Effective Date: May 10, 2025
Welcome to Bamboo Panda (“we,” “us,” or “our”), accessible at bamboopandatl.net (the “Site”). We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy in compliance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10173) of the Philippines and its implementing rules and regulations. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, process, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit and interact with our Site.
Please read this privacy policy carefully. By using the Site, you signify your acceptance of this Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access or use the site.
1. Information We Collect (Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information)
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:
a. Personal Information You Provide to Us:
We collect personally identifiable information (Personal Information) and, where necessary for specific services, Sensitive Personal Information (as defined under the DPA), that you voluntarily give to us when you:
- Register for a membership account (e.g., through MemberPress).
- Make a purchase or subscribe to our services (payment information is processed by our secure third-party payment processors and we typically only receive confirmation of payment and necessary details to fulfill your order/subscription).
- Comment on posts or interact with content.
- Contact us via contact forms or email (littlepanda.0015@gmail.com).
- Participate in surveys or promotions.
This information may include your name, email address, username, password, billing address, and any other information you choose to provide.
b. Automatically Collected Information (Usage Data & Cookies):
When you access and use the Site, we may automatically collect certain information, including:
- Log and Usage Data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, referring URLs, device information, access times, and the dates and times of your visit.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to help customize the Site, maintain your session, and improve your experience.
- Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the Site to function properly, such as keeping you logged in.
- Analytics Cookies: We may use these to understand how visitors use our Site, helping us to improve it.
- Your Consent for Cookies: For non-essential cookies, we will seek your consent where required by applicable law. You can typically manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.
2. How We Use Your Information (Purpose of Processing)
We process your personal information for legitimate purposes, including:
- To create, manage, and maintain your membership account.
- To provide and deliver the services you have requested or purchased.
- To process your transactions and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices.
- To operate, maintain, and improve the functionality of our Site.
- To personalize your experience on the Site.
- To respond to your comments, inquiries, and provide customer support.
- To send you administrative communications, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies.
- To send you newsletters or updates about our services (if you have opted-in). You may opt-out at any time.
- To monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve user experience.
- To prevent fraudulent activity and enhance the security of our Site.
- To comply with legal and regulatory obligations applicable in the Philippines.
3. Sharing and Disclosure of Your Information
We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:
a. With Service Providers (Personal Information Processors):
We may share your information with third-party vendors and service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf (acting as Personal Information Processors under the DPA). Examples include: payment processing (e.g., Stripe, PayPal, or other gateways used by MemberPress), email delivery, hosting services, and customer service. These parties are contractually obligated to process your information only upon our instruction, keep it confidential, and implement appropriate security measures.
b. For Legal Requirements and Protection:
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with a legal obligation or lawful requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency in the Philippines); (2) protect and defend our rights or property; (3) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site; (4) protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public.
c. Business Transfers:
In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
d. With Your Explicit Consent:
We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
4. Your Rights as a Data Subject
Under the Data Privacy Act of 2012, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to be Informed: To be informed whether personal data pertaining to you shall be, are being, or have been processed.
- Right to Access: To obtain a copy of your personal data that we hold.
- Right to Rectification: To correct any inaccuracies or errors in your personal data.
- Right to Erasure or Blocking: To suspend, withdraw, or order the blocking, removal, or destruction of your personal data from our filing system upon discovery and substantial proof of certain grounds.
- Right to Object: To object to the processing of your personal data, including processing for direct marketing, automated processing, or profiling.
- Right to Data Portability: To obtain and electronically move, copy, or transfer your personal data in a secure manner, for further use.
- Right to Lodge a Complaint: To file a complaint with the National Privacy Commission if you feel your personal data has been misused, maliciously disclosed, or improperly disposed of, or that any of your data privacy rights have been violated.
- Right to Damages: To be indemnified for any damages sustained due to inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained, or unauthorized use of personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at littlepanda.0015@gmail.com.
5. Data Security
We implement reasonable and appropriate organizational, physical, and technical security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
6. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which the data was obtained, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or as
otherwise permitted or required by law. When no longer needed, we will securely dispose of your personal information.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information.
8. International Data Transfers
If you are accessing our Site from outside the Philippines, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the Philippines or other countries where our servers or service providers are located. We will take steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date.” You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
10. Contact Us / Data Protection Inquiries
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Email: littlepanda.0015@gmail.com