Terms of Use
By accessing and browsing on https://www.legallumber.com (hereinafter “Site”), you accept, without limitation or reservation, the terms herein, and you acknowledge that to the extent they are inconsistent herewith, any other agreements between you and Forest Stewardship Council, Global Development (hereinafter “FSC ; GD”) are superseded and of no force or effect. Your access to and use of this Site is subject to the following terms, and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
Intellectual Property
Materials contained in this Site are the intellectual property of Legal Lumber™ as an internal environmental compliance program drafted by Tropical Forest Products to encompass comprehensive criteria, standards, and policies. Legal Lumber™, all rights reserved. Legal Lumber™ neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed in this Site will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with Legal Lumber™ or by Tropical Forest Products. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, reproduce, re-post, or use the copyrighted materials on this Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio and video, without the express written consent of Legal Lumber™. You are hereby authorized to view, download, print and distribute individual pages from this Site subject to the following conditions:
Disclaimer
The content provided on these websites solely serves the purpose of providing information and is legally not binding. Everything on this Site is provided to you “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or arising from a course of dealing, usage, trade, or practice.
It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of any opinions, advice, services, or other information provided. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above disclaimer may not apply to you. In addition, the materials contained in this Site could contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein.
Legal Lumber™ shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing within this Site, or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from this Site. In no event shall Legal Lumber™ be liable for any incidental or consequential damages, lost profits, or lost data or any indirect damages, even if Legal Lumber™ has been informed of the possibility thereof.
When referring to internet websites or content of third parties (links), Legal Lumber™ does not assume responsibility for the contents of the pages linked. By accessing these links, you leave the information area of Legal Lumber™. For information provided by third parties, there may be different policies admissible, especially in terms of data protection.
Privacy Policy Statement
Legal Lumber™ is committed to ensuring the privacy of your personal information. This Privacy Policy Statement applies only to this Site. Other websites that may be affiliated with Legal Lumber™ which have other subdomain names may have different privacy statements. Legal Lumber™ respects the privacy of users of this Site and believes that such information should be used responsibly and appropriately.
Legal Lumber™ is a ´controller´ of the personal data you provide on Legal Lumber™ International Site and Legal Lumber™ acts as a ‘processor’ in providing the technical infrastructure for the Network Partners (partner organizations promoting responsible management of the world’s forests licensed by Tropical Forest Products and listed under www.tropicalforestproducts.com). In general, all users may visit this Site anonymously and without revealing any additional personal information. There are times, however, when we may need information from you. This is usually required in order for us to promptly respond to your requests for information or to answer your questions. You might also provide some of your personal data directly, if for instance you register on our website, subscribe to our newsletters, apply for membership, register for an event, or register for the Consultation Platform.
3.1 Personal Data We Collect
The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with Tropical Forest Products, the choices you make, including your privacy settings, and the features of the website you use. The data we collect can include the following:
Name and contact data: We can collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.
Credentials: We occasionally collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for authentication and account access.
Demographic data: Very rarely we collect data about you such as your age, gender, country, and preferred language.
Location data: We can collect data about your imprecise location data, for example, a location derived from your IP address or data that indicates where you are located with less precision, such as at a city or postal code level.
3.1.1 Registration on our website
During the registration on the website, some personal information will be collected, such as name, address, or contact details such as telephone number and email address. The registration allows a user to access content and services that are offered only to the registered users. Registered users have the option of changing or deleting the data specified during registration at any time. Upon your request, we provide you with information about the personal data we hold about you. Furthermore, upon your request we rectify or delete your personal data, so long as no statutory storage requirements apply.
3.1.2 Newsletter
When you sign up to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers may also be notified by email about circumstances relevant to the service or registration (such as changes to the newsletter offer or technical conditions).
For an effective registration we need your name and a valid email address. In order to verify that an application is actually made by the owner of an email address, we use the “double-opt-in” procedure. For this purpose, we store the information about the subscription to the newsletter, the confirmation mail and the receipt of the requested answer. The data will be used exclusively for newsletter distribution and will not be passed on to third parties.
The consent to the storage of your personal data and their use for the newsletter can be revoked at any time, by clicking a corresponding link in the newsletter. You can also withdraw your consent and unsubscribe from this website at any time or provide us with your request via the contact details provided on this page.
3.1.3 Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can view our website without cookies. You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings (“do not accept cookies”) on your browser. Please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
3.1.4 Social plugins
Our websites use social plugins of the providers listed below. The plugins can be recognized by the fact that they are marked with the appropriate logo.
These plug-ins may be used to send information, which may include personal information, to the service provider and may be used by the service provider. We prevent the unconscious and unwanted collection and transmission of data to the service provider through a 2-click solution. To activate a desired social plugin, it must first be activated by clicking on the corresponding button. Only through this activation of the plugin is the detection of information and its transmission to the service provider triggered. We do not collect personally identifiable information by means of social plugins or their use.
We have no control over what data an enabled plugin collects and how it is used by the provider. At present, it must be assumed that a direct connection to the services of the provider will be developed and at least the IP address and device-related information will be collected and used. It is also possible that the service providers try to save cookies on the computer used. Please refer to the privacy policy of the respective service provider to see which specific data is collected here and how it is used. Note: If you are logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook may identify you as a visitor to a particular page.
We have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:
Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave – Palo Alto – CA 94304 – USA)
Twitter Inc. (795 Folsom St. – Suite 600 – San Francisco – CA 94107 – USA)
Google Plus / Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway – Mountain View – CA 94043 – USA)
Pinterest Inc. (808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103)
LinkedIn (Gardner House, 2 Wilton Pl, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland)
Email plugin
3.1.5 Cookies
Like many other websites, we also use “cookies”. Cookies are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. This automatically gives us certain data, such as IP address, browser used, operating system from your computer and your connection to the Internet. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your anonymized IP address) will be transmitted and stored on our servers in the United States of America. Legal Lumber™ will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Unless the law requires it, in no case will the data collected by Legal Lumber™ be passed on to third parties or will a link with personal data be established without your consent, unless the law requires it.
Only the people from within the Tropical Forest Products Network (which may include affiliates of Legal Lumber™ who need it to respond to your communication will use this information. We do keep track of the countries and domains from which people visit us, the browser and/or Internet Service Provider used and other related data. We analyze this data for trends and statistics. We do not collect any personal data and user sessions may be anonymous.
You can view our website without cookies. You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings (“do not accept cookies”) on your browser. Please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Legal Lumber™ in the manner and for the purposes set above.
This website uses cookies. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
3.2 Why do we need personal data?
We need to know your basic personal data in order to provide you with the information and services you request from us. We will not collect any personal data from you that we do not need in order to provide and oversee this service to you.
3.3 How do we use personal data?
All the personal data we process is processed by Legal Lumber™ staff and affiliates, however for the purposes of IT hosting and maintenance this information is located on servers in the United States of America.
We would nevertheless like to use your name and email address to inform you of (consultations, events or opportunities to participate in our work). You can unsubscribe at any time via email or our website.
3.4 How long do we keep it?
This would depend on the service you are receiving from us. We may have a legal obligation to retain your data for a number of years. However, as a minimum, we shall keep your data for 5 years following the termination of your business relationship with us. In some cases, we may be legally obligated to keep your data for 10 years. Any information we use for marketing purposes might be kept with us until you notify us that you no longer wish to have us keep said information.
3.5 What are your rights?
By law, you have 8 fundamental data subject rights:
As a consequence, you can make changes or revoke your consent by notifying us with effect for the future.
3.6 You can complain
If you have a complaint about our use of your information, please contact our Customer Service Office directly in the first instance so that we can address your complaint:
Legal Lumber Customer Service
E-mail: info@legallumber.com
Website: www.legallumber.com
3.7 Changes in our Privacy Policy Statement
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy Statement from time to time to ensure that it complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the Privacy Policy Statement, for example, when introducing new services. In this case your further visit will be subject to the new privacy policy. Be sure to check back here periodically for any changes.
This Privacy Policy Statement does not extend to anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet, and beyond the control of Legal Lumber™ and is not to be applied in any manner contrary to applicable laws, rules, or regulations.
