Website Privacy Policy

1. General Information:

1.1. Introduction:

Protecting the personal data of the users of our Website and using the data only in the way it is required from us is our highest priority. Thus, the following policy is designed to inform you about the processing of your personal data and your rights regarding this processing according to EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and other data protection laws – see also our Website Terms & Conditions.

1.2. WML as Data Controller and Processor:

WML act both as a controller and a processor of personal data according to the GDPR. Consequently, we are responsible and accountable for the data processing explained below.

1.3. Data Protection Officer:

You can contact our Data Protection Officer Simen Sjåvik at any time by using the following contact details: WML AS, Address: Verkseier Furulunds vei 49, 0668 Oslo, Norway, Phone: +47 21 39 26 60,  e-mail: simen.sjavik@wml.no.

2. Processing of Personal Data during Your Use of Our Website:

Your visit to our website and/or usage of our online contact service will be logged. The IP address currently used by your device, date and time, the browser type and operating system of your device and your name may be recorded. This data is collected exclusively for the purposes of optimizing and improving services we perform on behalf of our customers. The processing is legally based on legitimate interest as it is in our legitimate interest to protect our website and to improve the quality of our services. Additionally, your personal data is only stored if you provide it to us on your own or your employer’s account, e.g. as part of a registration, a survey, an online application or for online performance of a contract.

We have taken appropriate measures to ensure that the protection of the data provided to us during its registration is adequate. These measures include, but are not limited to, access control, segregation of duties, internal audits etc.

2.1. Contact Page:

You can use the contact page on our website to contact us for any request. The personal data that you fill out into the contact form will only be processed for answering and fulfilling your request. Filling in and submitting the contact form constitutes an affirmative action by which you have given your consent to the data processing described above.

2.2. Use of Cookies:

WML is presently not using cookies on our website.

However, to make your visit to our website more pleasant and to enable the use of certain functions, we may in the future decide to use cookies on various pages. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device. Some of the cookies we may decide to use will be deleted after the end of your browser session. Other cookies may, however, remain on your device and thus enable us or our collaborating companies to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies separately and decide individually about their acceptance or their exclusion for certain cases or in general. However, if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of the website may be reduced.

2.3. Data Recipients:

We may use third party service providers to execute our services and to process your personal data. These service providers may be located in countries within and outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). We ensure that these service providers shall process the personal data in accordance with European data protection legislation to guarantee an adequate data protection level, even if personal data are transferred into a country outside the EEA for which no adequacy decision of the EU Commission exists. Transfers of personal data to other recipients than the ones mentioned above shall not be performed, unless we are obliged to do so by law. For more information about appropriate safeguards for international data transfers or receiving a copy of them, please contact our Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

2.4. Retention Period:

Personal data provided to us via our website (or otherwise) will only be stored by us for as long the purpose for which they were processed still exists. Insofar as retention periods under commercial and tax laws must be observed, the storage period for certain data can be up to 5 years. However, the storage periods may also be amended due to our legitimate interest (e.g. to guarantee data security, to prevent misuse or to prosecute criminal offenders).

3.Your Rights

As a Data Subject, you can contact our Chief Financial Officer at any time with a notification using the contact information mentioned above under Section 1.3., or by using our Data Subject’s Access Rights Form, to make use of your rights. These rights are the following:

  • The right to receive information about the data processing and a copy of the processed data.
  • The right to demand the rectification of inaccurate data or the completion of incomplete data.
  • The right to demand the erasure of personal data.
  • The right to demand the restriction of the data processing.
  • The right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to request the transmittance of these data to another controller.
  • The right to object to the data processing.
  • The right to withdraw a given consent at any time to stop a data processing that is based on your consent.
  • The right to file a complaint with the competent Data Supervisory Authority: Datatilsynet in Norway and Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens in the Netherlands.