Design Center of the Philippines (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates www.designcenter.ph. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Website.

We use your Personal Information only for providing and improving the website. By using the website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information Collection and Use

While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to your name (“Personal Information”) and contact details.

2. Log Data

Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends (“Log Data”) whenever you visit our website. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics and insights.

3. Use of Cookies

To make this site work properly and serve you better, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. Again, this is done to give you a better user experience.

How do we use cookies?

The Design Center of the Philippines uses the cookies for the following:

• To help us understand how our visitors use its website; and
• To help us analyze and calibrate our marketing initiatives

We also use cookies for the following:

• Google Analytics (Google) – this will contribute to relevant analysis of website traffic activities 
• Facebook audience (Facebook) – this helps us to understand the effectiveness of our re-marketing activities at our Facebook official page. (Click here to subscribe, if you haven’t done so.)

 
The Design Center will not use the cookies other than what was stated above.

However, while it is our policy to protect your personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you provide online, and you do so at your own risk.  

We reserve the right at our discretion to make changes to this policy at any time. Do check this page from time to time for changes. 

Should you wish to remove your cookies, please check out the links below for your browser:

• Internet Explorer cookie settings
• Firefox cookie settings
• Chrome cookie settings
• Safari web cookie settings and iOS. 

Here are some useful links if you want to know more:

• Euro GDRP and cookies
• Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012

For any concerns, clarifications, and questions about this privacy statement and the practices of this site, feel free to contact us at info@designcenter.gov.ph. 

4. Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5. Changes to this Privacy Policy

Design Center of the Philippines may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the website. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@designcenter.gov.ph.