Cookies:
Text files placed on the user’s device by the web server through the browser. Cookie data may include identifiers (cookie IDs) for recognition, login status, or information about visited pages.
The browser returns this data to the server during future visits. Cookies can be managed, restricted, or deleted through browser settings.
Personal Information:
Any information that identifies or can identify a natural person, directly or indirectly — such as name, address, contact number, identification numbers, online identifiers, or location data.
Sensitive Personal Information:
Special categories of data including health information, ethnic origin, religious or political beliefs, union membership, and criminal history.
Privileged Information:
Data protected by legal privilege (e.g., attorney-client communications).
Processing:
Any operation performed on personal data — such as collecting, recording, organizing, storing, using, transmitting, disseminating, modifying, restricting, deleting, or destroying.
Personal Information Controller (PIC):
A natural or legal person who controls and decides on the purpose and means of processing personal information.
Personal Information Processor (PIP):
A person or entity that processes data on behalf of a PIC.
Third Countries:
Countries outside the Philippines. Transfers of personal data to such countries require safeguards under the Data Privacy Act.
Consent:
Freely given, informed, and explicit agreement of a data subject to the processing of their personal data.
Data Breach:
Any unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or destruction of personal data.
Breaches that pose a high risk must be reported to the National Privacy Commission (NPC) within 72 hours.
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA):
A required assessment to estimate and mitigate risks in high-risk data processing operations.
Profiling:
Any automated processing of personal data to evaluate personal aspects such as behavior, preferences, reliability, economic situation, or location.
Tracking:
The collection and analysis of data regarding user behavior across our services.
Tracking Technologies:
May include log files, cookies, pixels, and similar tools used to collect usage data from user devices.
Services:
All offerings covered by this Privacy Policy (see Scope).
