Privacy Policy
Effective as of January 6, 2024.
1. Introduction
The Sycamore Center for Education is a private educational institution in the Philippines, is dedicated to safeguarding the privacy and security of personal data of its students, faculty, staff, parents, and guardians. This Privacy Policy is designed to inform our community about our practices concerning data collection, use, and protection.
2. Legal Framework
Our policy adheres to the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012 or the Republic Act No. 10173, which mandates the protection of personal information in information and communications systems in both the government and private sectors. Additionally, we align with relevant provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Child Protection Policy of the Department of Education, and other applicable local and international data protection laws.
3. Data Collection and Usage
Personal Information
We collect information such as names, addresses, contact details, and email addresses necessary for communications with the parents, administrative, technical, or legal purposes.
Purpose of Data Collection
We collect your data for educational, support services, record-keeping, analytics, and for supporting your experience while using our website.
4. Data Protection and Security
We implement stringent security measures, including physical, digital, and managerial procedures, to safeguard personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
5. Access, Correction, and Rights of Data Subjects
Access
Individuals have the right to request access to their personal data held by the center.
Correction
Requests to update or correct personal data can be made through admin@thesycamoreschool.edu.ph.
Rights of Data Subjects
In accordance with R.A. 10173, individuals have the right to object to the processing of their data, to suspend, withdraw, or order the blocking, removal, or destruction of their personal data under certain circumtances.
6. Data Sharing and Disclosure
Consent
Personal data will not be shared with third parties without explicit consent, except as required by law.
Third-Party Service Providers
When third-party services are used, they are contractually bound to protect the confidentiality of the data.
7. Online Data Practices
We commit to protecting personal data transmitted via our website and online platforms, through users are advised to exercise caution in sharing personal information online.
8. Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy may be revised periodically to remain compliant with legal changes and best practices. Stakeholders will be informed of any significant modifications.
9. Complaints and Inquiries
Complaints and inquiries regarding personal data processing can be directed to our Administration Staff at admin@thesycamoreschool.edu.ph.
10. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
11. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
12. Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
13. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
14. Who we Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
15. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
16. Enforcement and Compliance
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
17. Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
18. Enforcement and Compliance
We are committed to enforcing this policy consistently and transparently, ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
