Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

LinguaPhil ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our services, or enroll in our language courses.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access our website or use our services.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Register for our services or courses
• Sign up for our newsletter
• Request information about our services
• Participate in our surveys or promotions
• Contact us through our website

This information may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Date of birth
• Educational background
• Language proficiency levels
• Payment information

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage patterns. This information may include:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages you view
• Time spent on pages
• Links you click
• Other browsing data

2.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities. For more information about our use of cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• Providing, maintaining, and improving our services
• Processing your enrollment in our courses
• Responding to your inquiries and requests
• Sending you administrative information, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies
• Sending you marketing and promotional communications (with your consent)
• Personalizing your experience on our website
• Monitoring and analyzing usage and trends to improve our website and services
• Detecting, preventing, and addressing technical issues
• Complying with legal obligations

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

4.1 Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, and contractors who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. These may include payment processors, data analysis companies, customer service providers, email delivery services, and marketing companies.

4.2 Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

4.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal processes.

4.4 To Protect Our Rights

We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation.

4.5 With Your Consent

We may disclose your information for any other purpose with your consent.

5. Security of Your Information

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Retention of Your Information

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period in which you have an account with us, plus a reasonable period thereafter to address any account issues or legal requirements.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: You may request access to your personal information.
• Correction: You may request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Deletion: You may request the deletion of your personal information.
• Restriction: You may request that we restrict the processing of your information.
• Data Portability: You may request a copy of your information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Objection: You may object to our processing of your information.
• Withdraw Consent: You may withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your information.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not directed to children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will promptly take steps to delete that information.

9. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• Through our website: Contact form
• By visiting any of our learning centers in Manila, Cebu, or Davao City