Privacy Policy

As of 13 March 2023

Balik Kalipay Center for Psychosocial Response, Inc. (BKC, ‘us’, ‘we’, or ‘our’) operates the website http://www.balikkalipay.org (our website).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our website and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve our website. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy notice.

Information Collection And Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our website to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (‘personal data’). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Name
• Email address
• Contact number
• Other data that may be provided in the freeform input textbox
• Other data that may be submitted in an applicant’s resume
• Cookies and usage data
• Usage data

We may also collect information on how our website is accessed and used (“usage data”). This usage data may include information such as your computer’s internet protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Aggregated Data

“Aggregated Data” means records that have been stripped of personal data and has been manipulated or combined to provide generalized, anonymous information. Your identity and personal information are not available in aggregated data. We combine your personal data on an anonymous basis with other information to generate aggregated data for internal and commercial use and for sharing with BKC affiliates, subsidiaries, and business partners for planning and marketing purposes.

Retention of Personal Data

We retain your personal data, not longer than necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. The length of time to retain personal data depends on the purposes for which we collect and use it and/or as may be required to comply with applicable laws, to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights. The users can exercise their rights enumerated herein. Also, if in case required to extend the period of retention of such data, we shall obtain your consent for the same. Further, we may also dispose the data prior to completion of the period of retention, if the purpose for which it was collected is exhausted.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with small amounts of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies such as tags and scripts are also used to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

Examples of cookies we use:

• Session cookies. We use session cookies to operate our website.
• Preference cookies. We use preference cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• Security cookies. We use security cookies for security purposes.

Use of Data

BKC uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our website
• To notify you about changes to our website
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our website when you choose to do so
• To provide customer care and support
• To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our website
• To monitor the usage of our website
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
• To determine applicant’s qualification

Transfer of Data

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the Philippines and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the Philippines and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

BKC will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal data to an organization or a country will take place unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure Of Data

BKC may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation
• To protect and defend the rights or property of BKC
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our website
• To protect the personal safety of users of our website or the public
• To protect against legal liability

Security Of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal pata, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our website (“service providers”), to provide our website on our behalf, to perform website-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our website is used.

These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Links To Other Sites

Our website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our website does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, please contact us at ginhawa@balikkalipay.org.