PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy applies to all non-public, personal information (“Personal Information”) collected by Universal Relocations, a professional moving and shipping company. This includes any information that may be used to identify you and is obtained in connection with providing services or products for personal, family, or household purposes.
How We Collect Your Personal Information We collect personal information through various means, including:
- Website forms you complete.
- Support chat
- Cookies and tracking technologies used when you visit our websites.
- Emails and other communications you send to us.
- Offline interactions, such as phone calls, mail, or in-person visits.
- Transactions with any of the companies within the Universal Relocations Group.
- Employers or anyone you have authorized to provide information.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children and will destroy such information if it is disclosed to us without proper parental consent.
What Personal Information We Collect The types of personal information we may collect include:
- Name
- Address
- Email address
- Phone number
- Shipping from address
- Shipping to address
- List of items to be shipped
How We Use Your Personal Information We use your personal information to:
- Disseminate information to border security and government agencies, shipping partners, and affiliates to facilitate customs clearance and shipment delivery.
- Provide shipping and moving services to you.
- Communicate with you regarding our services.
- Send shipment tracking information and tracking links
- Improve user experience on our websites and in our services.
How and Why We Share Personal Information with Third Parties
Information Sharing within the Universal Relocations Group of Companies We may share your personal information among companies within the Universal Relocations Group to:
- Facilitate customs clearance and shipment delivery.
- Provide the full range of relocation, moving, and related services.
- Make recommendations about a variety of services offered by Universal Relocations.
Information Sharing with Non-Universal Relocations Group Companies We may share your personal information with companies or organizations outside of the Universal Relocations Group strictly for the following purposes:
- To comply with legal or regulatory requirements, such as disclosures to customs, border protection, and other government agencies necessary for the international shipping process.
- With shipping partners and agents as needed to fulfill your relocation or moving services.
- With service providers who assist us in operating our business and providing our services (e.g., IT support, cloud storage, logistics partners), provided they adhere to strict confidentiality and data protection requirements.
We do not sell your personal information or share it for unrelated third-party marketing purposes.
For your protection, we require all non-Universal Relocations companies to agree in writing to provide at least the same level of privacy protection as required by this Privacy Policy. We will not disclose your personal information outside of Universal Relocations unless authorized by you, as otherwise indicated in this policy, or as required by law. When feasible, we will provide notice to you before making disclosures required by court order or governmental directive.
SMS Consent
Your phone number and SMS consent will never be shared or sold to any third party or affiliates for marketing purposes. We respect your privacy and use your SMS information only for the purposes you have expressly consented to. Read our full sms policy here.
Verification
Employee training and internal procedures are in place to allow Universal Relocations to ensure compliance with its Privacy Policy. Universal Relocations provides for regular internal compliance reviews of its privacy practices, and a Privacy Officer is responsible for privacy implementation and compliance.
To contact Universal Relocations’s Privacy Officer, you may send comments by electronic mail to claims@universalrelocations.com or by telephone at 1-888-323-7356.
Dispute Resolution
Universal Relocations recognizes the importance of providing you the opportunity to address and resolve complaints about the processing of your personal information. If you make a complaint and it is not resolved to your satisfaction internally at Universal Relocations, we offer the independent alternative dispute resolution services of the Moving Authority Associations. You can reach them by telephone at (702) 333-2430.