Data Privacy Statement
Information for Business Partners
Who is responsible for data processing/Who is the data controller?
DSV Northstar Seed Ltd.
Address: Box 2220, R0J 1H0, Neepawa, Manitoba
E-mail: +01 (0) (204) 476-5241
Phone: info@dsv-northstar.com
For the data processing described below the DSV Northstar Seed Ltd. is either alone or together with other companies in the group controller under data protection law.
Available at: https://www.dsv-saaten.de/dsv-international
How can you contact our data protection officer?
You can reach our data protection officer at the following contact address: dataprotection@dsv-northstar.com
For what purposes and on what legal basis do we process your personal data?
- Execution and processing of the contractual relationship (e.g. fulfilment of contractual performance obligations, invoice processing, communication, etc.)
- For internal organizational and administrative purposes and to support the joint internal administration of our affiliated companies
- Fulfilment of legal obligations (e.g. tax and commercial law retention obligations)
- Legitimate interest in the processing (e.g. settlement of legal disputes, assertion, exercise and defense of legal claims)
- Marketing purposes based on consent (e.g. for the newsletter, references, collaborations, conducting market analyses, competitions, contests or similar promotions, etc.) or existing legitimate interests (e.g. for advertising similar products and services, satisfaction surveys, direct marketing, etc.)
The country-specific regulations of the PIPEDA and other country-specific regulations will be taken into account accordingly.
What data categories do we process from you?
- Personal details (first name, surname, business contact details, title/position)
- Contract information (payment details, invoice details)
- Communication contents (emails, phone calls or business letters)
- Business relationship history (e.g. advertising and sales data)
- Other data arising from the fulfillment of our contractual and legal obligations
Who has access to your personal data (internally and externally)?
We give access to your data to those departments that need it to fulfill contractual and legal obligations. Depending on the purpose, this may include
- Internal parties: Office Manager, General Manager, and Financial Controller
- External parties: Parent company/subsidiaries, service providers as processors, authorities, credit agencies, lawyers, courts, experts
Data transfer and data processing within and outside the European Union or the European Economic Area
Your personal data will always be processed both within and outside the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA) by the above-mentioned parties in compliance with the contractual restrictions on confidentiality and security and in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations on data protection. We do not disclose your personal data to parties that are not authorized to process it.
We will always ensure that appropriate measures are taken in accordance with all applicable laws to protect any such transfer of your personal data outside the European Union at all times.
How long do we store your personal data?
We store your data for different lengths of time depending on the required processing purpose. As a rule, we process your information for the duration of the entire business relationship (from the initiation, processing, to the termination of a contract, as well as to the termination of any interest in information from your side).
In addition, we store your data in compliance with and within the scope of the statutory retention and documentation obligations, the applicable guarantee, warranty and limitation periods, in the event of legal disputes in which the data is required as evidence, until the end of the period.
If other country-specific retention obligations are relevant, these are taken into account accordingly.
Would you suffer any disadvantages if you did not provide us with the data?
If you do not wish to provide us with the information, we will be unable to conclude a contract with you.
What rights are available to you?
- Right to information
- Right to rectification
- Right to erasure
- Right to restricted processing
- Right to data transfer
You have the right to do the following in the event of the legal requirements being met:
- to request information about which of your data is processed by us;
- to have your data corrected or deleted, unless our legitimate interest or a legal obligation precludes processing;
- restrict the processing of your data;
- to be able to assert the right to data portability.
Note on revocation: If you have given your consent to certain processing activities, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future. This revocation will not affect the previous processing of the data.
Note on objection: If we process your data on the basis of legitimate interest, you can also object to this processing at any time.
Does automated decision-making/profiling take place?
Neither automated decision-making nor profiling is used for processing.
Where can you lodge a complaint about the processing of your personal data?
f you are of the opinion that we are processing your data unlawfully, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. Responsible for the company is the:
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
30 Victoria Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 1H3
Phone: 819-994-5444