DATA PRIVACY CONSENT STATEMENT

INTRODUCTION

Morethanjobs Inc. is committed to safeguarding the confidentiality of personal data. This document outlines how the Company collects, uses, and protects personal information in accordance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA), its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), relevant issuances from the National Privacy Commission (NPC), and other applicable Philippine laws.

As an online learner, you are considered a data subject. Please review this document carefully to ensure that you are giving informed consent.

A. What is Personal Data?

Personal data refers to all types of:

1. Personal information – “any information, whether recorded in a material form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information or when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify an individual”;
2. Sensitive personal information – “personal information about an individual’s race, ethnic, origin, marital status, age, color, religious/philosophical/political affiliations, health, education, genetic or sexual life, legal proceedings, government-issued identifiers and other information specifically established by an executive order or an act of congress to be kept classified”; and
3. Privileged information – “any and all forms of information which, under the Rules of Court and other pertinent laws, constitute privileged communication, such as, but not limited to, information which a person authorized to practice medicine, surgery or obstetrics may have acquired in attending to a patient in a professional capacity.”

B. Why does the Company collect personal data?

The Company collects, uses, processes, stores and retains personal data PERSONAL when reasonable and necessary to perform its business processes effectively, safely, and efficiently and under corporate policies.

C. What type of personal data does the Company collect and generate?

The Company will collect the following personal data:

• Name
• Driver’s License details
• Address
• Birthday
• Sex
• Civil Status
• Nationality
• Email Address
• Contact number

D. How does the Company collect, acquire, or generate personal data?

The Company will collect the personal data when you accomplish and transmit your confirmation to the website, and will generate personal data to provide you access to the module.

E. How does the Company ensure that personal data is accurate and up-to date?

Data subjects are primarily responsible for ensuring that all personal data submitted are accurate, complete, and up-to-date. From time to time, the Company requests updated data; data subjects must cooperate and provide the same. 

The Company takes reasonable steps to make sure that the personal data it collects, generates, uses, or discloses are accurate, complete, and up-to date.

F. To whom may the Company share personal data?

As a general rule, the Company does not and will not share personal data with third parties except as necessary for the proper execution of processes related to a declared purpose, or the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary, required, or authorized by or under law.

G. How does the Company protect personal data?

The Company strictly enforces its Privacy Policy. It has implemented PERSONAL technological, organizational, and physical security measures to protect personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorized modification, unauthorized or accidental access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. 

The Company uses safeguards such as the following:

• Use of secured servers and firewalls, encryption on computing devices; 
• Restricted access only for qualified and authorized personnel; and 
• Strict implementation of information security policies.

H. Where and how long does the Company keep personal data?

The Company stores personal data in off-shore facilities (cloud) and physical document storage facilities. Personal data are retained for ten (10) years from the date of enrollment in the system Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, the data subject may request personal data to be deleted from the Company’s systems, databases and hard copies within a reasonable requested date.

I. What are the rights of data subjects under the Data Privacy Act?

Data subjects have the following rights:

• Right to be informed; 
• Right to object;
• Right to access; 
• Right to rectify or correct erroneous data; 
• Right to erase or block; 
• Right to secure data portability; 
• Right to indemnified for damages; and 
• Right to file a complaint.

The Company’s decisions to provide access, consider requests for correction or erasure, and address objection to process personal data as it appears in the Company’s official records, are always subject to applicable and relevant laws and/or the DPA, its IRR, and other issuances of the NPC.

J. ​Who should you contact in case of inquiry, feedback, or complaints?

Should you have any inquiries, feedback, and/or complaints, you may reach the Data Protection Officer (DPO) through the following contact details:

Data Protection Officer
MoreThanJobs, Inc 
Christiane Paul Rapirap 

Tel: 89225000
[email protected]

You may also complain to the National Privacy Commission (NPC). For further details, please refer to NPC’s website: https://privacy.gov.ph.

CONSENT

By submitting the Reply Form, you consent to the collection, generation, use, processing, storage, and retention of your personal data by the Company for the purpose(s) described in this document. Please ensure that you have completely read and understood the terms above before signing.

You also authorize the Company to disclose your information to accredited/affiliated third parties or independent/non-affiliated third parties, whether local or foreign, in the following circumstances:

• As necessary for the proper execution of processes related to the declared purpose;
• The use or disclosure is reasonably necessary, required, or authorized by or under law.

From time to time, it may be necessary for the Company to revise this document. Any revision made to this document shall be communicated via posting on the Company website or via email. Any change will not be applied and will not alter how the Company handles previously collected personal data without obtaining your consent unless required by law.