ADI respects and values your privacy. Our commitment is to provide cutting-edge AI solutions in financial services, power and industrials, and smart cities among others while complying with privacy laws and regulations as promulgated by competent authority. This privacy statement enumerates the practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. It sets out how we collect, use, store, disclose, transfer, and dispose of the personal data that you share with us, as well as your rights. Our Privacy Statement applies to all our wholly owned subsidiaries and branch operations worldwide. We comply with domestic laws and regulatory requirements in each jurisdiction we operate in. 

The Personal Data We Collect

ADI collects, uses, and/or processes personal data by manual, physical, electronic, or automated means necessary to provide our services. In general, we are using your personal data for any of the following purposes:

• Deliver products and services;

• Enhance your experience and interactions with us;

• Manage our business operations; and

• Fulfill our legal and security obligations

We may collect the following information:

• Contact Form

When filling out the contact form on our website, we need information about you in order to be able to answer your questions or requests. We will use the information collected through the contact form only for the purpose of dealing with your request. For this purpose, we may collect the following information:

• Name;

• E-mail Address; 

• Company Name and Job Title

• Mobile Number

• Country/Region; and

• Any additional information you provide to us regarding your question or request

• [Potential] Business Connections 

During any interaction with you, we may collect personal data for business and marketing purposes. This may include events (i.e. collection of business cards), our options to contact you when serving as a contact point for the collaboration with your company. For this purpose, we may collect the following information:

• Company Information (name, address, sector);

• Contact Details (name, address and/or mobile / phone numbers);

• Job Title / Designation; and

• Contract information including billing whenever applicable

We process this information based on our legitimate business interest.

• Recruitment Purposes

In connection with your application for work with us, we may collect, use, and store such as but not limited to: 

• Personal data such as name, permanent address, present address, date of birth, gender, citizenship, work-related photograph, signature specimen, e-mail address, mobile number, home number, and other contact details;

• Government-issued ID numbers for purposes of payroll and compliance with statutory requirements; 

• Health information from reports in pre-employment medical examination;

• Immigration, right-to-work and residence status whenever applicable;

• Job-related, compensation, and benefits-related information;

• Educational and training information; and

• Any information you have provide to us during an interview and as part of the recruitment process

Personal Data Use

We may process the personal data with the following purposes:

• Customer Supplied Data

• To provide you with information and services that you request;

• To provide you with special offers, promotions, surveys, and other information about services we feel may interest you, where you consent to receiving such information;

• To notify you about changes to this privacy statement and other terms you have agreed to; and

• To address your queries, complaints, or concerns

• Job Applicants Supplied Data

• Assess your skills, qualifications, and suitability for specific vacancy;

• Check that you are legally entitled to work in the country where the relevant position is available;

• Subject to your specific consent, assess your skills, qualifications, and suitability for future opportunities;

• Communicate with you about the recruitment process;

• Keep records related to our hiring processes; and

• Comply with legal and regulatory requirements.     

Data Sharing and Disclosures

We may disclose and share your personal data for legitimate purposes in the following circumstances:

• Any government entity, subdivision, agency, or instrumentality pursuant to statutory requirements;

• Contracted third parties to carry out services such as but not limited to:

• Information Technology

• System Administration and Hosting

• Customer Support / Service

• Health Maintenance Organization

• Employee Engagements

• In the event we sell or buy any business or assets, in which we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;

• If we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by us about our customers will be one of the transferred assets; 

• When permitted or requested by applicable customers; and

• For value-added services:

• We may disclose your personal data to our partners who collaborate with us to provide joint communications and services that might be of your interest.

• We may also share your data with Aboitiz & Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates, Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. and each of their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, and ADI’s subsidiaries and affiliates for the purposes as set out in the Privacy Statement in force, provided by you to us from time to time or for compliance to any law, regulations, government requirement, treaty, agreement, policy or as required by or for the purpose of any court legal process, examination, inquiry, audit, or investigation of any authority. This applies notwithstanding any non-disclosure agreement.

Data Security

We have implemented technical and organizational measures that are appropriate to the obtained personal data. These safeguards are designed to secure your personal data from loss and unauthorized access, copying, use, or modification. We require our service providers to protect your personal data by contractual means.

Data Transfer

We maintain servers located in different countries. Data protection laws vary among countries, regardless of where your information is processed, we apply a similar degree of protection as described in this Privacy Statement. 

Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes we collected it for or in accordance with domestic laws and regulations whichever is longer. In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data which means it can no longer be associated with you for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information without further notice to you.

Data Disposal

We dispose of your personal data in a secure manner to prevent further processing, unauthorized access, or disclosure after the defined retention period. Subject to data retention requirements and internal policies, data deletion may be requested through the Data Protection Officer at adi.dpo@aboitiz.com.  We can exclude you from receiving personalized offers, marketing communications, and other notifications by emailing us at adi@aboitiz.com.  

Know Your Rights

Under the Data Privacy Act of the Philippines, you have the following rights:

Right to be Informed – right to know what data has been collected and how data is being processed.

Right to Access – upon written request, you may demand reasonable access to your personal data, which may include the contents of your processed personal data, the manner of processing, sources where they were obtained, recipients and reason of disclosure.

Right to Dispute – you may dispute inaccuracy or error in your personal data in our systems through our Data Protection Officer.

Right to Correct / Rectification – you may require us to correct / rectify any information and/or personal data relating to you which is inaccurate.

Right to Data Erasure – subject to applicable laws and reasonable grounds, you have the right to suspend, withdraw or order blocking, removal, or destruction of your personal data from us.

Right to Data Portability – you have the right to obtain from your personal data in an electronic or structured format that is commonly used and allows for further use.

Right to Damages – you may claim compensation if you suffered due to inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained, or unauthorized use of your personal data.

Right to File a Complaint – you can file your complaint or any concerns with our Data Protection Officer and/or with Philippine National Privacy Commission through www.privacy.gov.ph.

Under the Personal Data Protection Act of Singapore, you have the following rights:

Right to be Informed – right to know for which the data collected will be used or disclosed.

Right to Object – at any given time, you may withdraw any consent given or deemed to have been given under the PDPA in respect of the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data for any purpose by an organization.

Right to Access – you may request your personal data that is in possession or under the control of an organization.

Right to Correction – you may request correction of an error or omission in your personal data in the possession or under the control of an organization.

Right to Protection – you have the right to protection where an organization must protect personal data in its possession or under its control by making reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification or disposal, or similar risks and the loss of any storage medium or device on which personal data is stored. 

Right to File a Complaint – you may lodge a complaint with the PDPC with respect of an organization’s breach of any of the Data Protection Provisions or DNC Provisions. 

Contact Our Data Protection Officer

For inquiries and concerns regarding the processing of personal information stated in this Privacy Statement, you may address them to ADI’s Data Protection Officer at:

• Singapore Head Office: 10 Anson Road #30-01 International Plaza Singapore 079902

• Philippine Head Office: NAC Tower, 32nd Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City

• E-mail Address: adi.dpo@aboitiz.com

Changes / Amendments / Updates

ADI reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Statement at any time without prior notice. Any updates will be posted on the ADI’s website.