Global Privacy Notice

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, "C.H. Robinson") respect your privacy.

This Global Privacy Notice explains how we, the C.H. Robinson group, process personal information obtained via our websites, application software and mobile apps.

This notice is global in nature and describes our data protection practices in relation to personal information collected through our websites, through application software and mobile apps.

References to "website" include CHROBINSON.COM, MYTMC.COM, FREIGHTQUOTE.COM, NAVISPHERE.COM, NAVISPHERECARRIER.COM, CHROBINSON.COM/EN-US/CAREERS, CHROBINSON.COM/EN-UK/CAREERS, and any other website produced, managed, and maintained by C.H. Robinson.

References to “mobile apps” include Navisphere® Carrier Mobile Application, Navisphere Driver Mobile Application, Navisphere Customer Mobile Application and any other mobile application produced, managed, and maintained by C.H. Robinson.

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C.H. Robinson collects information about you from various sources striving to only collect the minimum amount of personal information necessary to achieve the purpose of collection. For example, we may have a direct relationship with you, and you may choose to provide personal information to us in connection with that relationship. You may choose to submit information to us, for example, on our websites, in connection with the use of our products, services, or application software, when you participate in an offer or promotion, when you respond to a survey, request white papers, or in connection with an actual or potential business relationship with us. We also may obtain information about you from companies that use our products or services, publicly available information systems, consumer reporting agencies, agents and trade associations, and commercial information services. We also collect information from you when you browse our websites using cookie technology. (See Cookie Statement).

The types of information we may obtain are:

Users of Website

• Users of Website
• Operating system data
• Weblog data
• URL Clickstream and path through our website
• Name and version of your browser
• Mobile device unique identifier
• IP Address
• Website visit statistics

Customers/Shippers

• Business contact information (such as job title, department and name of organization)
• Contact information (such as name, postal and/or e-mail address, and phone or fax number, country)
• Third party contact information that support business processes completed on your behalf (such as consignee or transferee)
• Information pertaining to shipments and delivery (such as origin and destination locations)
• Business Financial information (such as financial account information used for payment purposes including facilitation of payments such as credit cards)
• Usernames and passwords used to access C.H. Robinson resources (such as account registration information to Navisphere Online)
• IP Address, device ID and statistical information (such as throughput based on use of online tools such as Navisphere Online)
• Survey responses
• Social Media identifier(s) (only when you contribute content on our platform)

Carriers/Drivers

• Business contact information (such as name, postal and/or e-mail address, and phone or fax number, country)
• Personal contact information (such as a phone number that is associated with a load via the Navisphere Driver app)
• Financial information (such as financial account information used for payment and credit purposes)
• Government Identification (such as driver’s license or passport)
• Usernames and passwords used to access C.H. Robinson resources (such as account registration information to our Carrier or Driver Apps)
• Survey responses
• Social Media identifier(s) (when you contribute to content on our platform)
• Geo-location data (such as location data processed via the Navisphere Driver app, and/or information received via in vehicle devices, and through third party providers of location services)
• IP Address, device ID (when using our Carrier or Driver Apps)

Applicants/Potential Employees, Contractors, and/or Contingent Workers

• Information necessary to identify potential candidates for employment such as;
• Professional social media public profile data on professional sites (e.g. LinkedIn).
• Browsing data from our Careers site (including IP address, website statistics, browsing preferences, clickstream data, etc.)
• Contact information
• Employment application data
• Previous employment, education, and industry certifications
• Information necessary to make employment decisions and onboard new candidates for employment such as;
• Information required by federal, state, or country laws to enable compliance with jurisdictional requirements such as diversity information, citizenship, etc.
• Results of medical evaluations (only where required by law or where necessary for the job role in question)
• Results of background checks
• Candidate survey feedback

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We may use the information we obtain about you to:

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For example when:

• we have your consent; or
• the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, for example to ensure that our products and services are properly provided, to ensure the security and performance of our network, to promote our products and services; or
• we need to comply with legal, contractual, and regulatory requirements.

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We sometimes appoint third party vendors to perform tasks on our behalf and under our instruction. In particular, we use cloud providers that host and perform services on our behalf. These third-party vendors are not allowed to use your personal information for their own purposes, and they are bound to protect your personal information in a manner consistent with our own policies and practices, and relevant legislation.

You may choose to use certain features on our websites for which we work with other entities. These features, which may include social networking and geographic location tools, are operated by third parties that are not affiliated with C.H. Robinson. We share information gathered from third party cookies with the providers of the technology such as; YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. These third parties may use personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies. We strongly suggest you review the third parties' privacy policies if you use the relevant features.

C.H. Robinson transfers to and stores data in the United States, as such we take appropriate measures as required by law. These measures include the inclusion of data transfer agreements and standard contractual clauses in our contracts, as well as implementing security safeguards to protect your information.

To obtain more information about the safeguards we have put in place, please contact us using the information below, or see the Data Protection section of this notice.

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What are Cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data (alpha-numerical files) which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website to collect information about your use of the website. Cookies are sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow our websites to remember information about you to make it easier for you to use our websites. Other tracking technologies may use unique identifiers to track and facilitate your use of our websites.

You can find more information about Cookies and at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Why do we use Cookies?

We use Cookies for a variety of purposes, including to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, to personalize your experience, to understand how our websites are used, to market our products and services, to measure the success of our marketing campaigns, and for security purposes.

What Cookies do we use and how long will they stay on your device?

We categorize our cookies into four types: Necessary, Preferences, Statistics, and Marketing.

How to change your preferences so that Cookies are not set on your device

You may receive a cookie consent pop up window when browsing our sites. If you do, you will have a choice to accept all cookies, decline all cookies, or learn more about the cookies we use on our sites. You may be provided the ability to accept or decline certain types of cookies based on your preferences. Additionally, most devices allow you to block Cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser.

However, if you use your browser settings to block all Cookies (including Functional Cookies, such as those allowing you to log-in) you may not be able to access all or parts of our websites or our websites may not function as effectively.

For further information about how to block Cookies, please refer to your browser 'help' section or see www.allaboutcookies.org.

Are third party cookies used?

Yes, C.H. Robinson uses remarketing and retargeting to advertise online. When you visit or interact with our site, we or our authorized service providers may use third party cookies to show advertisements on websites across the Internet. Third parties, including, but not limited to, Google Analytics, and Adobe Analytics use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to any of our websites. You may opt out third party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page and you can opt-out by visiting Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on and Adobe Your Privacy Choices.

Some web browsers may transmit “do not track” signals to websites with which the browser communicates. Because of differences in how web browsers incorporate and activate this feature, it is not always clear whether users intend for these signals to be transmitted, or whether they even are aware of them. C.H. Robinson does not currently take action in response to these signals.

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To help protect the information we collect, store and process, including your personally identifiable information, we maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to secure this information against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or other forms of unauthorized or unlawful processing commensurate with the risks posed by the particular type of processing, the nature of the personal data and in accordance with applicable law and applicable guidelines.

Additionally, we take steps to ensure that the personal information we collect is accurate and up to date. We retain information as long as it is necessary and relevant for our operations and in alignment the purpose of collection, applicable laws, and internal policies. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. We restrict access to your personal data and train our employees about the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of the information we manage.

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We will offer you certain choices about what personal information we collect from you, how we use that information, and how we communicate with you.

We typically offer you an opportunity to choose whether you want to receive certain communications from us, generally by offering an "opt-in" or an "opt-out" option, depending on applicable law, when you first provide contact information through one of our websites, software applications, and/or mobile apps. In addition, we will include an "unsubscribe" link in each electronic newsletter or promotional e-mail we send you, so that you can inform us if you do not wish to receive such communications from us in the future.

We will promptly respond to such requests and may ask you for additional information to verify your identity in order to appropriately respond. In most cases, we will provide access and correct or delete any inaccurate information you discover. In some cases, however, we may limit or deny your request if we have a lawful justification. If you would like to exercise any of these rights about your personal information that we hold, you may either:

• Submit a rights request using the following link: Your Privacy Rights; or
• Contact us as specified in the How to Contact Us section below

Please note that there are some instances where we must process your personal information in order to deliver our services. For example, when accepting the terms of use/end user license agreement for our mobile application software, we must collect data from your mobile device in order for software to work properly.

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We take steps to ensure that the personal information we process about you is retained for only as long as it is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. After this period, it will be deleted or in some cases anonymized.

For more information about the retention periods, we apply to personal data please contact us at [email protected].

You have certain rights in relation to your personal information. These include: the right to object to the processing of your information for certain purposes, the right to access your personal information, and the ability to erase, restrict or receive a machine-readable copy of your personal information. We will handle any request to exercise your rights in accordance with applicable law and any relevant legal exemptions. To exercise your rights under the GDPR, you may either:

• Submit a rights request using the following link: Your Privacy Rights; or
• Contact us as specified in the How to Contact Us section below

You may also have the right to complain to a data protection authority if you think we have processed your personal information unlawfully. If you have such concerns, please contact us in the first instance (using the contact details specified in the How to Contact Us section below) so that we can investigate, and hopefully resolve, your concerns.

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California law requires that we provide transparency about personal information we “sell,” which broadly means scenarios in which C.H. Robinson has shared personal information with third parties in exchange for valuable consideration. C.H. Robinson does not sell personal information; however, we allow California residents to opt out of future sales of their personal information by submitting a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” request. If you would like to use an authorized agent to exercise your rights, we may request evidence that you have provided such agent with power of attorney or that the agent otherwise has valid written authority to submit requests on your behalf. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your rights under the law.

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We are proud of our websites and we strive to ensure that they do not offend people of any age. However, unless otherwise noted on a particular site, our websites are not intended for children under the age of 16 years without the permission of a parent or guardian. If you believe that a child has submitted personal information on or through our websites without the consent and supervision of a parent or guardian, please contact us using the information provided below so that we can take appropriate action.

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