Raffles & Company, Inc. Privacy Policy
Introduction
Raffles & Company Inc., is the exclusive distributor in the Philippines of Corelle Brands (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd of world-renowned houseware brands (PYREX, VISIONS, CORNINGWARE, CORELLE, SNAPWARE, CHICAGO CUTLERY AND EKCO).
We, Raffles & Company, Inc. (Raffles), respect your privacy and recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of your personal data that you have directly and voluntarily entrusted us. We have developed this Privacy Policy in order to protect your personal data in accordance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA), its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), other issuances of National Privacy Commission (NPC) and other relevant laws of the Philippines.
Personal data refers to all types of personal information, sensitive personal information and privileged 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”.
This Privacy Policy tells you how we process (meaning, how we collect, use, share, and retain) and protect your personal data. It also tells you what steps you can take if you want us to change how we use your personal data, or if you want us to stop using your personal data.
Why do we collect your personal data?
To enable us to comply with our corporate policies to our customers as well as with regulatory requirements being observed by Raffles, it is important that Raffles collects, uses, stores and retains your personal data when it is reasonable and necessary for a declared and specific purpose.
In general, we are using your data for any of the following purposes:
- To provide information about our products which may be of interest to you;
- To perform functions necessary to deliver goods and other products offered by Raffles;
- To conduct research and analysis (through surveys or polls) in order to improve customer experience/satisfaction;
- To respond to specific complaints, enquiries, requests or manage future interactive user function it may be necessary to ask for personal information;
- To provide customer care activities, monitor our quality and security, and provide services timely and efficiently;
- To furnish the claiming of warranties for products purchased;
- To generate statistical insights;
- To notify and update you (through call, text or email) about our complimentary, commercial and promotional advertisements, loyalty and rewards offers, exclusive invites, discounts, surveys, and other direct marketing that we deemed relevant and beneficial to you based on your preference and interest initially provided to us or made aware of, with which you can opt-out anytime should you prefer not to receive these notifications;
- During events, such as product launching, sponsorships and activations, we may obtain your personal information or take a picture of attendees which may be used for documentation and reporting for internal purposes. Also, we may use these pictures for our promotional activities and advertisements in social media pages and websites. We assure you that we treat all of our customers’ information confidential and we will prevent any unauthorized disclosure of it by our employees or any third party;
- To comply with legal and regulatory requirements or obligations; and,
- To perform such other processing or disclosure that may be required under law or regulations.
Other uses by nature of our transactions
In addition from the general uses mentioned above, we may use your personal information depending on your transactions with us in any of the following means:
A.) When you want to become a part of Raffles:
- To formalize your employment with Raffles;
- To comply with its obligations under law and as required by Government Agencies such as DOLE, BIR, HDMF, PhilHealth, and SSS;
- To inform and consider you for future job opportunities that may be of interest to you;
- To provide services to clients for which you are involved or endorsed as team member/practitioner;
- To administer independent contractors of the company;
- To process payroll, benefits application, and tax processing of the company’s Finance and Accounting;
- To conduct performance evaluation and career development of the employees including training and compliance monitoring;
- To do demographics and data analytics; and,
- To facilitate marketing and sales initiatives such as Raffles publications, events, and business programs
B.) When you want to become a dealer of Raffles:
- Register customers who want to be dealers of Raffles products
- Monitor dealer's performance and network
- Process the dealer's claims for commissions and privileges
- Bill and collect customer/dealer’s account
- Request for certification from the company
- Serve as a source for analysis in granting credit limit
- Evaluate performance and credit ratings of dealers
- Track outstanding and delinquent accounts with Raffles
- Perform any other action as may be necessary to implement the terms and conditions of our contract
- To furnish the claiming of warranties for products purchased
C.) When you want to become an Associate of Raffles:
- Register individuals who want to be associates of Raffles
- Monitor associate’s performance and network
- Process the associates’ claims for commissions and privileges
- Perform any other action as may be necessary to implement the terms and conditions of our contract
What type of personal data do we collect?
We collect information to provide you with details and information regarding our product, services, and promotions. Also, to respond to your enquiries or manage future interactive user-function. The common type of data collected by Raffles from you, generally includes the following:
- Basic personal information such as full name, nickname, home addresses/billing address/shipping address, e-mail address, employment information, telephone, other personal contact numbers. Sensitive personal information such as age, nationality, marital status, gender, health, education and government issued identification document which includes, but not limited to identity (ID) cards, licenses, social security number, TIN;
- Employment record such as educational background, employment history, certifications, trainings attended, resume and income information of your previous jobs; and
- Financial details such as credit history, bank account, credit card, and debit card information you have provided as a result of our transaction.
Please note that you are responsible for ensuring that all such personal data you submit to Raffles is accurate, complete and up-to-date.
How do we collect, acquire or generate your data?
We collect data when you:
- Submit a job application;
- Submit a proposal and related business documents;
- Fill-out our forms and submit necessary documents;
- Submit information through any form on our digital platforms or contact us through any of our social media accounts;
- Purchase or avail of any of our products and promos;
- Respond to surveys, promotions, and other marketing and sales initiatives;
- Provide personal information in relation to inquiries, requests, and complaints
- Subscribe to our newsletter by indicating your email address; and,
- Disclose your personal information through phone calls, emails, SMSs or verbal communication with our authorized representatives.
Is raffles.com.ph using cookies and related technologies?
A cookie is a small piece of file which originates from a website and is transferred to the user’s hard drive to record the user’s browsing activity. Cookies were designed to remember pieces of information that the user has entered in a certain website. Essentially, cookies help in making the browsing of our site easier by, among other things, saving your name, addresses, passwords and other preferences.
Most web browsers are set to automatically accept cookies, but you have the option to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you choose not to accept cookies, you may experience some delay in browsing our website or it will not function properly or may be considerably slower.
What about the links to third-party websites?
From time to time, we will provide links to third-party web sites, or advertisements which contain links to third-party sites. These links are provided as a service to you and we do not provide any personal data to these websites or advertisers, and therefore, we will not accept responsibility for their privacy practices. These sites are operated by independent entities that have their own privacy policies which you should also review. Raffles’ Privacy Policy does not apply to such other sites or to the use that those entities make of your information. Raffles has no control over the content displayed on such sites, nor over the measures, if any, that are taken by such sites to protect the privacy of your information.
Who do we share your personal data with?
As a general rule, we are not allowed to share your data to third party except in limited circumstances as noted below.
By giving your consent, you authorize Raffles to disclose your personal data to accredited/affiliated third parties or independent/non-affiliated third parties, whether local or foreign in any of the following circumstances:
- As necessary for the proper execution of processes related to the declared purposes in this Privacy Policy.
- The use or disclosure is reasonably necessary, required or authorized by or under law (such as for criminal investigation, as requested by court of law).
This means we might provide your personal data to the following:
- Our affiliates, subsidiaries, partner companies, organizations, or agencies including their sub-contractors or prospective business partners that act as our service providers and contractors;
- Law enforcement and government agencies;
- All third parties with which we share this personal data are required to use your personal data in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.
However, these companies may only use such personal data for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy and may not use it for any other purpose.
What is our Privacy Policy regarding children?
Raffles is very sensitive to privacy issues and we are especially careful in any communications with one of our most treasured customers - children. Raffles does not collect personal data from children in any form.
How do we protect your personal data?
We take reasonable steps to make sure that your personal data we collect, use or disclose are accurate, complete, and up-to-date. We strictly enforce our Privacy Policy within the Raffles and we have implemented technological, organizational and physical security measures to protect your personal data we hold from loss, misuse, modification, unauthorized or accidental access or disclosure, alteration or destruction. We put in effect safeguards such as the following:
- We keep and protect your personal data using a secured server behind a firewall, deploying encryption on computing devices and physical security controls.
- We restrict access to your personal data only to qualified and authorized personnel who hold your personal data with strict confidentiality.
- Any personal data that you provide on the www.raffles.com.ph is initially processed and stored by Raffles. Using a secured connection, only authorized Raffles personnel can then access and download your personal data from the system.
- We reveal only the last four digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing.
- It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign-off when finished using a shared computer.
Where and how long do we keep your personal data?
In general, the data will be kept in accordance with the following retention standards:.
A) If you are employed with Raffles.
The personal data will be kept in our facilities located in the Philippines after ten (10) years from separation with the company.
B) If you are a dealer of Raffles.
The personal data will be kept in our facilities located in the Philippines after five (5) years from the date you are considered inactive.
C) If you are a Privilege Card holder of Raffles.
The personal data will be kept in our facilities located in the Philippines after five (5) years from the date you are considered inactive.
D) If you are an associate of Raffles.
The personal data will be kept in our facilities located in the Philippines after five (5) years from the date you are considered inactive.
Data collected will be retained in accordance with retention limit set by Raffles standards, industry standards and laws and regulations, unless you request your data to be deleted in our database immediately. Once deleted, the data will be completely removed from all the storage location.
What if there are changes in our Privacy Policy?
From time to time, it may be necessary for Raffles to change this Privacy Policy. If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post the revised version in our website: www.raffles.com.ph and will take effect immediately, so we suggest that you check here periodically for the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy. Rest assured, however, that any changes will not be retroactively applied and will not alter how we handle previously collected personal data without obtaining your consent, unless required by law.
How can you access, correct and update the personal data we have about you?
To exercise your rights which include right to access, modify, erase and object to processing your personal data within a reasonable time after such request or should you have any inquiries, feedbacks on this Privacy Policy, and/or complaints to Raffles, you may reach us through our “Contact Us” menu in this website: http://www.raffles.com.ph/ through a written letter or through an email to our Data Protection Officer (DPO).
Our contact details are as follows:
Data Protection Officer
14F Cyber One Building,
11 Eastwood Avenue,
Eastwood City Cyberpark,
Bagumbayan, Quezon City
Metro Manila Philippines
Office: (632) 687-5369
Email: dpo@raffles.com.ph
You may also lodge a complaint before the National Privacy Commission (NPC). For further details, please refer to NPC’s website: https://privacy.gov.ph/mechanics-for-complaints/.
Our decisions to provide such access or consider any request for correction, erasure and objection to process your personal data as it appears in our records are always subject to any exceptions under applicable and relevant laws and/or the DPA, its IRR and other issuances of NPC.
This Privacy Policy was last amended on August 31, 2023