Privacy Policy of Kalaw Guidance
Kalaw Guidance is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or engage with our services. We value your trust and are dedicated to handling your personal data with care and in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10173).
Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our services, when you participate in activities on our site, or otherwise when you contact us.
- Personal Identifiable Information: This includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, and professional titles when you fill out contact forms, subscribe to newsletters, or request information about our consulting services.
- Business Information: Details about your company, such as company name, industry, and project descriptions, which are relevant to our technology consulting and startup mentoring services, including space tech startup consulting, MVP validation, investor readiness coaching, pitch development, market entry strategy, and innovation workshops.
- Usage Data: Information about how you access and use our website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referral sources, pages viewed, and the dates/times of visits. This helps us understand user behavior and improve our online platform.
- Communication Data: Records of your correspondence with us, including emails and other communications.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To provide, operate, and maintain our services, including technology consulting and startup mentoring.
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support related to our services.
- To send you administrative information, such as service-related announcements and updates to our policies.
- To send you marketing and promotional communications, in accordance with your preferences, regarding our services, events, and industry insights.
- To analyze and improve our website and services, understand user trends, and customize your experience.
- To facilitate business operations, such as billing and record-keeping for our consulting engagements.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our legal rights.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your information in the following situations:
- Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, email delivery, and marketing assistance.
- Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information when required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
- Protection of Rights: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.
Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Kalaw Guidance
88 Rufino Street, Unit 10F
Makati City, Metro Manila, 1234
Philippines