Version: 2025.05.22
1. Introduction
The Firland Foundation And Workshop (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://firland.org.
This policy applies only to information collected through our website and does not cover information collected offline or through other channels. We may update this policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations.
2. Information We Collect
The primary purpose of our website is to give you information about our company and how to contact us. However, we may collect information about you in various ways. The information we may collect includes:
- Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address, that you voluntarily give to us when you contact us.
- Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and pages viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar analytic technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information. We use a cookie consent banner to obtain your permission before setting non-essential cookies such as Google Analytics. Essential cookies, required for basic website functionality, may be set automatically.
3. Use Of Your Information
We process your personal data based on your consent, our legitimate interest in maintaining and improving our website, fulfilling contractual obligations, or complying with legal requirements.
We use the information we collect in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain our website.
- To understand and analyze how you use our website.
- To improve our website and your experience.
- To provide quotes you request, answer questions you ask, or do business with you as a supplier.
4. Cookie Management
To manage cookies and similar technologies, and related consents, we use the consent tool “Real Cookie Banner”. Details on how “Real Cookie Banner” works can be found at https://devowl.io/rcb/data-processing/.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context are Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR and Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.
The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.
5. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. This tool uses cookies to collect anonymized traffic data. No personally identifiable information is stored unless you voluntarily provide it through forms.
Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to improve our Site.
Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.
Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit the Site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google.
Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.
You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this Site by disabling cookies on your browser or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
6. Third-Party Sharing
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties for marketing or commercial purposes. We may share limited information with trusted third parties only as necessary to operate our website, provide services, or comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
This may include:
- Service providers such as website hosting, analytics (e.g., Google Analytics), and IT support who are contractually bound to handle your data securely and only for the intended purpose.
- Auditors and certification bodies in connection with our compliance with the AS9100 Aerospace Quality Management Standard, who may review certain records as part of scheduled or unscheduled audits.
- Legal authorities or regulatory agencies when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process.
All third parties are required to adhere to confidentiality and data protection standards consistent with applicable laws and our internal policies.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location, particularly if you reside in the European Union, United Kingdom, or similar jurisdictions, you may have the following rights:
- Access – Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Correction – Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Deletion – Request that we erase your data, under certain conditions.
- Restriction – Ask us to restrict how we use your data in specific circumstances.
- Objection – In some cases, object to our processing of your data.
- Data portability – Request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us at: webadmin@firland.org.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, including to comply with legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations.
As a company governed by the AS9100 Aerospace Quality Management Standard, we may retain certain records, including those related to business transactions, supplier communications, and customer inquiries, for extended periods to meet aerospace traceability and audit requirements. These retention periods are determined based on applicable industry standards, legal obligations, and our internal quality policies.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for people under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
10. Changes To This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Version” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.