Privacy Policy

Last updated: 15 May 2022

Country Accents, Inc. commits to abide by both domestic and international data privacy principles, to respect your personal information and privacy. In particular, we commit to adopt all standards and regulations prescribed by Republic Act No. 10173, otherwise known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012, its Implementing Rules and Regulations, the issuances of the National Privacy Commission in relation thereto, and other applicable laws.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the countryaccents.net Website (the “Website”) operated by Country Accents, Inc., formed in Pampanga, Philippines (“us”, “we”, “our”) as this Privacy Policy contains information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information collected about you.

Your access to and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including, but not limited to: visitors, users, and others, who wish to access or use the Website.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, then you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.

COLLECTION

The personal information which we may collect include personal information of individuals and/or entities and/or entities represented by individual, or related parties such as: 

1.       General contact details, i.e. name, address, email, and phone or mobile number;

2.       Personal information related to queries about our products and services, purchase, contract, etc.; and

3.       Other personal information which you may volunteer or disclose in the course of seeking our services.

CONSENT

Personal information may be collected, with prior express consent from you, through any of the following means: 

1.       Letters, emails or other correspondences that you may provide to us through electronic or non-electronic platforms, including the submission via the “Contact”, “Request a Quote” or “Join the Mailing list”.

2.       Statements relating to personal information, whether in writing or verbal in the course of obtaining our products and services; and

3.       Audio, audio-visual, or other similar recordings provided by you.

PURPOSE

We ensure that all personal information are used for lawful and limited purpose(s), as follows: 

1.       To provide advice, supply products and/or services;

2.       For direct marketing purposes such as but not limited to providing regular updates on any new products and offerings and services and significant developments in the company.

You may, at any time, request that we cease to use your information for this purpose by emailing us at info@countryaccents.net

SECURITY MEASURES

We have implemented the following measures to protect and safeguard your personal  information:

1.       Limiting the amount of personal information that we collect to strictly necessary only;

2.       Using SSL or other secure technologies when receiving or sending personal information beyond internal networks;

3.       Destroying personal information that we no longer need;

4.       Maintaining up-to-date software and safeguards;

5.       We do not sell your personal information.

COOKIES

Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your browser when you visit a site. The file is added once you agree to store cookies on your computer or device, and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.

This Website collects cookies and may use cookies for reasons including, but not limited to:

1.       Analyze our web traffic using an analytics package. We are using Squarespace Analytics.

2.       Test content on the Website;

3.       Store information about your preferences;

A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This setting may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Website.

RETENTION

All personal information that we collect from you are retained until we no longer need the information or for such period as may be necessary for Us to fulfill the Purpose of the data collection.

DATA PRIVACY RIGHTS

You are entitled to the following data privacy rights:

1.       the right to be informed whether your personal information shall be, are being, or have been processed;

2.       the right to object to the processing of your personal information;

3.       the right to reasonably access your personal information;

4.       the right to dispute the inaccuracy or error in your personal information and have us correct it immediately and accordingly;

5.       the right to suspend, withdraw, or order the blocking, removal or destruction of your Personal Information from our records; 

6.       the right to file a complaint with the National Privacy Commission for any violation of your data privacy rights;

7.       the right to be indemnified for any damages sustained due to such inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained or unauthorized use of your Personal Information not in accordance with this Statement; and 

8.       the right to data portability of your personal information. 

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

We may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications.  However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information they contain.  This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through this Website.  Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third party website accessed by selecting a link on or via our Website. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.

CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When we make changes, we’ll update the “Last updated” at the top of Privacy Policy and post it on our Website. We encourage you to regularly monitor this page for any privacy concern.

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@countryaccents.net.