The Data Privacy Notice describes the policies and procedures of Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment (PBCWE) on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when visiting and logging onto Our website. This Policy also tells You about Your privacy rights and protection under the law.
We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve our services and Your user experience. By using the Site, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy:
- Account means a unique account created for You to access our Site or parts of our Site.
- Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses
- Country refers to the Philippines
- Device means any device that can access the website such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet
- Organization (referred to as either “the Organization”, “PBCWE”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this policy statement) refers to the Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment
- Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual
- Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Organization. It refers to third-party companies or individuals contracted by the Organization to facilitate and maintain the Site, to provide the Site on behalf of the Organization, to perform services that can be accessed through the Site or to assist the Organization in analyzing how the Site is used.
- Site (or “Website”) refers to www.pbcwe.com.ph
- Third-Party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which You can log in or create an account to use the Site.
- Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Site or from the Website Infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit)
- You (or “User”) means the individual accessing or using the Site, or the company or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Site as applicable
COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Personal Data
While using Our Site, and when You register for an Account, You may be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First and last names
- Phone number (mobile or landline)
- Registered address – residence number, street, city, province
- Gender
- Company Name (where you are employed)
- Position in the company
- Usage data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Site.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device internet protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the Website pages visited, the time and date of visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Site by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Site or when You access the Site by or through a mobile device.
Information from Third-Party Social Media Services
The Organization allows You to create an Account and log in to use the Website through the following third-party social media services:
- X
If You decide to register through or otherwise grant Us access to a third-party social media service, We may collect Personal Data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or Your contact list associated with that account.
You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Organization through Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account. If You choose to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Organization permission to use, share and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Site. The technologies We use may include:
- Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. 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 part of our Website. Unless You have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Website may use Cookies.
- Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Website. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies.
- Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files know as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Organization, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
We use both Persistent and Session Cookies for the purpose set out below:
- Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type – Session Cookies
Administered by – PBCWE
Purpose – These cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
- Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type – Persistent Cookies
Administered by – PBCWE
Purpose – These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
- Functionality Cookies
Type – Persistent Cookies
Administered by – PBCWE
Purpose – These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The Organization may use Personal Date for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain Our Website, including to monitor the usage of Our Site
- To manage Your Account. This includes managing Your registration as a User of the Website. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Website that are available to You as a registered User or as a donor or sponsor of the Organization.
- To fulfil any donations placed through the Site and screen payments for potential risk or fraud.
- For performance of a contract. The development, compliance and undertaking of the membership or donor contract for the rights and privileges You are entitled to or of any other contract with Us through the Website.
- To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
- To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other products, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that You are already entitled to or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
- To manage Your requests, to attend and manage Your requests to Us
- For other purposes. We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Website, products, services, marketing and Your User experience.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of Our Website, to contact You
- With advocacy partners: We may share Your information with Our advocacy partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
- With other users: When You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas of the Website with other Users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
- With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The Organization will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Organization will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Website, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Organization’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to–and maintained on–computers located outside Your city, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Organization 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 will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Business Transactions
If the Organization is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Organization may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other Legal Requirements
The Organization may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the Organization
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The security of Your Personal 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 Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
YOUR RIGHTS
The Privacy Legislation provides you with a number of rights in relation to your personal data. You have the right, free of charge:
- to have access to and receive a copy of Your Personal Data
- to have Your Personal Data corrected in case errors would occur
- to have Your Personal Data erased in case:
- Your Personal Data are no longer necessary to achieve the purposes discussed in this privacy policy
- You withdraw Your consent and there is no other legal ground for the processing of Your Personal Data
- You object to the processing of Your Personal Data and there is no other legal ground for the processing of the Personal Data
- there is a legal obligation to erase Your Personal Data
- to have the processing of Your Personal Data restricted
- to have Your Personal Data transferred to a third party
- to object against the processing of Your Personal Data, in particular the processing in light of direct marketing purposes;
- to withdraw Your consent pursuant to which the Organization is allowed to process Your Personal Data
- to lodge a complaint with the National Privacy Commission if You are of the opinion that the processing of Your Personal Data breaches the Privacy Legislation
In case you want to exercise the above rights, and provided you prove your identity, you can send a written dated and signed request by mail to the Data Privacy Officer of the Organization via [email protected]. Please indicate in the subject line: Privacy Policy – Exercise of Rights
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Website does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us immediately. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information form Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country required consent from a parent, We may require Your Parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our Site may contain links to other websites 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.
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 “Last updated” date at the bottom/end of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effected when they are posted on this page.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us by email: [email protected] or [email protected]. Please indicate in the subject line: Privacy Policy Inquiry
Last updated: 6 July 2026