INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University, Inc. This Privacy Policy is about our policy in terms of collecting, using, or processing your personal data, in regards to your engagement with the University.
We respect your right to privacy and strive to abide by all applicable privacy and data protection regulations, including the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA). We, like the National Privacy Commission (NPC), strive to strike a balance between your personal privacy and public safety. Regarding the free flow of information, particularly while pursuing our legitimate interests and fulfilling our obligations as an educational institution, employer, and/or contracting partner.
The terms “data” and “information” are used interchangeably throughout this Policy. When we talk about “personal data,” we’re talking about personal information, sensitive personal information, and privileged data.
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PRIVACY POLICY FOR UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL
WHAT –We gather your personal information in a variety of ways. Written documents, picture and video images, digital content, and even biometric records may be included. Here are several examples:
- Information we gather or produce throughout your employment or involvement with the University. We may collect additional information about you after you join the University, we may also get other types of data from you, such as photographs or films of activities you participate in, through official documentation of such events, or by recordings from closed-circuit security television cameras located on school grounds.
- Information that has been given to you without your permission. Your personal information may be transferred to or received by us without our permission. In such situations, we’ll assess whether we have the legal authority to keep the information. Otherwise, if you provide us with the personal data of others (for example, a person to call in an emergency, professional referees), we will ask you to confirm that you have acquired their consent before giving us their information.
WHY –We use your data to pursue our legitimate interests as an educational institution, employer, and/or contracting party, including a range of administrative, research, historical, and statistical purposes, to the degree authorized or required by law.
We believe that processing your data for these reasons is essential for us to fulfill our contractual commitments to you, to comply with a legal duty, to safeguard your critically important interests, such as your life and health, and to carry out public-interest responsibilities (e.g., public order, public safety, etc.), or in the pursuit of the University’s or a third party’s legitimate interest. We recognize that the DPA sets more stringent regulations for the handling of sensitive personal information and privileged information, and we are completely committed to following them.
If we need your permission for a specific use of your data, we will ask for it when the time comes.
Please be aware that we will not use your data for any automated decision-making without your permission.
HOW –Your personal information is securely kept and sent in a variety of paper and electronic formats, including databases, shared across the University’s many departments or offices. Access to your data is restricted to university employees who have a legitimate interest in them in order to fulfill their contractual obligations. Rest assured that our use of your data will be limited to what is necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected, and/or only when permitted by law.
For more information you may contact the following:
Questions: info@nddu.edu.ph
Complaints / Security Incidents: mis@nddu.edu.ph.
Landline: (083) 552-4444
Website: nddu.edu.ph
Address: HR 115, Notre Dame of Dadiangas University, Marist Avenue, General Santos City 9500
PRIVACY POLICY FOR APPLICANTS, STUDENTS, AND ALUMNI
WHAT –We gather your personal information in a variety of ways. Written documents, picture and video images, digital content, and even biometric records may be included. Here are several examples:
- Information we gather or produce throughout your employment or involvement with the University. We may collect additional information about you after you join the University, such as your annual physical examination results, and other information that may be used.
- Information that has been given to you without your permission. Your personal information may be transferred to or received by us without our permission. In such situations, we’ll assess whether we have the legal authority to keep the information. If the information is not connected to any of our legitimate interests, we will promptly dispose of it in a manner that protects your privacy. Otherwise, if you provide us with the personal data of others (for example, a person to call in an emergency, professional referees), we will ask you to confirm that you have acquired their consent before giving us their information.
WHY –We use your data to further our legitimate interests as an educational institution, including a range of academic, administrative, research, historical, and statistical purposes, to the degree authorized or required by law.
We believe that processing your data for these reasons is essential for us to fulfill our contractual commitments to you, to comply with a legal duty, to safeguard your critically important interests, such as your life and health, and to carry out public-interest responsibilities (e.g., public order, public safety, etc.), or in the pursuit of the University’s or a third party’s legitimate interest. We recognize that the DPA sets more stringent regulations for the handling of sensitive personal information and privileged information, and we are completely committed to following them.
If we need your permission for a specific use of your data, we will ask for it when the time comes.
Please be aware that we will not use your data for any automated decision-making without your permission.
How –Personal information is securely kept and sent in a variety of paper and electronic media, including databases shared across the University’s many departments or offices. Access to your data is restricted to university employees who have a legitimate interest in knowing it in order to fulfill their contractual obligations. Rest assured that we will not misuse your personal information.
We shall keep your relevant personal data for historical and statistical reasons forever unless otherwise required by law or acceptable University regulations. If a retention term is mandated by law or University policy, all impacted records will be safely destroyed at the end of that time.
For more information you may contact the following:
Questions: info@nddu.edu.ph
Complaints / Security Incidents: mis@nddu.edu.ph.
Landline: (083) 552-4444
Website: nddu.edu.ph
Address: HR 115, Notre Dame of Dadiangas University, Marist Avenue, General Santos City 9500
PRIVACY POLICY FOR UNIVERSITY GUESTS AND VISITORS
Beloved Guests and Visitors,
Welcome to Notre Dame of Dadiangas University!
As an institution of Quality Education, we are obliged to value every individual’s privacy and safety when entering the campus. With respect to RA 10173, the Data Privacy Act of 2012, we will make sure that all the given necessary information provided will remain secured and safe after collecting it. Thus, below are the statement why gathering such information from guests and visitors is a must.
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WHAT – When entering the premises of the campus, guests and visitors are required to present their identification or any valid IDs to confirm the person’s identity. However, if the individual cannot provide one, logging in to fill out specific information is needed. Everyone with an official ID issued by the university will be required to scan into an ID Scanner, where information is also gathered when a person is entering and leaving the campus.
WHY – It is important to gather different information from each individual entering the university to easily track the person to use in a certain evaluation for some circumstances. Also, the university constructs a certain statistic to be used for future advancements.
HOW – By making sure that every data is secured, the university provides 24-hour surveillance each day through the use of CCTV Cameras. Aside from that, the university also provides security personnel who physically monitored the entire campus from night and day. Thus, by taking care of your data, we do not circulate and share it with other people or organizations, except when it is mandatory or authorized by the law.
For more information you may contact the following:
Questions: info@nddu.edu.ph
Complaints / Security Incidents: mis@nddu.edu.ph.
Landline: (083) 552-4444
Website: nddu.edu.ph
Address: HR 115, Notre Dame of Dadiangas University, Marist Avenue, General Santos City 9500
PRIVACY POLICY FOR WEBSITE GUESTS
Beloved Visitors,
Welcome to Notre Dame of Dadiangas University!
As an institution of Quality Education, we are obliged to value every individual’s privacy and safety when entering the campus. With respect to RA 10173, the Data Privacy Act of 2012, we will make sure that all the given necessary information provided will remain secured and safe after collecting it. Thus, below are the statement on why gathering such information from website guests is a must.
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WHAT – Whenever you browse this site, we automatically record technical information about your visit. They may include the following:
- Types and versions of browsers
- Types and versions of browser plug-ins
- Connection date and time
- Visit length to specific pages
- IP address
- Operating system
- Pages viewed/searched for
- Page interaction information (e.g., scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs)
- Page response time
- Time zone setting
- Download errors
- Referrers and platforms in most cases, this information is insufficient to identify your identity on its own.
WHY – The collected data is mostly used to make the site safe and secure. Additionally, it may be utilized for bug tracking, security or data breach investigations, and use statistics.
If we need to use any gathered information that is personal data for reasons other than those stated above, we will notify you and, if needed by law, get your consent before doing so.
HOW – All data acquired by the University’s domains are held in its data centers, which are only accessible to authorized people and agents, such as third-party service providers in some circumstances. Third parties who maintain or operate websites for various University departments or offices keep the data they gather on their servers or data centers.
The acquired data is retained for as long as it is required to accomplish the stated goal of its collection. Unless needed or allowed by law, it is never shared with or transferred to other people or organizations.
Our terms of using Cookies
Cookies are used on this site, and they may be set by our web server or given by a third party. These are tiny text files that are downloaded to your browser automatically when you visit this site. These then collect information about your browsing habits in order to improve the site’s interaction with you and other users. Cookies are also used for authentication, session management, and performance statistics in other situations.
For more information you may contact the following:
Questions: info@nddu.edu.ph
Complaints / Security Incidents: mis@nddu.edu.ph.
Landline: (083) 552-4444
Website: nddu.edu.ph
Address: HR 115, Notre Dame of Dadiangas University, Marist Avenue, General Santos City 9500