Privacy Notice – Customer Care
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This document describes how Volvo Cars (as defined below) processes your personal data when you contact and engage with our customer care service (hereinafter “Customer Care Queries”).
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1. Who we are
The entity responsible for the processing of personal data in relation to Customer Care is Volvo Car (Thailand) Limtied, having its registered office at 14/2-5 Floor, Emporium Tower,622 Sukhumvit Road, Klongton, Klongtoey, Bangkok, Thailand, company Registration number 0105514003492 hereinafter referred to as “Volvo Cars”, “we”, or “us”.
Please note that this notice complies with the Personal Data Protection Act of 2019 of Thailand (hereinafter “PDPA”).
2. What personal data we process and why
The Customer Care Queries involve the processing of the following categories of personal data:
- In order to handle the matter of concern for which you contact us via the internet, app, call center or other channel, we manage your query and provide you with relevant support. For example, we answer questions that are related to Volvo Cars´ products and services or handle complaints. For this purpose, we process your contact information, customer information, car-related information, case information, and, in case that you are inquiring about a Care by Volvo subscription, financial information related to your subscription. The legal basis of the data processing is our legitimate interest ((Section 24(5)), PDPA).
- If you reach out to us, and have agreed to participate in a survey, we also process your data for the purpose of performing customer satisfaction surveys. The goal of this activity is to generate and analyze costumer feedback related to our products, services, brand, and communciations. For this, we process your first and last name, phone number, and your responses to our questions. The legal basis of the data processing is your consent ((Sections 24 and 19) PDPA).
- If you are not yet a customer of Volvo Cars, we also process your personal data for the purpose of lead management, i.e., the handling of prospective customer´s interests. That means that we register you in our systems as a person interested in our products and/or services. For this purpose, we process your name, chosen contact method (phone, e-mail, or chat), contact information, recommended or preferred retailer, and particular interests with regards to our products and services. The legal basis of the data processing is our legitimate interest ((Section 24(5)), PDPA).
3. How long we keep your data
The data that is processed for case and lead management is kept for 5 years. The customer satisfaction survey responses data is be kept for 6 months. We may also keep certain data for ten (10) years if such data is needed for us to exercise our legal right or defend a legal claim.
4. Who we share your personal data with
We will share your personal data with the following categories of third parties, on a need-to-know basis:
- Our processors supporting Customer Care Queries, which are limited by contract in their ability to use your personal data for any purpose other than to provide services for us in compliance with each data processing agreement in place:
- Service Provider for customer relationship management solution.
- Service Provider for cloud callcenter software that is used for inbound and outbound phone calls.
- Service Provider for customer feedback analysis tool.
- Service Provider for Call center service.
- Service Provider for Roadside Assistance service.
They are limited by contract in their ability to use your personal data for any purpose other than to provide services for us in compliance with each data processing agreement in place. In some of these situations the use of the processors involves limited transfers of personal data outside of the European Union or Thailand. We have taken precautions that such transfers are limited to the minimum necessary, or only involve data that cannot directly identify you and thus poses a very low risk in case of unauthorised disclosure.
5. Your rights in relation to the data processing we perform
You have specific legal rights granted by the PDPA relating to the personal data we process about you. You can withdraw your consent or object to our processing of your data, access the data we hold about you, ask for rectification or restriction of your data, request to have your data ported to another entity, request that we delete your data, and finally you can file a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
Details about your rights – what they mean, when and how you can exercise them - can be found in our Customer Privacy Policy.
6. Contact information
In order to exercise your rights or have any other questions regarding the subject matter of personal data protection, you can contact our representative and DPO in Thailand at the following contact details:
Volvo Car (Thailand) Limited
Post address: 14/2-5 Floor, Emporium Tower Building, 622 Sukhumvit Road, Kwaeng Klongton, Khet Klongtoey, Bangkok
E-mail address: DPOTHAI@volvocars.com
7. Changes to our Privacy Notice
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to modify our privacy practices and update and make changes to this privacy notice at any time. For this reason, we encourage you to refer to this privacy notice on an ongoing basis. This privacy notice is current as of the date which appears at the top of the document. We will treat your personal data in a manner consistent with the privacy notice under which they were collected, unless we have your consent to treat them differently.