Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how and why we process it, who may receive it, how long it may be retained, and how you may exercise your privacy rights.
Scope of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information processed in connection with Balangiga.com. This includes information collected when you visit the website, submit or discuss an article proposal, contribute an article, communicate with us, or inquire about advertising, sponsored articles, listings, featured business pages, or related services. It also covers information processed through cookies, website analytics, embedded content, server logs, and the service providers used to operate the website.
Information We Collect
When you express interest in contributing an article or otherwise communicate with us, we may collect your name, contact details, information about your proposed article, and other information you choose to provide. If your proposal is accepted, we may collect additional information needed to communicate with you and prepare, edit, credit, publish, promote, and archive your contribution. This may include biographical information, your occupation or affiliation, a photograph, social media links, article drafts, photographs, and other publication materials. Where appropriate, we may also obtain personal information from publicly available sources for editorial, publication, or verification purposes.
When a person, business, or organization inquires about advertising, a sponsored article, a listing, a featured business page, or another commercial service, we may collect contact and business information, materials intended for publication, billing or invoicing details, payment confirmations or transaction references, and other information needed to respond to the inquiry, provide the requested service, and maintain appropriate business records.
When you visit Balangiga.com, the website and its service providers may automatically collect technical and usage information. This may include your Internet Protocol address, browser and device type, operating system, general or approximate location, referring website or traffic source, pages viewed, links selected, date and time of access, duration of visits, cookie or similar identifiers, and information about how the website is accessed and used.
How We Collect and Use Information
We may collect personal information directly from you through website forms, email, SMS, messaging applications, documents, publication materials, and other communications. Technical and usage information may be collected automatically through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, hosting systems, and similar technologies. Providers of embedded content may also collect information when their content is displayed or used on Balangiga.com.
We may use personal information to evaluate article proposals, communicate with contributors and other persons who contact us, prepare and publish articles, identify and credit contributors, maintain publication archives, respond to inquiries, provide advertising and other commercial services, administer payments and business records, operate and secure the website, measure website use, resolve technical problems, comply with legal obligations, and establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
We process personal information only for specified and legitimate purposes and on a lawful basis. Depending on the circumstances, processing may be based on your consent, steps taken at your request before entering into an agreement, the performance of an agreement, compliance with a legal obligation, or our legitimate interests when those interests do not override your rights.
Cookies and Google Analytics
Balangiga.com uses cookies and similar technologies for website operation and analytics. We use Google Analytics to measure website traffic and understand matters such as the pages visitors view, how visitors arrive at the website, the devices and browsers they use, and how they interact with the website’s content. Google Analytics may use cookies or similar identifiers and may receive technical and usage information from your browser or device. Google processes this information in accordance with its own terms and privacy policies. Balangiga.com provides a cookie-consent banner through which visitors may accept or reject analytics cookies. You may also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Embedded Third-Party Content
Some pages on Balangiga.com may contain content embedded from third-party platforms, including social media content such as Facebook posts. When embedded content is displayed or used, the third-party provider may receive technical information about your browser or device, place or read cookies, collect information about your interaction with the content, or associate that interaction with an account you maintain with the provider. The third-party provider processes this information according to its own privacy policy.
Published Contributor Information
With a contributor’s consent, Balangiga.com may publish the contributor’s name, biography, occupation or affiliation, photograph, social media links, and other agreed information alongside an article. Information published on the website becomes publicly accessible and may be viewed, quoted, copied, shared, indexed by search engines, distributed through social media, or preserved by third-party archives.
Published articles and contributor information may be retained as part of Balangiga.com’s publication archive for as long as the article remains published or the archival retention remains necessary and lawful. Requests concerning published personal information will be considered in accordance with applicable law and the circumstances of the publication.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information
Personal information may be disclosed to providers of website hosting, data storage, security, analytics, communications, and other technical services used to operate Balangiga.com. It may also be disclosed to providers of embedded content, authorized personnel, writers, editors, designers, website contractors, and other service providers who require the information to perform work on our behalf.
Where necessary, information may also be disclosed to professional advisers, banks, digital wallet providers and other payment services, government authorities, courts, regulators, or law-enforcement agencies. Information intended and approved for publication may be disclosed to the public through Balangiga.com and may subsequently be accessed by search engines, social media platforms, and other third parties.
Some service providers may store or process personal information outside the Philippines.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, maintain appropriate business or publication records, comply with legal obligations, or establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
Article proposals and related communications may be retained while they are being evaluated or while communication with the prospective contributor remains necessary. Information relating to accepted contributions may be retained for publication and archival purposes. Information concerning advertising, sponsored content, listings, payments, invoices, and other transactions may be retained for applicable business, accounting, tax, contractual, and legal purposes. Analytics information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to measure and understand website use.
Your Privacy Rights
You have rights in relation to your personal information under Philippine law, including the rights to request access or correction, object to certain processing, and lodge a complaint with the National Privacy Commission. To exercise an applicable right, contact us using the details below.
Data Controller and Contact Information
Balangiga.com is owned and operated by Waray Multi Source OPC, which serves as the personal information controller for the website. Privacy questions and requests may be sent to balangiga@e3pdigital.com.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our processing activities or legal obligations change. Any updated version will be published on Balangiga.com. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent regarding a material change.