FSC Search is a computer-based application which allows interested parties to check on the details of any FSC certificate, including the name of the certificate holder, whether that certificate is currently valid, and what products are within the scope of the certificate. The application is available at search.fsc.org.

The duties of hosting, maintenance and data processing are conducted by FSC International’s Technology Unit of FSC Global Development GmbH and the code is hosted in FSC’s Azure Cloud infrastructure, provided by Microsoft.

FSC is the ´controller´ of the any search terms you enter into FSC Search and Microsoft Azure Cloud Services acts in a function of a ‘processor’ in providing the technical infrastructure of the platform.

FSC Search is a computer-based application which allows interested parties to check on the details of any FSC certificate, including the name of the certificate holder, whether that certificate is currently valid, and what products are within the scope of the certificate. The application is available at search.fsc.org.

The duties of hosting, maintenance and data processing are conducted by FSC International’s Technology Unit of FSC Global Development GmbH and the code is hosted in FSC’s Azure Cloud infrastructure, provided by Microsoft.

FSC is the ´controller´ of the any search terms you enter into FSC Search and Microsoft Azure Cloud Services acts in a function of a ‘processor’ in providing the technical infrastructure of the platform.

During the use of FSC Search we will log personal data concerning your activities to the on FSC Search, for purposes of supporting the Service (log files of the webserver).

We are not using your personal data for anything else beyond the providing the Services or the processing described in this Privacy Statement. We can share data with the respective FSC national partner on need-to-basis. Our technical staff will use the log files for purposes of trouble shooting, and for providing help to end users. The collected analytics, anonymized and aggregated information, is used to improve the platform.

In detail, we use your personal data collected in FSC Search to provide our Services, improve and update our Services, secure against fraud and abuse, troubleshoot issues and as necessary for safety and integrity based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). In addition, we use your personal data as is required by law (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR).

All personal data we process in this portal is processed by FSC GD, for the purposes of IT hosting and maintenance. Our service provider Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure as the processor maintain the information on servers located in West Europe (Netherlands) and Northern Europe (Ireland).

If the personal data that we collect from you needs to be transferred to, and processed by a processor based outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), we will take steps, such as including contractual clauses into our contracts with such processors or controllers, that would ensure that your personal data is safe and treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Statement. Other than that, we do not share the personal data with other third parties, unless described in this Privacy Statement or is required to do so by law.

We will keep your personal data for maximum of 10 years following your last use of the Service. Upon your request, we provide you with information about the personal data we hold about you.

Furthermore, upon request we rectify or delete your personal data, as far as no statutory storage requirements apply. For details on your rights, please see the respective section below.

We are committed to ensuring the privacy of your personal data. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the personal data we collect online.

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. You are entitled to the following:

• The right to access enables you to receive information on whether we process your personal data as well as a copy of the personal data we process about you.
• The right to rectification enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate personal data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new personal data you provide to us.
• The right to erasure enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is not a good reason or legitimate interest for us to continue to process it.
• The right to restrict processing enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data under specific circumstances.
• The right to data portability enables you to request that we provide you or a third party of your choosing with the personal data which you have provided to us (in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format).
• The right to object enables you to object to our processing of your personal data where we rely on our legitimate interest as legal basis. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your personal data which override your rights and freedoms.
• The right to make a complaint to the competent data protection authority. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns so if you have any questions or concerns regarding our processing of your personal data please contact us at privacy@fsc.org.

If you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us at privacy@fsc.org or our Data Protection Officer at the contact details set out below.

What are cookies?

Like many other websites, we also use "cookies". Cookies are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. This automatically gives us certain personal data, such as IP address, browser used, operating system from your computer and your connection to the Internet.

How do we use cookies?

This website uses cookies in order to improve the use experience and provide additional functionality

We only use the necessary cookies which are needed to make FSC Search function in a proper way. We do not analyse the collected information for trends and statistics. 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. List of cookies

If you have questions about this Privacy Statement, the personal data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us:

Email us at: privacy@fsc.org

Postal Address and further company details:

IT Development and Maintenance:

FSC Global Development GmbH

FSC International IT Services

Adenauerallee 134 • 53113 Bonn • Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 228 367 66-0,

Fax: +49 (0) 228 367 66-30

Managing Director: Kim Bering Becker Carstensen

Commercial register: Bonn HRB 15990

VAT-Ident-No: DE258067376

If you have a complaint about our use of your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer to address your complaint:

Scheja & Partner Rechtsanwälte

Mr. Boris Reibach

Adenauerallee 136, 53113 Bonn

Tel.: +49 (0) 228-227 226-0

Fax: +49 (0) 228-227 226-26

E-mail: info@scheja-partner.de

Contact form:http://www.scheja-partner.de/kontakt/kontakt.html

Website: www.scheja-partner.de

We reserve the right to unilaterally change this Privacy Statement from time to time to ensure that it complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our Services in the Privacy Statement, for example, when introducing new services.

In this case FSC will inform you when the Privacy Statement has been updated upon your login.

This Privacy Statement was last updated on 14 April 2023.