(Last Updated: October 2020)
PREAMBLE
Philippine Consulting Center, Inc. is committed to protect the privacy of our website visitors, and we will only collect, record, store, process, and use your personal information in accordance with Republic Act No. 10173 (“Data Privacy Act of 2012”) and other pertinent local and international laws.
We implement reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational precautions in secured services to prevent the loss, destruction, misuse, or alteration of your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee that data sent over the internet will be fully secured considering that the transmission of information online is inherently insecure.
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended policy on this site. It is your responsibility to review our policy periodically, so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
Data Protection Officer
The Data Protection Officer (DPO) is the individual principally responsible for ensuring our compliance with applicable laws and regulations for the protection of data privacy and security. The DPO is responsible for the supervision and enforcement of this Policy, and the relevant contact details are as follows:
Data Protection Officer
2nd Deck Penthouse, Salamin Building,
197 Salcedo, Legaspi Village, Makati
1229 Metro Manila
Email: dpo@philconsult.com
COLLECTION OF DATA
We may collect Data about our client, prospects, and visitors.
We primary collect your name, company, e-mail address, contact number, and address as required by our form when you contact us through our Site.
While we may require your personal information, we will only collect your personal information if you voluntarily submit the information to us. Should you choose not to submit your personal information to us or subsequently withdraw your consent to our use of your personal information, we may be unable to adequately respond to your inquiries or allow you to avail of our services.
We may use cookies on our online Platforms and/or Services to collect information and provide you with the services or products that you have requested.
HOW WE USE YOUR DATA
Philippine Consulting Center, Inc. collects and processes your personal to offer you a safe, comfortable, and personalized experience each time you visit the Website or utilize our Services.
Information that we collect from you will be strictly used to process and/or improve the following:
- Provide, maintain and improve our services;
- Provide and deliver the services you request, process transactions and send you related information, including confirmations and invoices;
- Communicate with you about events, and seminars offered by the Philippine Consulting Center, Inc. with your prior consent and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;
- Carry out any other purpose for which the information was collected, and which is necessarily contemplated by the collection of such information or is otherwise explicitly mentioned in the process of collection.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR DATA
We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
In connection with a joint marketing campaign, seminar offered by the Philippine Consulting Center, Inc. in conjunction with a third party, we may share your information with any third parties participating in such offering and such parties may use this information for their direct marketing purposes;
In response to a request for information if we are required by, or believe disclosure is required by, any applicable law, regulation or legal process, including in connection with lawful requests by law enforcement, national security, or other public authorities;
With your consent or at your direction, including if we notify you that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information.
Without your express written consent, we will not supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third-party’s direct marketing.
TERM OF DATA RETENTION
Data are retained in a form that allows your identification for a period no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which they are obtained and processed. Data shall be retained for a period of five years after the last interaction or the termination of the business relation.
The obligations created by law and under this policy shall remain in force for the term of data retention.
DATA SECURITY
We are committed to taking appropriate security measures on both a technical and an organizational level designed to keep your Data secure.
We implement reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational precautions in secured services to prevent the loss, destruction, misuse, or alteration of your personal information in compliance with the standards set forth by the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and other pertinent laws.
We, however, we cannot guarantee that data sent over the internet will be fully secured considering that the transmission of information online is inherently insecure.
We shall not be liable in any way for direct or indirect damages caused by a wrongfully or improper use of the personal data by a third party. At the same time, you also share responsibility for maintaining the privacy and security of the Services.
YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT
- Right to object
As a data subject, you can refuse the collection and processing of your personal data, including processing for direct marketing, automated processing, or profiling. You also have the right to be informed and to withhold your consent to further processing of your data when there are changes or amendments to information furnished to you.
After notifying us of the withholding of your consent, further processing of your personal data will no longer continue, subject to exemptions provided for by law.
- Right to access
Upon your request, you can be given access to your personal data that we collect and process. You can also request access to the circumstances relating to the processing and collection of your personal data, as allowed by law.
- Right to correction
You can dispute any inaccuracy or error in your personal data and may request us to immediately correct it. Upon your request, and after correction has been made, we will inform any recipient of your personal data of its inaccuracy and the subsequent rectification that was made.
- Right to erasure
Notwithstanding any legal ground or legitimate interest for the lawful processing of your personal data, or when there is substantial proof that your personal data is incomplete, outdated, false, or has been unlawfully obtained, you can request us to suspend, withdraw, or order the blocking, removal, or destruction of your personal data from our filing system.
- Right to damages
You have the right to be indemnified for any damages sustained due to inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained, or unauthorized use of your personal data, taking into account any violation of your rights and freedoms as a data subject, as provided by law.
- Right to data portability
In case your personal data was processed through electronic means and in a structured and commonly used format, you have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data in such electronic or structured format for your further use, subject to the guidelines of the National Privacy Commission with regard to the exercise of such right.