Cacao Lavezares Chocolates and Confiserie Corporation (Cacao Lavezares) is committed to the security of your information. This Privacy Policy helps you to understand how we ensure the security of your personal identifiable information and our compliance with Republic Act No. 10173 (“Data Privacy Act of 2012”). cacaolavezares.com is an online chocolate store that accepts product orders and functions as a customer inquiry window.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

To ensure the correct and timely process of your orders, Cacao Lavezares may need to collect the following personal identifiable information:

  • Full name;
  • Address;
  • Names and other information concerning your orders;
  • Email Address;
  • Contact Number;

When you provide the above information, you assume sole responsibility for its accuracy and truthfulness. Cacao Lavezares, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents or other related persons will not be responsible nor held liable for any inaccuracy in the personal information provided to us or through CacaoLavezares.ph. We are likewise not liable for any injury or damage to any person or property due to any inaccurate or untruthful information.

Why do we collect or process your information?

Your personal identifiable information is any information from which the identity of the individual is apparent, or can be reasonably and directly ascertained.

Declaration of purpose: The personal information to be collected from you will be used specifically and only for purposes of processing your orders through our online shop. 

How do we use your information?

Your personal information will be used specifically and only pursuant to the Declaration of Purpose above.

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 anonymized 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.

How do we protect your information?

We ensure the security of your personal identifiable information in compliance with the Data Privacy Act. Cacao Lavezares also undertakes to comply with all notification requirements under the law in case of the unlikely event of a security breach. Our organization is also equipped with ensuring the security and privacy of your data. In addition, we protect your information through the current technology, such as use of regular and updated Malware Scanning, and encryption via Secure Socket Layer (“SSL”) technology.

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.

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.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

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.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

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.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Third-Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal identifiable information, unless we provide advance notice. This does not include third-party website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our application, conducting our business, or serving our users, as long as those parties agree to keep your information confidential and subject to our accountability over said third-party service providers. Should you wish to know the identity of any of our third-party service provider/s, kindly send us an email request at: [email protected].

As provided by the Data Privacy Act, we may also process information, whether directly or through a third-party service provider, when necessary to:

  • Comply with any law, regulation, or court order.
  • Enforce our application or site policies, protect our rights, and protect the rights, property or safety of others;
  • Protect your rights, property, and safety, or that of another person, or when you are not legally or physically able to express your consent prior to processing;
  • Achieve the lawful and non-commercial objectives of public organizations and their associations, provided the conditions provided in the Data Privacy Act are met;
  • Ensure medical treatment, is carried out by a medical practitioner or a medical treatment institution, and an adequate level of protection of personal information is ensured; and
  • Protect the lawful rights and interests of natural or legal persons in court proceedings, or the establishment or defense of legal claims, or when provided to government or public authority.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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 profiles. 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.

What rights you have over your data

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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contacting Us

Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be uploaded on this page.
If there are any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, you may reach us through our contact information below:

 

Cacao Lavezares Chocolates and Confiserie Corp.
Ground Flr. Manila Healthtek Bldg.,
Brgy. Sta. Elena, Mayor Gil Fernando Ave.,
Marikina City, Philippines

Contact us at (632) 8.260.8912 or
Mobile no.: 0906.551.0809 (Globe)
Email us at [email protected]

 

Disclaimer

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