PIKO PRIVACY STATEMENT
We value your right to privacy. Thus, when you share your Personal Data with us, we make sure that your privacy is protected. Personal Data refers to information that identifies you personally, alone or in combination with other information available to us (e.g. your name, contact number, e-mail address, home address, among others). To ensure that your right to privacy is protected and during the processing of your Personal Data, we are committed to comply with the data privacy laws, rules and regulations, and other relevant government regulations and issuances. For your information, we highly recommend that you read this Privacy Statement to understand how we collect, use and process your Personal Data.
OUR PRIVACY PRACTICES
Piko collects only the Personal Data needed to effectively serve you and carry out our services. We may use the Personal Data collected to respond to your queries, to process your requests and applications, if there are any and to carry out our services.
WHAT WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
Piko collects Personal Data that may include the following, among others: your name; e-mail address; other contact details such as your address; and/or any other information relevant to the communication you have sent or provided.
HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION
When you communicate with us by accessing our Piko application and/or website, we may be able collect your Personal as well as Non-Personal Data through your web browser, by placing a cookie on your computer and Personal Data you knowingly and voluntarily provide. The Personal Data you provide will then be used to provide the service you requested.
HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
Piko will not disclose your Personal Data to third parties without your consent. It may, however, share your Personal Data to its other business units. In such cases, your Personal Data will be used in a manner consistent with the purpose for which it was originally collected and to which you consented, and the Data Privacy Act, its implementing Rules and Regulations, and all relevant regulations and issuances on privacy and data protection.
We may also share your Personal Data to unrelated third parties, upon your request, when we are legally required to do so, or when we believe it is necessary to protect and/or defend our rights, property or safety, and those of other individuals. Nevertheless, we will take all the necessary steps to protect your Personal Data.
WHERE WE STORE YOUR INFORMATION
Your Personal Data is controlled by Piko Technology, Inc., a company registered under Philippine laws, whose main office is at Unit 2018, The Manila Residence Tower 2, Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila City.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
The security of your Personal Data is important to us. We employ appropriate organizational, technical and physical security measures to protect the Personal Data you provide against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use, and other unlawful forms of processing.
HOW LONG WILL WE RETAIN YOUR INFORMATION
WE will retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Statement and communicated to you, unless a longer period is allowed or required by law.
WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS
As the owner of your Personal Data, you have the right to be informed of the Personal Data being or that have been processed by us; the right to gain reasonable access to your Personal Data; the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data; the right to suspend, withdraw or order the removal or destruction of your Personal Data; the right to dispute any error in your personal data and have us correct it immediately; the right to obtain a copy of the Personal Data in electronic format, if available; the right to file a complaint before the National Privacy Commission if you believe your right to privacy and data protection was violated; and the right to claim damages.
CONSENT
In providing your Personal Data or using our website, it will be treated as an act of permission for our collection, use and processing of your Personal Data. You have accepted the policies and practices described in this Policy Statement. If you do not allow the collection, use and processing of your Personal Data, please do not use the interactive pages in our website or mobile application, or you may want to contact us.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you wish to exercise any of the abovementioned rights with respect to privacy and data protection, access your Personal Data or stop us from using or processing your Personal Data, you may contact us through any of the information provided as follows:
You may email us at info@pikoph.com which is manned during business hours.
You may also write our Data Privacy Officer at:
DATA PRIVACY OFFICER
info@pikoph.com
Piko Technology, Inc.
Unit 2018, The Manila Residence Tower 2,
Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila City
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT
We may modify or amend this Privacy Statement from time to time to keep up with any changes in relevant laws and regulations applicable to us or how we collect, use, protect, store, share or dispose of your personal information. Any relevant updates will be posted on our website.
Definitions:
Personal Information/ Data – refers to any information whether recorded in a material form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information, or when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify an individual.
Sensitive Personal Information/ Data – refers to personal information:
- About an individual’s race, ethnic origin, marital status, age, color, and religious, philosophical or political affiliations;
- About an individual’s health, education, genetic or sexual life of a person, or to any proceeding for any offense committed or alleged to have been committed by such person, the disposal of such proceedings, or the sentence of any court in such proceedings;
- Issued by government agencies peculiar to an individual which includes, but not limited to, social security numbers, previous or current health records, licenses or its denials, suspension or revocation, and tax returns; and
- Specifically established by an executive order or an act of Congress to be kept classified.