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1. Overview

This Privacy Statement (the “Statement”) is provided by AGCO Corporation for itself and on behalf of its subsidiaries and affiliates (together, “AGCO”). AGCO Corporation is acting as the ultimate controller of data and its subsidiaries and affiliates will be acting as independent controllers for Personal Information relevant to their activities. Capitalized terms not defined in the body of this Statement are defined in the Glossary at the end of this Statement. This Statement is divided into sections. The General Statement is applicable in any jurisdiction, region, or location. The Region Statements address any additional requirements under local Data Protection Laws. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Statement and a Region Statement, the terms of the applicable Region Statement will prevail.

2. Scope of this Statement

This Statement governs the manner in which AGCO may collect and Process Personal Information about you. We encourage you to read this Statement carefully and to regularly check this page to review any changes we might make in accordance with the terms of this Statement.

Please note that this Statement does not apply to the Processing by AGCO of the Personal Information of AGCO employees, secondees, temporary workers or other staff in connection with the roles they perform for AGCO (collectively, “AGCO Staff”). Separate regional Privacy Statements governing such Processing are available to AGCO Staff for this purpose.

AGCO has a separate Statement governing the Processing of Machine Data. Should there be any conflict between the terms of this Statement and the Machine Data Statement regarding the Processing of Personal Information, then the terms of this Statement shall prevail in respect of any such conflicts.

3. Protection of your Personal Information

AGCO is committed to Processing your Personal Information securely. We adopt appropriate Personal Information Processing practices and appropriate technical and organisational security measures, to protect against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of Personal Information. However, the Internet is not a secure environment and we cannot provide an absolute assurance that any Personal Information transferred using the Internet will be secure at all times. Transmission of Personal Information over the Internet is at your own risk, and you should only use secure systems to access Sites, Apps or Devices.

You are responsible for keeping your access credentials for each Site, App and Device safe and confidential and should frequently change them. You should immediately change your access credentials and notify AGCO promptly if you become aware of any misuse.

4. Contact details

If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, our Processing of your Personal Information, or your dealings with a Site, an App or a Device, please contact us at:

AGCO Corporation
FAO Global Compliance Team
4205 River Green Parkway
Duluth, GA 30096
United States

AGCO International GmbH
FAO Global Compliance Team
Victor von Bruns-Strasse 17
8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall
Switzerland

privacy@agcocorp.com

If you contact us, we will investigate and attempt to resolve each query or complaint within one month or such other period as may be required under Applicable Laws.

5. AGCO may collect Personal Information from you

AGCO may collect Personal Information from you in the following circumstances:

  • AGCO may collect or obtain Personal Information when you participate in activities such as: an event, fair, product demonstration, roadshow, promotion, competition.
  • AGCO may collect or obtain Personal Information when you visit any AGCO website (each a “Site”) or use any features or resources available on or through a Site. When you visit a Site, your device and browser will automatically disclose certain information (such as device type, operating system, browser type, browser settings, IP address, language settings, volume of data transferred, dates and times of connecting to a Site and other technical communications information) some or all of which may constitute Personal Information.
  • AGCO may collect or obtain Personal Information when you download or use an AGCO mobile app (each an “App”). AGCO Apps may record certain information (including App usage statistics, device type, operating system, App settings, IP address, language settings, dates and times of connecting to the App, location data, and other technical communications information), some or all of which may constitute Personal Information. An App may have its own Privacy Statement, which includes more specific information, and you should review before using the relevant App.
  • AGCO may collect or obtain Personal Information when you register to use any service provided by AGCO via a Site or an App or log in to a Site or an App, including the following: registration details, login name, email address, password, security question and, if applicable, payment details.
  • AGCO may collect or obtain Personal Information when you use any AGCO telemetry devices or data recording devices (each a “Device”), including the following: (i) If you purchase a vehicle that is equipped with a Device, AGCO may collect Machine Data about the vehicle; and (ii) if you have enabled location-based functions, AGCO may collect location data. Furthermore, AGCO may collect Machine Data when performing inspections, warranties or other services.
  • AGCO may collect or obtain Personal Information when you contact AGCO (whether in person, by mail, by phone, online, via electronic communication such as web forms, live chat, chatbots, vehicle configurators or other means).
  • AGCO may collect or obtain Personal Information when you visit an AGCO site as part of AGCO’s visitor management.
  • AGCO may use video surveillance on its premises and facilities that may capture you if you visit our premises or facilities. We also may take pictures and videos from customer events.
  • AGCO may use video surveillance on its test vehicles, in particular for testing and improving autonomous operation functionality.
  • AGCO may collect or obtain Personal Information that you choose to make public, including via social media (e.g., we may collect information from your social media profile(s) if you post publicly about us).

6. AGCO may receive Personal Information about you from others

AGCO may receive Personal Information about you from third parties. For example:

  • AGCO may receive Personal Information about you when you provide Personal Information to an AGCO authorized distributor, dealer or reseller (collectively, “Dealer”) (whether in person, by mail, by phone, online, via electronic communication or by any other means).
  • If you provide your information to a third-party supplier of services to AGCO, in accordance with that third-party suppliers’ applicable Privacy Statement.
  • If you choose to make a payment directly to AGCO or through a Site, an App, or a Dealer, AGCO may receive Personal Information about you from third parties, such as payment services providers, for the purposes of that payment, including the following: purchase details, payment data, credit card data.
  • To the extent that any credit reference checks are carried out by AGCO or on its behalf in connection with an application for credit, in accordance with Applicable Laws, AGCO and/or the relevant Dealer may receive Personal Information about you from credit reference agencies and other third parties, for the purposes of that credit check, including the following: confirmation of whether the reference agency was able to verify your details; and the results of the reference check including your credit rating.
  • In complying with its obligations under Applicable Laws, AGCO may receive Personal Information about you from law enforcement agencies and public authorities.
  • AGCO may receive Personal Information about you from public sources (such as telephone directories, land ownership records, lien records, etc.).
  • If you interact with any third-party content or advertising on a Site or in an App (including third-party plugins and cookies), AGCO may receive Personal Information about you from the relevant third-party provider of that content or advertising, in accordance with that third party’s applicable Privacy Statement.
  • AGCO also purchases data from data resellers. The third-party data resellers share your data with AGCO based on the permission you have given them, or they may also share any publicly available data that is collected by them.

7. Personal Information you provide about others

In some circumstances, you may provide AGCO with Personal Information about others. For example, you might mention another AGCO customer when commenting on an AGCO product. Whenever you provide any such Personal Information, you must ensure that this does not violate those third parties’ rights. If you are unsure whether the third party agrees with you providing its Personal Information, please refrain from communicating such Personal Information to AGCO.

8. Personal Information of children

We do not generally collect or further Process Personal Information of children under 16 years of age. We ask parents or legal guardians to assist us by supervising the activities of children in relation to our Sites, Apps and Devices and by not allowing them to submit any Personal Information through our Site, App or Device.

When Personal Information of children is collected or processed, we seek the involvement of parents or legal guardians in accordance with Applicable Laws.

9. Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We will not sell, trade, or rent your Personal Information for monetary compensation. We may, however, share or disclose your Personal Information to third parties in the following circumstances:

  • We may share or disclose your Personal Information with recipients within AGCO for the purposes of operating our business, Sites, Apps or Devices, providing you with products or services you have selected, or otherwise for the purposes set out in this Statement.
  • We may share your Personal Information with recipients outside AGCO, including Dealers, for the purposes of operating our business, Sites, Apps or Devices, providing you with products or services you have selected, or otherwise for the purposes set out in this Statement.
  • We may share your Personal Information with recipients outside AGCO, including with our joint venture partner, AGCO Finance, for the purposes of allowing those recipients to operate their business, Sites, Apps or Devices and provide you with products or services you have selected.
  • We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our business, Sites, Apps or Devices, provide you with products or services you have selected, or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your Personal Information with such third parties for the purposes set out in this Statement.
  • We may share aggregated demographic information with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined in this Statement. While we make all reasonable efforts to ensure that such information is anonymized, it is possible that your Personal Information may be disclosed.
  • Subject to providing prior notice, obtaining your consent, or using an appropriate legal ground as required under Applicable Laws, we may share your Personal Information with our third-party marketing partners, for direct marketing purposes. You may withdraw your consent at any time or object at any time to the Processing of your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes.
  • If you make a payment via a Site or an App or directly to AGCO or a Dealer, your Personal Information may need to be provided to third parties (e.g., payment services providers) for the purposes of facilitating those payments.
  • If we sell, merge or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution, liquidation or other restructuring), we may disclose your Personal Information to the prospective seller or buyer or their representatives. In these circumstances, we will take reasonable steps to ensure the security and confidentiality of your Personal Information.
  • We also may disclose your Personal Information: (i) to the extent necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; (ii) if required by Applicable Laws or regulations; (iii) in response to requests from government agencies and law enforcement authorities; (iv) when disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or material financial loss; or (v) for the purposes of investigating unlawful activity.

10. International Transfers of Personal Information

We may make use of Processing facilities controlled or operated by members of our corporate group or our third-party service providers located in jurisdictions other than the jurisdiction in which your Personal Information was originally collected. In particular, the content and features of a Site, an App or a Device may be provided by means of servers located outside your jurisdiction (including, but not limited to, servers located in the United States of America). Your Personal Information may be transferred to and Processed using those servers or other Processing facilities as part of the operation of a Site, an App or a Device, or in connection with any of the Processing purposes set out in this Statement, subject always to compliance with the provisions of Applicable Laws. These transfers are necessary to provide our products and services to you in an efficient and effective manner. By providing Personal Information to AGCO, you acknowledge that your Personal Information may be transferred to locations outside your jurisdiction.

Where Applicable Laws require an international transfer mechanism, we transfer your personal information on the basis of one or more of the following;

  • AGCO Binding Corporate Rules for transfers within AGCO.
  • Adequacy decisions as defined and maintained by the relevant Data Protection Authority.
  • Standard Contractual Clauses as defined and maintained by the appropriate Data Protection Authority.
  • Any other international transfer mechanisms available under Applicable Laws.

11. Third-party services

You may encounter advertising or other content on any Site, App or Device that may link to websites or services of AGCO’s partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these third-party websites or services, and we are not responsible for the practices employed by third-party websites or services linked to or from any Site, App or Device. These websites and services may be subject to their own privacy policies and terms of use.

12. Direct marketing

As set out in this Statement and in accordance with requirements under Applicable Laws, we may contact you via email, text message, or other electronic means from time to time to provide you with information relating to products or services that may be of interest to you. If you wish to unsubscribe from these communications, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions in each such communication. Alternatively, you may use the unsubscribe features provided through our Sites and Apps.

Please note that, in the event that you unsubscribe from receiving communications relating to marketing or advertising, we may nevertheless continue to contact you for the purposes of carrying out your instructions, enabling you to make any purchases you request, administration of your account, or as required or permitted by Applicable Laws.

13. Data retention

We retain the Personal Information we collect for different periods of time depending on the purpose of and legal grounds permitting the Processing.

When your Personal Information is no longer required for the purposes of the Processing, your Personal Information is deleted or anonymized in accordance with Applicable Laws.

We may be required to retain your Personal Information for additional periods of time, for example, where required to do so by Applicable Laws.

14. Cookies

A cookie is a small file that is placed on your device when you visit a website. It records information about your device, your browser and, in some cases, your preferences and browsing habits. We may Process your Personal Information through cookie technology in accordance with our Cookie Policy.

15. Generative Artificial Intelligence

Some AGCO services, such as chatbots, use generative artificial intelligence to provide fast and accurate responses to enquiries. AGCO is committed to ensuring the responsible and ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and has implemented internal governance processes that include human oversight to minimise risk and ensure transparency, compliance with Applicable Laws and that any AI systems are developed and deployed in a manner that respects privacy, fairness, and accountability. 

16. Google Analytics

Our Sites, in some Regions and in accordance with Applicable Laws, may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google, Inc. (“Google”), or comparable technology. Google uses “cookies”, which are text files stored on your computer, to analyze how you use our Sites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our Sites (including your IP address) is sent to a Google server in the U.S. and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our Sites, compile reports on the Sites' activity for our Sites operators and to provide other site activity related to internet services. Additionally, Google may transfer this information to a third party when required by law or to a third-party Processing information on Google's behalf. You can set your internet browser to prohibit the installation of cookies, although we must point out that some features and functions of our Sites will then be unusable. By using our Sites and accepting the use of cookies, you consent to the Processing of data about you collected by Google in the manner described and for the above-mentioned purpose. The consent for the collection and storage of data can be withdrawn at any time in the future by clicking on the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. Further information can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy.

17. Google Lead Forms

Our Sites may use Google Lead Forms and Lead Form Extensions. These forms consist of a few pre-filled value fields, such as name, number and email address. If you are using a Chrome browser, the fields may pre-populate if you have enabled the pre-fill feature on your Chrome browser. If you are not using a Chrome browser or have not enabled the pre-fill feature, you will need to complete these fields manually. Some of our ad campaigns also contain Lead Forms that help us reach out to you about our products. Individuals who complete the Google Leads Form can be re-targeted (as described below) for a period of 180 days for any services offered by AGCO after receiving your consent. You can opt out at any time. Further information can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy.

18. Google Maps

Our Sites may use Google Maps to provide mapping and location information. Google Maps uses cookies as well as GPS and other sensor data from your device, IP address, activity on Google services, such as your searches and places you label like home or work, and information about things near your device, such as Wi-Fi access points, cell towers, and Bluetooth-enabled devices. Further information can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy.

19. Hotjar

We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device's IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf. For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site.

20. Re-Targeting

AGCO may engage and work with service providers and other third parties that also use your information to offer you tailored ads when you browse the internet or use various social media platforms. Some of these ads may be tailored to your interest based on your browsing of our Site and elsewhere on the internet, sometimes referred to as “interest-based advertising” and “online behavioural advertising” (“Interest-based Advertising”), which may include sending you an ad on a third-party service after you have left the Site using re-targeting technologies. You can reject or disable Interest-based Advertising, tailored ads, or re-targeted ads by managing your browser settings. However, please note that if you disable cookies and/or meta pixels, you may be unable to access some customized features on the Sites. To disable ad personalization on your Google Browser, please visit https://myadcenter.google.com/home.

21. Terms of use

Use of our Sites, Apps and Devices, and our products and services, is subject to the applicable Terms of Use.

22. Your rights

It is your responsibility to ensure that any Personal Information you provide to AGCO is complete, accurate and up to date.

Subject to Applicable Laws, you may have any of the following rights:

  • the right to request access to, or copies of, your Personal Information that is processed by AGCO;
  • the right to request correction of any inaccuracies in your Personal Information;
  • the right to object, on legitimate grounds, to the Processing of your Personal Information;
  • the right to object to the sale, renting, or sharing of your Personal Information;
  • the right to request, on legitimate grounds:
    • erasure of your Personal Information that is processed by AGCO; and
    • restriction of Processing of your Personal Information is processed by AGCO;
  • the right to have your Personal Information transferred to another Controller, to the extent applicable;
  • where we Process your Personal Information on the basis of your consent, the right to withdraw that consent;
  • the right to appeal a previous decision AGCO has made about your privacy rights; and
  • the right to lodge complaints regarding the Processing of your Personal Information with an appropriate Data Protection Authority. Further information, including contact details for appropriate Data Protection Authorities, can be found in the Regions section of this Statement.

This does not affect your statutory rights. You may exercise any of these rights by using AGCO’s contact details. AGCO will provide a response to your request within the time limits prescribed by Applicable Laws. For complex requests, AGCO may exercise its right to extend the time limit where applicable. In any case, AGCO will endeavour to provide a response without undue delay.

23. Complaints

AGCO requests that complaints be made in writing so we can be sure about the details of the complaint. You may make a complaint by using AGCO’s contact details. Where necessary, AGCO will conduct an investigation into the nature of the complaint and provide you with a written outcome.

If you are unsatisfied with the outcome, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with an appropriate Data Protection Authority. Further information, including contact details for appropriate Data Protection Authorities, can be found in the Regions section of this Statement.

24. Amendments to this Statement

AGCO may amend, revise or update this Privacy Statement at any time without providing you with any specific notice. You are encouraged to frequently check this Statement for any changes and to stay informed about how we are helping to protect your Personal Information. Your continued use of any Site, App or Device is deemed to be acceptance of any amendments to this Statement.

Last updated: 01.21.2025

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