Data Privacy Policy

Alturas Supermarket Corporation (ASC), including its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, and related companies, collectively known as “Alturas Group of Companies (AGC)”, is committed to protecting your right to privacy. We ensure that our activities involving the collection and/or use of personal data are performed in accordance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (“the Act”), its Implementing Rules and Regulations (“IRR”), and other relevant policies, including issuances of the National Privacy Commission.

This Data Privacy Policy is to serve you better when you avail of our services and inform you of how your personal data is collected, used, and secured by AGC. Please read our Data Privacy Policy carefully.

PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED

We may collect, store and use your personal data directly when you provide it instances when you register, apply, create or modify any account in any of AGC’s website, mobile applications, customer support, customer surveys, apply for employment, or in connection with any other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on this app via any means (e.g., tablet, cellphone, etc.).

1. Collected Personal Information (PI) thru this app:

  • Name
  • Birthday
  • Mobile Number
  • Email Address
  • Home Address
  • Individual's Photograph
  • Login Credentials such as username and password

2. Collected Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) thru this website / app

  • Gender
  • Status
  • Government Issued ID
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USE AND DISCLOSURE

When you use or avail of any of the Services of AGC and/or participate in any of its events or activities provided by or held by AGC, we may use and process the personal data collected about you including the processing of your application, publication of your name should you win something, or avail or purchase something through the e-commerce platform or when you avail of other discounts, promos, sales, advertisements, marketing activities and commercial communications of AGC or any of its stores or malls whether online or not. At all times, your personal data shall not be used or processed for any purpose that is contrary to law, morals or public policy.

SHARING OF PERSONAL DATA

We may share your Personal Data internally between and among the entities comprising AGC and to individuals that will handle and process your application and that will enable us to provide you with personalized or desired services.

We may also share personal data with vendors, consultants, marketing partners, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry our work on behalf of AGC.

If and when necessary, a data sharing agreement shall cover any sharing of data between and among AGC and/or its vendors, consultants, marketing partners and other service providers. AGC may also share information in accordance with any order from any relevant government agency, in response to legal proceedings or when ordered by the competent court of jurisdiction, or as when required by any applicable law.

STORAGE, TRANSMISSION, AND RETENTION

We take appropriate measures to keep your personal data secured. The collected personal data from you and/or data which we continue to collect are retained or stored in a secured network location and is accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the personal data confidential. Its protection may also include securing any document containing personal data, requiring the execution of non-disclosure agreements, confidentiality agreement by its employees, consultants, vendors, suppliers, and contractors among others.

While there is a risk of unauthorized disclosure of personal data, AGC believes that the foregoing safeguards are sufficient to prevent occurrence of such unauthorized disclosure and is committed to improve such safeguards in order to protect your rights and in compliance with the Data Privacy Act. When your personal data is no longer required, we will ensure secure deletion from our system or anonymization of your data by our technical experts.

YOUR RIGHTS

AGC allows you to exercise your data subject rights in accordance the Act.

  1. Right to be informed thru this privacy notice and other announcements by AGC about the updates on collection, use, storage and disclosure of your personal data;
  2. Right to access, and data portability by requesting a physical or electronic copy of your personal data through a request and approval process. You may send your requests anytime.
  3. Right to rectify any inaccuracy or error in your personal data being maintained by AGC;
  4. Right to object or withhold your consent in the processing of your personal data;
  5. Right to withdraw or order blocking of your personal data from AGC's records upon discovery or substantial proof that your personal data is incomplete, outdated, false, or unlawfully obtained;
  6. Right to damages, if upon justification and full investigation, it was established that your personal data was breached thru us, we will face full responsibility and will indemnify you as may be required by Law; and
  7. Right to file a complaint with the National Privacy Commission, if you feel that your personal information has been misused, maliciously disclosed, or improperly disposed, or that any of your data privacy rights have been violated, you have a right to file a complaint with the NPC.

UPDATING THIS POLICY

We may update or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, to comply with law or to meet our changing business requirements. We will take appropriate measures to inform you of the significant changes we make of this policy. The revision date at the top of this page will be updated and shall be effective immediately upon posting on the app.

FOR INQUIRIES

For any inquiry, objection, complaints, revocation of consent, changes in your personal data, or other concerns related to privacy protection and security, feel free to reach us using the details below:

Postal Address: 3F AGC Corporate Center Island City Mall, Dao Tagbilaran City, Bohol 6300, Philippines

Telephone Number: (038) 501-3000

Email Address: dpo@alturasbohol.com