Georgia-Pacific Privacy Notice

California Residents[Click here]

Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Georgia-Pacific") respect your concerns about privacy and value their relationship with you. This Privacy Notice applies to the Georgia-Pacific websites [listed here]. The Notice describes the types of information we collect at these sites, how we may use that information and with whom we may share it. Our Privacy Notice also describes the measures we take to protect the security of the information. We also tell you how you can reach us to update your contact information, remove your name from our mailing lists or get answers to questions you may have about our privacy practices at these sites.

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Information We Collect and How We Use It

Return To Top Personal Information We Collect About You

You may choose to provide personal information (such as your name, address, telephone number and email address) through our websites. Here are the ways in which you may provide the information and the types of information you may submit. We also tell you how we may use the information.

Return To Top Contact Us

If you communicate with us through the "Contact Us" link on our websites, we may ask you for information such as your name, email address and telephone number so we can respond to your questions and comments. We also may use the information you provide to evaluate the quality of our products and to communicate with you about our products and services.

Return To Top Product Information Request Forms

If you request information about our products, we may ask you to provide details such as your name, email address, telephone number and intended use of the relevant product. We use your details to send you the information you request. You also may choose to provide additional comments and requests.

Return To Top Material Safety Data Sheets ("MSDS")

You may be able to request Material Safety Data Sheets on our websites. To do so, we ask that you provide us with information such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone number. We use this information to send you the MSDSs you request. We also may use the information to communicate with you about certain safety-related issues.

Return To Top Sample Request Forms

You may order samples of some of our products by completing a request form. We ask you for information such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone number. We use this information to send you the samples you request. We also may use the information to communicate with you about our products and services.

Return To Top Plywood Sales Kit Request Form

You may be able to order a free Home Builder Plywood Sales Kit through our websites. To do so, we ask you to provide information such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone number. We use the information to send you the kit you requested and to communicate with you about our products and services.

Return To Top Business Alerts, Newsletters and Other Communications

On our websites, you may be able to sign up to receive business alerts, newsletters and other communications about our products, services and promotions. To sign up, we ask you for information such as your name and email address. We use the information to send you the communications you request and to communicate with you about our products and services.

Return To Top Contests, Sweepstakes and Other Promotions

On our websites, you may choose to participate in contests, sweepstakes and other promotions. Through these promotions, you may choose to participate in activities such as sending e-Cards, sharing information found on our websites with others, and sending email invitations. If you choose to participate in these promotions, we may ask you for information such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone number, as well as the names and email addresses of individuals with whom you choose to share information.

By providing another person's contact information to us, you acknowledge that you have obtained appropriate consent to provide this information and to have this individual receive the information you have asked us to send. We use the information you provide to administer contests, sweepstakes and other promotions. We also may use the information to communicate with you, or the other people you select, about our products and services. We will not use information you provide about other people for any purpose except the purpose you direct without first getting their consent.

Return To Top Sign Up for Email

On our websites, you may sign up to receive email such as newsletters, exclusive offers and promotions, and product news. To sign up, we ask you for contact details such as your name and email address. We use your contact details to send you the information you request and communications about our products and services.

Return To Top Donations

Our websites may allow you to turn your purchases into donations. To do so, we ask you for information such as your email address and zip code. We use the information to fulfill your request.

Return To Top Create a Team

On our websites, you may be able to create and register a team to encourage your friends and family to participate in promotions and other events. To register your team, you must provide information such as your team leader's email address. We use the information to create the team and confirm changes to the team's information.

Return To Top Register for Auction

On our websites, you may be able to register to participate in our auctions. To register, we may ask you for information such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone number. We use the information to contact you to complete the registration process and allow you to participate in the auction process.

Return To Top Community Activities

On our websites, you may be able to nominate others to receive awards, grants, services or other recognition for service to a community, charity or cause. To take advantage of this opportunity, we ask you for information such as name, contact information and other information about you and the person you nominate. We use the information you provide to select the winners and recipients of our awards, to communicate with you and the people you nominate, and to publish the content you share with us.

Return To Top Feedback

You may be able to submit feedback on our sites. If you choose to give us your feedback, we ask you for information such as your name, email address, postal address, occupation and the name of your organization. We also ask you about your experience using our websites. We may use the information you provide to enhance our websites.

Return To Top Employer Interest Form

If you are an employer interested in hiring staff, you may be able to fill out our employer interest form. We ask you for information such as your name, postal address, telephone number and email address. We also ask about your staffing needs. You may also submit comments or requests. We use the information you provide to respond to your request. We also may use the information to communicate with you about our services.

Return To Top Careers

You may be able to submit your resume and other information online to apply for a job with Georgia-Pacific. The information you provide in connection with your job search is maintained in a database that is managed by a third party service provider we have retained to help us conduct recruitment-related activities. Our service provider is authorized to use the information only in connection with hosting, managing and maintaining our resume database. We use the information you submit to evaluate your interest in employment and to contact you regarding possible employment with Georgia-Pacific.

Return To Top Personnel Recruiting Agency Registration

If you are interested in being considered as a preferred provider of personnel recruiting services for Georgia-Pacific, you may complete a registration form on our websites. We ask you for information such as your name, email address, postal address and the name and a description of your organization. We use this information to evaluate your application.

Return To Top Secure Websites for Business Customers

On our secure websites, you may be able to register to gain access to information and services related to your business relationship with Georgia-Pacific. To register, we may ask you for details such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone number and password. We use these details to provide you with secure access to information about your business relationship with us and to facilitate your use of the websites.

Return To Top Other Website Features

We offer visitors to our websites various features for their information and enjoyment, which we may change from time to time. We may ask you to submit certain personal information so we can provide you with these features. Additional terms or practices may apply to your use of a specific portion of our websites. If there is a conflict between this Privacy Notice and terms or practices posted for a specific portion of our websites, the additional terms or practices apply to your use of that portion of our websites.

Return To Top Other Uses of Information

We may use the personal information you provide on our websites for Georgia-Pacific's internal purposes. These purposes include administration of our websites, data analytics and compliance with our legal obligations, policies and procedures.

Return To Top Information We Collect by Automated Means

We collect certain information by automated means when you visit our websites, such as how many users visited our sites and the pages accessed. By collecting this information, we learn how to best tailor our websites to our visitors. We collect this information through various means such as "cookies," "web beacons" and IP addresses as explained below.

Return To Top Cookies

Like many companies, we use "cookies" on our websites. Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer's hard drive when you visit certain websites. We use cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited us before or if you are a new visitor and to help us identify site features in which you may have the greatest interest. Cookies may enhance your online experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a particular site.

Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all our website features.

Return To Top Web Beacons

Certain pages on our websites contain "web beacons" (also know as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs). These web beacons allow third parties to obtain information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the beacon appears, the time the page containing the beacon was viewed, the type of browser used to view the page, and the information in cookies set by the third party.

Return To Top IP Addresses

An IP address is a unique identifier that certain electronic devices use to identify and communicate with each other on the Internet. When you visit our websites, we may view the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet. We use this information to determine the general physical location of the device and understand from what regions of the world our website visitors come. We also may use this information to enhance our websites.

Return To Top Information We Share

We do not sell or otherwise disclose information about our website visitors, except as described here. We may share the information you provide among our subsidiaries and affiliates and with our joint marketing partners. We also may share the information with service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf. These service providers are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements. In addition, we may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (ii) to law enforcement authorities or other government officials or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity.

If you are a California resident, you may ask us to refrain from sharing your information (whether collected online or offline) among our affiliates for their marketing purposes, if the affiliates are separate legal entities. Please tell us your preference by contacting us as indicated in the "How to Contact Us" section of this Notice.

If you are located in the European Economic Area, please visit our Safe Harbor Privacy Notice [Click here] to learn how you can exercise and amend your choices.

We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use information you have provided through our websites in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice.

Return To Top Links to Other Sites

Our websites may provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites may operate independently from Georgia-Pacific. Linked sites may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites. To the extent any linked websites you visit are not part of the Georgia-Pacific family, we are not responsible for their content, any use of the sites, or the privacy practices of the sites.

Return To Top How We Protect Personal Information

We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect against loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of the information you provide on our websites.

Return To Top Safe Harbor

Websites to which this Safe Harbor Privacy Notice ("Notice") applies are United States-based websites and are subject to United States law. Laws related to Personal Data vary by country. For example, Personal Data collected in the European Union is subject to laws based on the European Union Data Protection Directive. The following Georgia-Pacific subsidiaries and affiliates are certified under the Safe Harbor privacy framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, storage, transfer, use and other processing of consumer, customer, supplier and other Personal Data transferred from the European Economic Area ("EEA") and Switzerland to the United States:

  • Georgia-Pacific LLC
  • Georgia-Pacific Building Products LLC
  • Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
  • Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
  • Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC
  • Georgia-Pacific Packaging LLC
  • Georgia-Pacific Containerboard LLC
  • Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
  • Dixie Consumer Products LLC
  • GP Cellulose, LLC
  • GP Harmon Recycling LLC

[Click here] to view our Safe Harbor Privacy Notice.

Return To Top Access and Correction

Georgia-Pacific provides website visitors with reasonable access to personal information they provide through our sites and the ability to review and correct it, as applicable. To help protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity, such as requiring a password and user ID, before granting access to your information.

Return To Top Your Choices

If you would like to update your contact information or preferences, or have your information removed from our mailing lists, please [click here] or write to:

Georgia-Pacific LLC
Attention: Privacy Office
133 Peachtree Street, NE
P.O. Box 105605
Atlanta, GA 30348
USA

Return To Top Updates to Our Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our online information practices. We will post a prominent notice on this site to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Notice and indicate at the top of the notice when it was most recently updated.

Return To Top How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, please contact us by:

Contacting us through our website: Click here or

Writing to:

Georgia-Pacific LLC
Attention: Privacy Office
133 Peachtree Street, NE
P.O. Box 105605
Atlanta, GA 30348
USA



Last updated: September 28, 2010