Privacy Policy
The following items provide general information about what happens to your personal data when you visit the website. Personal data is all the data that can be used to identify you. For more information about privacy, see the Privacy Policy specified in this text.
GENERAL
Processing of confidential information
As a company, we process personal data not only on our website, but also in many other processes. In order to provide you, as an interested person, with the most detailed information about the purposes of information processing, we have collected common types of processing activities, thereby fulfilling legal information obligations provided for in Articles 12–14 of the General Data Protection Regulation:
Information about the protection of customer and supplier data
If you need additional information that you cannot find here, please contact our data protection officer.
1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the competent person
1.1 We are grateful to you for your interest in our site. Below we inform you about the processing of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all the data that can be used to identify you.
1. 2 The entity responsible for the processing of data on this website in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Ilim Nordic Timber GmbH & Co. KG at address Haffeld 2, 23970 Wismar, Germany, phone: +49 3841 254 0, fax: +49 3841 254 100,
1. 3 The responsible person has appointed an authorized data protection representative, who can be contacted as follows: Mr. Robert Winkler, c/o ROWIDAT GmbH, Lillweg 6, 80939 Munich,
1. 4 This website uses SSL/TLS certificates for security purposes and to protect the transfer of personal data and other confidential content (for example, orders or requests to a competent person). You can detect an encrypted connection by the line «https://" and by the lock symbol in the browser line.
2) Data collection when visiting the site
If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, then we collect only the data that your browser transmits to our server (the
- Visited website
- Date and time of access to the site
- The amount of data sent in bytes
- The source/link from which you got to the page
- The browser used
- Operating system used
- The IP address used (if necessary: in an anonymous form)
The processing is carried out (in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1f of the General Data Protection Regulation) on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of the website. The transfer or other use of data is prohibited. But we reserve the right to check the server log files if there are clear signs of illegal use.
3) Cookies
In order to make your visit to our website attractive and allow you to use certain functions, we use cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the browser session ends, i.e. after the browser is closed (
If personal data is processed by separate cookies implemented by us, the processing takes place (in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1b of the General Data Protection Regulation) either to fulfill the contract, or (in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1f of the General Data Protection Regulation) to protect our legitimate interests in the best functionality of the site, as well as in website design convenient for customers and effective.
We work with advertising partners who help us make our website more interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on your hard drive when you visit our website (
Please note that you can configure your browser so that it informs you about the installation of cookies and can individually decide whether to accept or exclude them. Each browser is different in how it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how to change the cookie settings. They can be found at the links below for the respective browsers:
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-
Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Safari: https://support.apple.com/
Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
4) Cooperation
In the framework of cooperation with us (for example, through a contact form or by email), personal data is collected. What data is collected in the case of using the contact form can be seen from the corresponding contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for responding to your request or for cooperation and related technical administration. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request (in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1f of the General Data Protection Regulation). If your request is aimed at concluding a contract, then an additional legal basis for processing is Article 6, paragraph 1b of the General Data Protection Regulation. Your data will be deleted after the processing of your request is completed. This happens if the circumstances show that the fact concerned has been definitively clarified, and provided that there are no other legal obligations for storage.
5) Web Analytics services
Google (Universal) Analytics
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, web analytics service Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland («Google»). Google (Universal) Analytics uses
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclusively with the extension «_anonymizeip()», which provides anonymization of the IP address by shortening and excludes the possibility of direct personal communication. The extension shortens your Google IP address in the states of the European Union or in other states that are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address will be sent to the Google LLC server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website activity and Internet usage. In this case, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google (Universal) Analytics will not be combined with other Google data.
Google Analytics has a special function — «demographic characteristics», which allows to display statistics about the age, gender and interests of site visitors based on the evaluation of advertising, based on interests and the use of
Detailed information about the processing initiated by Google Analytics and how Google processes data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/
All the operations described above, in particular, the installation of Google Analytics cookies to read information on the device used, will be performed only if you give us your explicit consent to this (in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1a of the General Data Protection Regulation). Without this consent, Google Analytics will not function during your visit to the website.
You can revoke your granted consent at any time. To cancel the revoke, please disable this feature in the «consent to cookies» tool on the provided website. We have entered into an agreement with Google on the use of Google Analytics when processing orders, which obliges Google to protect the data of our site visitors and not to transfer them to third parties.
To transfer data from the EU to the US, Google relies on the
More information about Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
6) Tools and other
6.1 — Borlabs
This website uses the «Borlabs Cookie Consent» tool provided by Mr. Benjamin A. Bornschein,
The «Borlabs cookie» does not process any personal data. The «borlabsCookie» cookie saves the preferences you selected when you entered the website. The «borlabsCookieUnblockContent» cookie remembers which (external) media/content you would like to unlock automatically. If you want to cancel these settings, simply delete the cookies in your browser. When you
6.2 — Google Web Fonts
This site presents web fonts provided by the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, («Google»). When viewing a page, your browser loads the necessary web fonts into the browser cache for the correct display of text and fonts.
To do this, the browser you are using must be connected to Google servers. This may also lead to the transfer of personal data to the servers of Google LLC in the USA. In this way, Google will know that access to our website was carried out through your IP address. The processing of personal data in the course of establishing contact with the font supplier will be carried out only if you have given us consent in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1a of the General Data Protection Regulation. You can revoke your consent at any time by disabling this feature in the Cookie Consent tool on the website provided. If your browser does not support web fonts, then your computer will use the default font.
For more information about Google Web fonts, see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s Privacy policy https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
6.3 Applications for job ads by
On our website, we currently place vacancy announcements in a separate section, for which interested persons can apply by
At the same time, submitting an application requires candidates to provide us with all the personal data necessary for a reasonable assessment and selection.
The required information includes general information about the person (name, address, ability to contact by phone or email), as well as specific data about the qualifications required for the job. It may also be necessary to provide information about the state of health, which must be taken into account in the interests of social protection of the applicant from the point of view of labor and social law.
Which components the application must contain in individual cases in order to be considered, and the form in which these components must be sent by
After receiving the application sent via the specified contact email address, the applicant’s data will be stored by us and evaluated solely for the purposes of processing the application. For questions arising during processing, we use, at our discretion, either the email address specified by the applicant in his/her application, or the specified phone number.
The legal basis for processing, including contacting us on issues, is mainly Article 6, paragraph 1b of the General Data Protection Regulation (when processing in Germany according to § 26, paragraph 1 of the Federal Data Protection Act), according to which the application process is considered to be the initiation of an employment contract.
Since special personal data is requested from applicants during the application process in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (for example, health data, such as information on the status of a serious disability), processing is carried out in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 2b of the General Data Protection Regulation, so that we can exercise our rights in accordance with the legislation on labor and social security and social protection, as well as fulfill our obligations in this regard.
In aggregate or as an alternative, the processing of special data will also be supported (according to Article 9, paragraph 1h of the General Data Protection Regulation) if it is carried out for the purposes of medical care, assessment of the candidate’s performance, medical diagnostics, care or treatment in the field of health or social security, or for the management of systems and services in the field of health or social security.
If the applicant is not selected during the evaluation described above, or if the applicant prematurely withdraws his/her application, his/her data transmitted by
In case of successful submission of the application, the data provided will be further processed (according to Article 6, paragraph 1b of the General Data Protection Regulation (when processed in Germany according to § 26, paragraph 1 of the Federal Data Protection Act)) for the implementation of labor relations.
6.4 Online applications via the form
On our website, we offer interested persons the opportunity to submit an online application through the appropriate form. The application process assumes that candidates provide us with all the personal information necessary for an informed assessment and selection.
The required information includes general information about the person (name, address, ability to contact by phone or email), as well as specific information about the qualifications required for the job. It may also be necessary to provide information about the state of health, which must be taken into account in the interests of social protection of the applicant from the point of view of labor and social law.
The applicant’s data is transmitted to us in encrypted form in accordance with the state-
The legal basis for these operations is mainly Article 6, paragraph 1b of the General Data Protection Regulation (when processed in Germany according to § 26, paragraph 1 of the Federal Data Protection Act), according to which the application process is considered to be the initiation of an employment contract.
Since special personal data is requested from applicants during the application process in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (for example, health data, such as information on the status of a serious disability), processing is carried out in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 2b of the General Data Protection Regulation, so that we can exercise our rights in accordance with the legislation on labor and social security and social protection, as well as fulfill our obligations in this regard.
In aggregate or as an alternative, the processing of special data will also be supported (according to Article 9, paragraph 1h of the General Data Protection Regulation) if it is carried out for the purposes of medical care, assessment of the candidate’s performance, medical diagnostics, care or treatment in the field of health or social security, or for the management of systems and services in the field of health or social security.
If the applicant is not selected during the evaluation described above or if the applicant prematurely withdraws his/her application, the data submitted in the applicant’s form will be deleted no later than 6 months after notification. This period is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any additional questions about the application and, if necessary, fulfill our obligations to provide evidence in accordance with the provisions on equal treatment of applicants.
In case of successful submission of the application, the data provided will be further processed (according to Article 6, paragraph 1b of the General Data Protection Regulation (when processed in Germany according to § 26, paragraph 1 of the Federal Data Protection Act)) for the implementation of labor relations.
7) Rights of the person concerned
7.1The current data protection legislation grants you the following rights of the data subject (rights to information and interference) in relation to the person responsible for processing your personal data, while reference is made to the legal basis provided for the appropriate implementation of the requirement:
- The right to information in accordance with Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation
- The right to correction in accordance with Article 16 of the General Data Protection Regulation
- The right to delete in accordance with Article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation
- The right to restrict processing in accordance with Article 18 of the General Data Protection Regulation
- The right to be informed in accordance with Article 19 of the General Data Protection Regulation
- The right to transfer data in accordance with Article 20 of the General Data Protection Regulation
- The right to revoke the consent granted in accordance with Article 7, paragraph 3 of the General Data Protection Regulation
- The right to file a complaint in accordance with Article 77 of the General Data Protection Regulation
7.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS PART OF AN INTEREST ASSESSMENT DUE TO OUR PREVAILING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. BUT FURTHER PROCESSING IS LEFT TO US IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING JUSTIFIABLE REASONS FOR PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO PRESENT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO RAISE AN OBJECTION TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING AT ANY TIME. YOU CAN OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
8) Duration of personal data storage
The duration of storage of personal data depends on the relevant legal basis, the purpose of processing and, if applicable, also on the relevant statutory retention period (for example, commercial and tax retention periods).
When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1a of the General Data Protection Regulation, this data is stored until the interested person withdraws his/her consent.
There are statutory retention periods for data processed within the framework of legal or similar obligations under Article 6, paragraph 1b of the General Data Protection Regulation. These data are usually deleted after the expiration of the retention periods if they are no longer required to fulfill the contract or sign the contract and/or there is no legitimate interest on our part in further storage.
When processing personal data on the basis of Article 6, paragraph 1f of the General Data Protection Regulation, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises his/her right to object in accordance with Article 21, paragraph 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation, unless we can demonstrate convincing legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, the rights and freedoms of the data subject, or if the processing serves to approve, implement or protect legal claims.
When processing personal data for direct advertising purposes on the basis of Article 6, paragraph 1f of the General Data Protection Regulation, this data will be stored until the data subject exercises his/her right to object in accordance with Article 21, paragraph 2 of the General Data Protection Regulation.
Unless otherwise stated in other information in this statement about specific processing situations, the stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer needed for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.