dcPinoy respects every individual's rights to privacy.
Please take a few moments to read our Privacy Statement below.
dcPinoy.com does not or will not reveal, misuse, or abuse any private information
for any purpose whatsoever. This means we will not disclose any information about
you to any individual, organization, or any other entity for the purposes of telemarketing
or information harvesting. dcPinoy will not collect or maintain your private and
personally identifiable information without your consent. However, if you consent to give
us your personal information, we will keep it confidential and will not sell, license or
disclose your personal information to any third party without your consent, unless we are
compelled to do so under the law or to comply with court order.
Types of Information Collected
Generally, you are free to browse the dcPinoy site without submitting any personal
information. We do not collect any of your personal information (such as a name, address
or email address) when you visit our site, unless you register to participate in our
forums or otherwise agree to submit to us such information. As part of such processes, you
have the opportunity to decline further promotional materials or other notifications from
us regarding any special offers, events, and/or information from dcPinoy.
Registration at Our Site
dcPinoy requires users who want to participate in our directory and/or forums to register.
In order to register, you must provide us with basic information including but not limited
to name and a valid e-mail address. This allows us to protect our community from abusive
postings and provides a verifiable point of contact should legal questions arise. At any
time, you have the ability to keep your e-mail address hidden from other users by
selecting that option within your user profile.
When you register, you have the option of providing some additional information such as
occupation, interests, and homepage URL. This optional information is made available to
other bulletin or message board users to foster a sense of community. If you have any
concerns about providing this information, simply leave the fields blank and your
registration will still be processed.
IF YOU ARE UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE you need are encouraged not to participate in our forums
or to provide any personal information on our site.
Cookies
dcPinoy uses browser cookies to facilitate your experience in our forums. These cookies
are small sections of code that our server sends to your browser which it can then store
on your hard drive. If you choose to accept these cookies, they enable us to recognize
that your browser has previously visited and used our site, products or services and,
based on your browser's previous visits, assist us with tailoring the information and
content, banners and promotions you view. An example of the customization allowed by the
use of such cookies is to retain your username and password as part of the forums so you
don't have to re-enter them each time you visit. These cookies do not collect, store or
maintain your private, personally identifiable information. You do not have to accept
these cookies to visit and you can choose to refuse our cookie, delete our cookie from
your hard drive or turn off the cookie at any time by updating your user profile
preferences.
We use the anonymous information we collect from the other methods described above, such
as cookie information, to collect broad demographic information about user trends, count
the number of users of our products and services, to provide advertising services and to
continue to enhance and improve our products and services.
We do not and will not disclose your private, personally identifiable information to any
third party for any purpose without your prior consent. However, dcPinoy reserves the
right to disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, or in the good
faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process,
respond to claims, or to protect the rights, property or safety of dcPinoy, its employees,
customers, or the public.
Postings on our Forums
It is important for you to remain aware that when you provide personal information (e.g.,
last name, address, phone number) in a posting on any message board, that information is
available to any other person or user having access and use of that message board, and may
be used by someone in a manner unintended by you. For that reason, we discourage you from
offering any personally identifying information as within a posting to any message board.
As dcPinoy is constantly innovating and enhancing the site to serve the Filipino
community, this Privacy Statement will also continue to change to match the services we
make available. As such, we reserve the right to change this statement to match the
services we provide. If we make any material change to this statement, we will change the
date at the top of this statement to reflect the effective date of the change. When you
visit our site, we encourage you to check this page periodically to ensure you are aware
of any updates.
Privacy Inquiries:
If you have any questions about our Privacy Statement, please feel free to contact us.
Thanks.
dcPinoy.com
dcPinoy reserves the right to change this policy at any time by notifying users through
a notice posted on dcPinoy.com or by e-mail, of the existence of a new privacy policy or
any updates.
