Terms of Use

By accessing the Blended Learning Resources Portal (the “Portal”), you agree to the following terms and conditions:

1. The right to use the programs, services, and resources provided in the Portal is granted only to the owner of the credential and is not transferable or assignable to any other person or entity.
2. The owner of the credential is not allowed to sublicense, lease, sell, or otherwise remarket, or distribute the Portal’s services, programs, and resources used by Phoenix and Sibs Publishing House, Inc, by any means and at any time.
3. The use of the Portal shall be governed by Philippine laws and the venue for any relevant suit or action shall be within the jurisdiction of the appropriate courts of Quezon City, Philippines.
4. It is understood that the contents of the Portal are intellectual properties of Phoenix and Sibs Publishing House. While these contents have been created as a labor of love and are designed to help teachers and students find success in their respective schools, the Blended Learning Resources are not in the public domain and are subject to the terms and conditions provided hereafter.

Privacy Policy

Privacy Mission/Vision

We at PHOENIX PUBLISHING HOUSE, INC., in line with our "ALAGANG MAHALAGA" culture, extend the same "alaga" to our education partners with respect to their privacy in compliance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations. In over 60 years, we have been the partner of choice in innovative teaching and effective learning. Together with our partners, we make educational history, one textbook at a time.

Privacy Notice

Effective: July 23, 2019

We at Phoenix Publishing House Inc and our affiliates (“PPH”) respect the privacy of our customers. This Notice informs you of the personal data (personal information and sensitive personal information) that we collect and the way we collect, use, store, disclose (“process”) and protect your personal data when you visit our website and/or avail of our services (“services”).

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information refers to 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. While Sensitive Personal Information is any attribute of your personal information that can discriminate, qualify, or classify you such as age, date of birth, marital status, government-issued identification numbers, account numbers, and financial information. Privileged information is any and all forms of information which, under law, constitute privileged communicated.

YOUR RIGHTS

Pursuant to the Data Privacy Act of 2012, you have the following rights:

1. Right to be informed – you may request the details as to how your personal information is being processed or have been processed by PPH, including the existence of automated decision-making and profiling systems;
2. Right to access – upon written request, you may deman reasonable access to your personal information which may include the contents of your processed personal information, the manner of processing, sources, recipients, and reason of disclosure;
3. Right to dispute – you may dispute any inaccuracy or error in your personal information in PPH systems through our representatives and Data Privacy Officer;
4. Right to object – you may suspend, withdraw, and remove your personal information from further processing upon demand, which includes your right to opt-out of any commercial communication or advertising purposes of PPH;
5. Right to data erasure – based on reasonable grounds, you have the right to order the blocking, removal, or destruction of your personal data from the PPH system;
6. Right to secure data portability – you have the right to obtain your personal information in an electronic or structured format that is commonly used from PPH;
7. Right to file a complaint – you may file your complaint or any concerns with our data privacy officer via dataprivacy@phoenix.com.ph and/or our legal office at legaloffice@phoenix.com.ph

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you avail of our services, we collect personal data which may include: your full name, address, email address, contact numbers, birthday, and civil status among others.

The collection of your personal data will generally occur in the event that you: visit our stores, visit or order from our website, join a promotion, participate in a survey, subscribe to our mailing list, and submit feedback.

We shall only collect your personal information if you voluntarily submit the information to us. If you choose not to submit your personal information to us, or subsequently withdraw your consent to allow us to use your personal information, we may not be able to adequately respond to your inquires or render you our services.

USE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

We may use the personal data to provide you our services. Generally, we use this information to:

• process the order/s you placed in our stores, using our website or via phone call.
• respond to specific requests or queries that you may have.
• send marketing offers and/or product information.
• conduct reviews and analyze website data.
• conduct marketing research; and
• inform you of any changes in our website.

COOKIES AND USAGE

We may also collect information on how our service is accessed and used (“usage data”). This usage data may include information such as your computer’s IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages you visit in our website, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We use cookies in order to gather information about your usage patterns when you navigate our website in order to enhance your personalized experience, and to understand usage patterns for the improvement of our website’s services.

Analytics

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our services.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other operated and maintained by third parties. When you click on a third-party link, you will be re-directed to the third-party’s site. We strongly recommend that you review the Privacy Policy or Notice of the sites you visit. We have no control and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

SHARING OF PERSONAL DATA

Where PPH considers it necessary and appropriate, for the purposes of data storage, processing or providing an service or product to you, we may share your personal data in good faith to third party providers and other entities such as suppliers and vendors only to the extent necessary to maintain and support our service systems under the conditions of confidentiality and similar levels of security safeguards.

The security measures shall maintain the availability, integrity, and confidientiality of personal data and are intended for the protection of such data against any accidental or unlawful destruction, alteration, and disclosure, as well as any unlawful processing.

We may also share personal data to third parties as may be required by law.

DATA RETENTION AND DISPOSAL

We normally retain personal data related to marketing activities for as long as you accept marketing communications from us, and we will securely delete such data in accordance with applicable laws upon request. For personal data that we collect and process for other purposes, we will typically retain such data for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in the Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy, as well as the Terms of Use. Deletion of such data may be done at any time upon your request.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“children”). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your children provided us with information, please contact us. Also, if we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE

PPH may revise this notice from time to time whenever necessary so please check this website regularly to stay informed of any updates. Changes to this Notice are effective as soon as they are posted on this page.

DATA ACCESS AND CHOICE

You may access, review, modify and/or request for a copy of your personal data. You may also opt-out or withdraw consent anytime.

Should you have questions, you may contact us at (02) 8375-1640 / 410-76 or email us at dataprivacy@phoenix.com.ph Please include the following in your email subject “Attention: Data Privacy Officer”