BulanToday^TM.Net PRIVACY POLICY

BulanToday^TM.Net is personally owned by Emmanuel F. Martinez located in Quezon City, Philippines.

The terms 'we', 'our', 'us' when used in this Privacy Policy means BulanToday^TM.Net. The terms 'you', 'your' and 'yours' means you as a user of our websites or our other services.

Please read the following Privacy Policy ('Privacy Policy') carefully before submitting any personal information to us. Any information you provide about yourself to BulanToday or our associated companies will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If you are under 18 years of age, we recommend that you do not submit any personal data to us via any media.

1. Changes to this Privacy Policy

1.1 From time to time, we may need to make changes to this Privacy Policy. This may happen as a result of government regulation, new technologies, or other developments in our online or other services. Any updates to our Privacy Policy will be clearly posted in this section of our website. We advise you to regularly review this policy when you visit our websites to keep informed about how we are safeguarding your privacy. If the changes are significant, we may also email you to notify you about these.

1.2 Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to websites or text services operated by third parties and you are advised to check such third party privacy policies before submitting data to them.

2. Our Aims

2.1 We are fully committed to protecting your privacy and will respect your privacy in connection with any email, mobile or other personal details you submit to us via any media.

2.2 We will not collect personally identifying information (such as your name, address, email address etc.) except with your specific knowledge and consent or as detailed within this Privacy Policy.

2.3 We work closely with our technology partners and other suppliers to ensure that your personal information is protected with high quality, reliable and secure technology. Our technology partners invest in high-quality security and work hard to protect your privacy.

3. Collection and use of information

3.1 It will normally be clear when your personal information is being collected. The personal information we will collect depends on how you are interacting with our websites, text service or otherwise but may include, amongst other things, your name, postal address (including post code), telephone number, email address, age, gender, password and, for transactions, financial details.

3.2 We may ask different questions or request additional information depending on the service being offered to or requested by you. Unless stated, all questions are compulsory. We may also ask some further, voluntary questions so we can gain a clearer understanding of our users.

3.3 We collect personal information only for specific limited purposes and we only ask for information that is appropriate. We will only collect personal information from you which you have provided by completing any registration, enquiry, order or application form on our websites, or which you have sent to us via email, fax or post or which you have provided by telephone or any other means. We also collect information on our users through cookies on websites (see Section 6 below), interactions with our websites and our text services and via other media.

3.4 By disclosing your personal information to us, you agree that we may obtain, hold and use the personal information you provide for the purposes of providing you with our services and/or products and with ancillary services (the 'Purposes'). The Purposes for which personal information is collected and processed include, without limitation:

(a) responding to any enquiries you have made;

(b) sending you materials and/or information you have requested or products which you have purchased;

(c) performing our obligations in relation to any agreement you have with us;

(d) conducting contests, competitions or promotions;

(e) enabling you to submit contributions to us (for example, for use on our radio shows or websites);

(f) to customize and improve the content on our websites or any other websites which are part of the BulanToday^TM.Net and/or to improve our products and services to respond to your current and future needs and interests;

(g) contacting you if we change our products or services or terms or if we need to give you notice of them;

(h) for the purpose of marketing our other products and services to you (for example, by email, text or post) unless you indicate otherwise during the submission process or by subsequently notifying us as set out in Sections 3.11 and 10.1 that you do not wish to receive such material;

(i) for accounting purposes and internal administration and analysis;

(j) for the prevention of fraud; and

(k) for any purpose required by law or regulation. 3.5 The information we need depends on how you are interacting with our website, text service or otherwise, but could include by way of example an email address, password, age, gender and postcode and a mobile telephone number.

3.6 You may be invited to register with us when you interact with us (for example, via our websites or text services). Any registration is voluntary and entirely your choice. However, you may be unable to visit certain parts of our website or enter some of our competitions if you do not register.

3.7 If you have registered with us (for example, if you have become a member of parts of our websites), we may e-mail, mail, text or otherwise contact you, as appropriate, with information about your registration and/or offers or competitions open to you as a registered member.

3.8 We may run competitions or request material for publication or broadcast. To participate, you must usually supply us with your identity which you agree to have publicly associated with your submission. The exact rules vary from case to case, and will be noted clearly on the relevant pages (e.g. our website terms and conditions relating to submission of material or in the relevant competition terms and conditions).

3.9 You should be aware that any information or material you post in public areas on our websites (such as message boards) may be seen, collected and used by others, and may result in unsolicited messages from other users or parties. Alas, we can't control this; you post at your own risk. Please see our website terms and conditions.

3.10 Any research carried out via our websites or through text message to your mobile is for the exclusive use of Bulan Today Media^TM (BulanToday.Net) unless specifically stated at the time of completion. Your response to research request is voluntary. However, please note that "pooled" responses to questions may be shared with our partner organizations.

3.11 If you wish to unsubscribe from emails and/or other communications sent by BulanToday^TM.Net you may do so at any time by contacting admin@bulantoday.net

4. Disclosure of personal information

4.1 Subject to the terms set out in this Privacy Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or distribute personal data to or with third parties (for example, sponsors and advertisers) unless the transfer of such information to third parties is strictly necessary for the performance of the Purposes (e.g. for fulfilling a request you may have made of us) and we will not disclose personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes unless you have consented to this.

4.2 We may share personal information with other companies within the BulanToday^TM.Net which means our subsidiaries in connection with the Purposes and the operation of the Website. We may disclose personal information to service providers who manage aspects of our operations for example third parties who provide technical services to the site.

4.3 We may share your personal information with other third party companies where you have expressly consented to this.

4.4 We may disclose your personal information if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce our website or other terms and conditions , or to protect the rights, property, security or safety of BulanToday^TM.Net, other websites, our users or others. This includes exchanging information with our companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

4.5 Information about you and your use of our websites may help us to sell appropriate advertising space to third parties and we may share anonymous aggregate statistics about our users, sales and traffic patterns with our advertisers. Whilst your individual information is protected as outlined in this Privacy Policy, we reserve the right to use aggregated, anonymous data about our users as a group whether this is in connection with either web or text users. For example, we might report to potential advertisers that a certain percentage of our users are interested in its products, based on information requests. In addition, we may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.

4.6 In the future, we may sell our business or assets. Personal information is usually considered an asset in such transactions. We may disclose, transfer, sell, assign or license information described in this Privacy Policy, including personally identifiable information, to third parties as a result of or in preparation for the sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganization or liquidation of BulanToday^TM.Net and you consent to such disclosure, transfer, sale, assignment or license.

5. Registration

5.1 Where you have registered to access certain parts of our websites you will have chosen a password which enables you to access a restricted part of a website. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and you should not share this with anyone. You are responsible for all use and communications with our websites which take place using your registration or password.

6. Security

6.1 We use up to date industry procedures and technology to keep personal data as safe and secure as possible and to protect against loss, unauthorized disclosure or access. BulanToday^TM.Net and our associated companies follow the relevant legal requirements and use all reasonable precautions to ensure only responsible third parties see the information. However, we are not responsible for any breach of security or any actions of any third parties who receive the information.

6.2 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.

7. Updating your information

7.1 If you are registered with us, you may update your personal information at any time via the "My Account" page for web users. You can get to the "My Account Page" or equivalent from most pages on our websites if you are logged-on.

8. Parents

8.1 BulanToday^TM.Net is committed to the safety and privacy of children who visit and participate in our services. For those activities that require us to collect personal information (e.g. competitions), we will only collect personal information which is necessary to enable us to administer the relevant activity. We encourage parents and guardians to watch over their children's online use. Please educate your children to always ask for your permission before they provide personal information.

9. Children

9.1 Remember to be smart and safe online. Always ask your parent or guardian for permission before you give out any personal information. This could include your name, email address, home address, telephone number, your school or any other information about yourself that would enable someone to contact you either online or offline.