You can opt-out to receiving marketing communications at any time.
- You can withdraw your consent to receive marketing information by logging in and going to My Page. If you have any further questions regarding this, please contact us using the contact information above. |
Name, phone number |
You / Our marketing and communications department |
|
Agricultural machinery GPS information |
We process agricultural machinery location information to provide agricultural machinery location finding services. We may share your personal information with parties involved in providing services or your request, including distributors and dealers. You can disable telematics features. Please contact your local distributor/distributor for further information and assistance regarding telematics features. |
Agricultural machinery GPS information |
your farm machinery |
|
Transfer of ownership of agricultural machinery |
We process your personal data if you transfer ownership of your agricultural machinery to another person. |
Owner's name, owner's mobile phone number, name of applicant for transfer of ownership, mobile phone number of applicant for transfer of ownership |
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For users who are located in the EEA or other locations subject to EU data protection laws (collectively, “European Residents”), we adhere to relevant and applicable EU data protection laws and provide European Residents with the following additional information. For the purposes of this section, “Personal Data” has the meaning provided in the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).
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Activity |
Grounds for lawful processing |
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Order fulfilment, lead generation, product integration, Product owner registration |
Our legal basis for processing your data is entering into or performing a contract with you. |
|
Sign up for APP membership |
Our legal basis for processing your data is entering into or performing a contract with you. |
|
Marketing and communications |
The legal basis for sending you marketing communications is consent, except where we are permitted under applicable law to send you use communications for products and similar to past purchases you have made with us. |
|
Agricultural machinery GPS information |
The legal basis for processing your data is your consent. |
|
Transfer of ownership of agricultural machinery |
Our legal basis for processing your data is entering into or performing a contract with you. |
Daedong KIOTI will retain personal data no longer than is permitted under applicable data protection laws. The applicable data retention period may vary per data category. The criteria on which our retention policy is based are:
l When withdrawing membership from the service
l The necessity to retain data in light of the purpose for which they have been collected;
l Compliance with applicable data retention obligations under mandatory law (such as tax regulations);
l The relevance of data in light of pending or potential legal proceedings; and
l Applicable limitation periods under civil law.
Please let us know in case you have specific enquiries regarding the applicable retention period to specific categories of personal data. We are more than happy to provide you with additional information in this regard.
You have certain rights regarding the personal information we maintain about you. We also offer you certain choices about what personal information we collect from you, how we use that information, and how we communicate with you. In accordance with the applicable laws, it is your right to
l Right of Access: Individuals have the right to access the personal data held about them by an organization. This includes the right to request information on what data is being collected, how it is being processed, and for what purposes.
l Right to Rectification and Update: Individuals have the right to have inaccurate or incomplete personal data corrected or updated.
l Right to Erasure: Individuals have the right to request the deletion of their personal data when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or when they have withdrawn their consent for processing.
l Right to Restriction of Processing: Individuals have the right to restrict the processing of their personal data. This applies when the accuracy of the data is contested, the legality of the processing is being assessed, or when the individual has objected to processing.
l Right to Data Portability: Individuals have the right to receive their personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit this data to another organization or to have it provided directly upon request. However, rights can only be requested if the basis for processing is contract or consent.
l Right to Object to Processing: Individuals have the right to object to the processing of their personal data. This includes objections to processing based on legitimate interests, the exercise of official authority, or for direct marketing purposes.
l Right to Withdraw Consent: Data subjects have the right to withdraw consent previously provided at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal, but it terminates the future effect of processing the relevant information. Withdrawal of consent should be carried out through a simple procedure, and thereafter, upon the data subject's request, the deletion or restriction of processing of the relevant information shall be performed.
l Right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority: We hope that we can satisfy any queries you may have about the way in which we process your personal data. However, if you have unresolved concerns, you also have the right to complain to the data protection authority in the location in which you live, work or believe a data protection breach has occurred.
We do not allow children to use our Services, and we do not knowingly request or collect information about children. If you are a child, please do not provide us with any personal information. If a user or customer suspected to be a child submits personal information, we will request account deletion or take steps to delete the personal information.
We may disclose your personal information in relation to the Services as described below:
l Affiliates and subsidiaries. Your information may be shared among our affiliates and subsidiaries for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. The term ‘affiliates and subsidiaries’ refers to companies related to Daedong by common ownership or control. Our affiliates may include companies with the Daedong name or other companies under common ownership or control.
l Service providers. We may disclose your information to carefully selected companies that provide certain services on our behalf, such as companies that help us develop and operate systems for services provided at customer contact centers, and customer care services that send emails on our behalf. These entities are limited by contractual provisions in their ability to use your information for purposes other than providing services for us.
l
Other parties if required by law or necessary
to protect our Services. There may be instances
when we disclose your information to a third party:
- to comply with the law or respond to compulsory legal processes (such as a
search warrant or other court order);
- to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Services; and
- to protect our rights, property, or safety, or, in compliance with data
protection laws, any of our respective affiliates, business partners, or
customers.
l Other parties to transactions. We may disclose your information to a third party as part of a merger or transfer, acquisition or sale related to our business, or in the event of bankruptcy.
l Other parties with your consent or pursuant to your request. In addition to the disclosures described in this Privacy Policy, we may disclose your information to third parties when you separately consent to or request such disclosure of your information.
Personal information acquired or created is stored in a database held by Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) (physical storage location: stored within the business area as shown below).
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Business location |
Transmission/storage location |
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USA |
USA |
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Europe |
Germany |
If we transfer your personal data directly or through service providers to countries outside the European Union, we shall comply with the relevant particular requirements of Article 44 et seq. GDPR and our service providers shall also undertake to comply with these regulations. We shall therefore only transfer your data to countries based outside the European Union subject to the level of security guaranteed by the GDPR. This level of security is guaranteed in particular on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission or with suitable guarantees in accordance with Article 46 GDPR.
The security of your personal data is important to DAEDONG KIOTI. We are committed to protecting the information we collect. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide, or we collect against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. These safeguards are intended to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information you provide to us. We periodically assess risks to your information and update our policies, procedures and technology accordingly.
DAEDONG KIOTI stores personal information only for as long as it is necessary for the fulfilment of the purpose for which the personal information was collected, unless otherwise required or authorized by applicable law. We take measures to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information if required by law or if the personal information is no longer required for the purpose for which we collected it.
This Privacy Notice was lastly updated on mm.dd.2024 and may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will inform you about material changes in the privacy statement insofar required under applicable law.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, DAEDONG KIOTI privacy practices or if you would like to exercise your rights or to update information or preferences you provided to us, please contact us using the details indicated above.