specifics for the use of STATUS Data

• Data requested and received via this Shipment Status (DHL Global Forwarding) API, such as transport status, estimated delivery time, including the tracking/housebill number is hereinafter referred to as “Status Data”.
• Status Data is Confidential Information in the meaning of section “Communication” of the General Developer Portal Terms of Use. Other than set forth below You must not reveal and/or provide third parties with the Status Data and/or analyze, modify such data in any form and/or derive data/information especially for competitive purposes from it without our prior written consent.
• Status Data is provided to You and/or the entity you are authorized to represent (hereinafter “You”/”Your”) under the prerequisite, that You retrieved the according housebill number (DHL shipment number) in compliance with the applicable law, especially in the field of data protection and competition law and that You use the Status Data solely for Your own or Your customers’ legitimate tracking purposes.
• The use and submission of Status Data – including submission to any of Your subcontractors – shall always be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including – without limitation – data protection laws and competition/antitrust law.
• You shall not combine Status Data with advertisement or present it in a way that it could be regarded as advertisement.
• Unless otherwise agreed, You shall delete the housebill number (DHL shipment number) and Status Data which You received via the Shipment Status (DHL Global Forwarding) API 30 days after the delivery (of the shipment) to the recipient is completed.
• Status Data shall be used in accordance with the following specification:
  • Display “Delivered by Deutsche Post DHL Group“ in text (minimum font size) as soon as it is presented/submitted to recipient
• Please note, that we provide free text boxes (e.g. for customer references) to improve the functionalities and user experience of the Shipment Status (DHL Global Forwarding) API. We explicitly ask you to refrain from sending any personal or business critical data and/or information as free text. It is within your sole responsibility to ensure that the data or information you send does not infringe upon applicable law, esp. data protection law, and that you are entitled to use the respective data and/or information accordingly.
• If You are neither the shipper/sender nor the recipient of the DHL Global Forwarding shipment/s, the Status Data refers to,
  • You shall ensure, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the sender and/or the recipient;
  • You shall make the sender and/or the recipient aware of the restrictions set out in this User Guide just as the General Developer Portal Terms of Use;
  • You shall make the sender aware of the necessity to inform the recipient transparently about the processing of his/her personal data according to applicable data protection laws;
  • You shall inform the sender and/or recipient transparently that the use of Your Application may result in the disclosure of data being subject to postal secrecy and data protection laws to third parties (including You).