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Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

TERMS OF USE

The terms and conditions below are intended to guide and regulate your use of www.cctdalaw.com (the Website).

Access and Use of Website

Generally, and unless you send us information through the Contact Form, you will be able to access the majority of this Website without having to register or disclose any details to us. Materials posted on this Website may be used for your own informational purposes and should not be treated as official legal advice regarding specific facts or circumstances. As such, any unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, or republication of any material contained in this Website is prohibited, unless done with our prior written consent.

Disclaimer

Your use of this Website, including any inquiries you may send through the communication channels provided herein, does not create an attorney-client relationship with Calderon Castillo Tampon Demano & Apolinario (the Firm) or any of its attorneys or staff.

While the Firm makes reasonable efforts to keep materials posted on this Website current, the information contained on this Website is intended only as general information, which may or may not reflect the most recent legal developments. The Firm makes no warranties or representations as to the accuracy and suitability of any material posted on this Website to any particular matter, issue, or set of circumstances.

We recommend that you seek professional counsel from a qualified legal practitioner before acting on any information contained on this Website.

PRIVACY POLICY

We at the Firm value your privacy and strive to treat your personal data with utmost care and importance. This Privacy Policy (the Policy) outlines the manner and extent the Firm may collect and process your personal data through this website as well as the measures we have put in place to ensure that your privacy remains protected at all times.

This Policy was drafted in accordance with the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012 (the DPA) and its implementing rules and regulations (the IRR). We reserve the right to amend this Policy from time to time in order to accurately reflect any modifications in the policies and requirements set forth in the DPA or its IRR. Any such changes will be posted on this website and will be effective immediately upon posting. We treat your continued use of this website as your acceptance of this Policy and of any of its amended versions, as applicable.

In general, the Firm does not require you to provide any personal data in order for you to access and browse through this website. However, if you choose to contact us or send an inquiry through our Contact Form or any other communication channels provided on this website, we will necessarily request you to provide sufficient information that would allow us to address your concerns.

The personal information we may collect and process

If you submit an inquiry through this website, we may require you to provide the following personal information:

1. Name;
2. Address;
3. E-mail address;
4. Telephone or mobile numbers;
5. Details of any offenses committed or alleged to have been committed by / against you or by the person on whose behalf the inquiry is made; and
6. Other personal information reasonably required by legal services we provide.

How we collect personal information

We may collect personal data directly from you or your organization when you access, browse, visit, use, or contact us through our website. Any personal information collected from you is done so voluntarily and always with your prior consent.

How we use personal information

Any personal information collected from you through this website shall be processed, recorded, or otherwise used exclusively for the purpose of providing legal advice or rendering legal services to you or your organization as clients.

As a rule, we do not share your personal information to any third party unless necessary to the legal services we provide or when you specifically consent to the transfer or sharing of such data. In either case, to ensure the protection of your privacy, the sharing or transferring of personal information will at all times be done in accordance with the DPA.

When your personal information is no longer required or if you withdraw your consent to the processing, use, or storage of such data, when applicable, we will delete your personal information, provided that we are not legally required or otherwise permitted to continue to hold such data. We may retain your personal information for an additional period to the extent we deem it necessary to assert or defend legal claims during any relevant retention period.

How we secure and protect personal information

Pursuant to the Firm’s internal policies, access to the personal information you may provide through this website shall be limited to the lawyers and staff assigned to your case or matter, or to those personnel who reasonably require such data in the performance of their functions.

Further, we take the necessary physical and technical measures to prevent the unauthorized or unlawful processing or the accidental loss or destruction of your personal information.

Your rights as a data subject

We take this opportunity to inform you that under the DPA, you have the following rights over your personal information:

1. Right to Be Informed. You have the right to be informed whether your personal data shall be, are being, or have been processed, including whether automated decision- making and profiling will be involved in the processing.
2. Right to Object. You can object to processing of your personal data, including processing for direct marketing, automated processing, or profiling.
3. Right to Access. You have the right to reasonable access to the following, upon demand:
   1. contents of your personal data that was processed;
   2. sources from which personal data was obtained;
   3. names and addresses of recipients of the personal data;
   4. manner by which such data was processed;
   5. reasons for the disclosure of the personal data to recipients, if any;
   6. information on automated processes where your personal data will, or is likely to, be made as the sole basis for any decision that significantly affects or will affect you;
   7. date when your personal data was last accessed and modified; and
   8. the designation, name or identity, and address of the personal information controller.
4. Right to Rectification. You have the right to dispute the inaccuracy or error in your personal data, unless the request is vexatious or otherwise unreasonable.
5. Right to Erasure or Blocking. You have the right to suspend, withdraw, or order the blocking, removal, or destruction of your personal information from our filing system, under the circumstances allowed under the DPA.
6. Right to Damages. You have the right to be indemnified for any damages sustained due to such inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained, or unauthorized use of your personal data.
7. Right to Portability. You have the right to obtain a copy of such personal data in an electronic or structured format, which is commonly used and allows for your further use, in case your personal data was processed through electronic means and in a structured and commonly used format.

Contacting the Firm

Should you have any questions or comments about this Policy, please feel free to contact us at contact@cctdalaw.com.