Data Privacy Notice

Abejo Rosario Tayag and Santos Law Offices (or “ARTSLAW”) is a full-service law firm offering an entire spectrum of legal services. It is duly organized and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a General Professional Partnership.

 

ARTSLAW understands and recognizes the importance of protecting personal data of individuals (also known as “data subjects”) pursuant to the policies stated in Republic Act No. 10173 or the “Data Privacy Act of 2012” (“DPA”) including but not limited to other applicable laws on data privacy, protection, and security.

 

To this end, this Data Privacy Statement/Policy implemented by ARTSLAW will apply generally to all persons, employees, or clients whose personal data are collected, processed, stored, shared, and/or destroyed strictly for the purposes stated herein and/or in connection with legal and commercial transactions with ARTSLAW.

 

Collection and Use of Personal or Sensitive Information

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During the course of any legal and/or commercial transaction with ARTSLAW, you may be required to disclose and you likewise expressly consent to the collection of the following personal data, such as but not limited to:

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1. Your name and other particulars such as contact details, mailing address, electronic mail (“e-mail”) address, telephone number, mobile number, birthdate, bank information or details and other sensitive information;

2. Details of pertinent personal facts relative to the legal services over which you have engaged ARTSLAW;

3. Confidential matters which are personal in nature;

4. Details of your government issued identification cards; and,

5. Business interests or affiliations.

 

Personal data collected shall be used by the Firm to contact you, accomplish the work for which we were engaged and/or to comply with statutory/regulatory requirements and/or to enforce legal rights.

 

Storage, retention and destruction of data

 

ARTSLAW shall ensure that personal data under its custody are protected against any accidental or unlawful destruction, alteration and disclosure as well as against any other unlawful processing. The Firm will implement appropriate security measures in storing collected personal information, depending on the nature of the information.

 

All information gathered shall not be retained for a period longer than five (5) years from termination of the attorney-client relationship, or the termination of employment, or the termination of contract, as the case may be. After five (5) years, all hard and soft copies of personal information shall be disposed and destroyed, through secured means and in accordance with the provisions of the DPA and its IRR.

 

Rights of a Data Subject

 

This Privacy Policy adopts the rights of data subjects under the Data Privacy Act:

 

1. To be informed of the details of the personal data, the purpose, scope and method for its processing, the length of time the information will be retained and their location.

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2. To object to the processing of personal data, unless: (a) the data is needed pursuant to a subpoena; (b) the collection and processing are incidental to the work by which the controller/processor is engaged; or (c) the information is being collected and processed as a result of a legal obligation.

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3. To access, upon demand, (a) Contents of his or her personal data that were processed;(b) Sources from which personal data were obtained; (c) Names and addresses of recipients of the personal data; (d) Manner by which such data were processed; (e) Reasons for the disclosure of the personal data to recipients, if any; (f) Information on automated processes where the data will, or is likely to, be made as the sole basis for any decision that significantly affects or will affect the data subject; (g) Date when his or her personal data concerning the data subject were last accessed and modified; and (h) The designation, name or identity, and address of the personal information controller.

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4. To rectification in the event of inaccuracy or error in the personal data collected or processed.

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5. To erasure or blocking, with the collateral right to suspend, withdraw or demand the blocking, removal or destruction of personal data from the personal information controller’s filing system, subject to conditions laid down by law.

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6. To damages, that may be awarded by the National Privacy Commission, in case of inaccurate, false, or unauthorized use of personal data.

 

Disclosure and sharing

 

All employees and personnel of ARTSLAW shall maintain the confidentiality and secrecy of all personal data that come to their knowledge and possession, even after resignation, termination of contract, or other contractual relations. Personal data under the custody of the Firm shall be disclosed only pursuant to a lawful purpose, and to authorized recipients of such data.

 

Amendments or Changes to the Data Privacy Policy

 

ARTSLAW shall likewise make the necessary modifications or amendments to this Privacy Statement/Policy as the need arises to reflect current laws and regulations with respect to collection, use, protection, storage, sharing, and/or disposal of your personal information.

 

Moreover, for substantial changes which will affect the purpose for which personal data was collected, unless the data subject otherwise specifically instructs ARTSLAW in writing, the continued use or processing by the firm of the such information provided shall be maintained.

 

Know more: For more information, clarification, assistance, or concerns regarding data privacy, kindly contact the Managing Partner, Amado Danilo G. Tayag at +632 84709234.