Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how ScriptRepublic collects, uses, and protects your information when you use our websites, mobile applications, and services.
1. Introduction
ScriptRepublic ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our websites, mobile applications, and other online products and services (collectively, the "Services").
By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services.
We are based in the Philippines but serve customers globally. This Privacy Policy is designed to comply with relevant data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for users in the European Economic Area (EEA).
2. Information We Collect
We collect information in the following ways:
2.1 Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us when you:
- Create an account or register for our Services
- Fill out forms or submit information through our Services, including contact forms
- Communicate with us via email, phone, or otherwise
- Participate in surveys, contests, or promotions
- Post messages in our forums or other public areas of the Services
This information may include your name, email address, phone number, company name, and any other information you choose to provide.
2.2 Information We Collect Automatically
When you access or use our Services, we may automatically collect information about you, including:
- Log Information: We collect log information about your use of the Services, including the type of browser you use, access times, pages viewed, your IP address, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.
- Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- Usage Information: We collect information about your use of our Services, such as the features you use, the actions you take, and the time, frequency, and duration of your activities.
2.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities and to distinguish you from other users of our Services. Cookies are small data files stored on your device when you visit a website. We use the following types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our Services. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and account authentication.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Services by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Services to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features.
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set through our Services by our advertising partners. They may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other websites.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Services may become inaccessible or not function properly.
No Personal Identifiable Information: We do not collect personally identifiable information through cookies or tracking technologies unless explicitly stated and with your consent. Our priority is to respect your privacy while providing a tailored experience.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect about you for various purposes, including to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our Services
- Process transactions and send related information, including confirmations and invoices
- Respond to your comments, questions, and requests, and provide customer service
- Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, and events, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services
- Detect, investigate, and prevent security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity
- Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected
| Data Category | Purpose | Legal Basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Information | Customer communication, service provision | Contractual necessity, Legitimate interests |
| Device & Usage Data | Service improvement, security, analytics | Legitimate interests |
| Cookies & Tracking | Analytics, website functionality, user preferences | Consent, Legitimate interests |
4. How We Share Your Information
We may share the information we collect about you as follows:
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf.
- For Legal Reasons: We may share information if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request.
- For Protection: We may share information to protect the rights, property, and safety of ScriptRepublic, our customers, or others.
- With Your Consent: We may share information with third parties when we have your consent to do so.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
5. Data Retention
We will retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When we no longer need to use your information, we will remove it from our systems or anonymize it so that it no longer identifies you.
6. Children's Privacy
Our Services are not directed to individuals under 16 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.
Special Protection for Children: We are committed to complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and similar regulations worldwide. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us immediately at scriptrepublic.contact@gmail.com.
7. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:
7.1 Access and Correction
You may access and update certain information about you from within your account settings or by contacting us.
7.2 Data Portability
You may request a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
7.3 Deletion
You may request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law.
7.4 Objection and Restriction
You may object to or request that we restrict our processing of your personal information.
7.5 Withdraw Consent
Where we process your information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at scriptrepublic.contact@gmail.com. Please note that we may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.
8. GDPR Compliance
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means:
- We process your data lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner
- We collect your data for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes
- We limit our collection to what is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed
- We take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of your data
- We don't keep your data longer than necessary
- We process your data in a manner that ensures appropriate security
If you are located in the EEA and believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority.
9. International Data Transfers
ScriptRepublic is based in the Philippines, and the information we collect is governed by Philippine law. If you are accessing our Services from outside the Philippines, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the Philippines and other countries where our service providers are located.
If you are located in the EEA, we ensure that any transfer of your personal information to countries outside the EEA is done in accordance with data protection laws, including by signing the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or relying on other transfer mechanisms approved by the European Commission.
10. Analytics and Advertising
We use analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how users access and use the Services. These services collect information sent by your device or our Services, including the web pages you visit, add-ons, and other information that assists us in improving the Services.
You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We may also work with third-party advertising partners to show you ads that we think may interest you. These advertising partners may set and access their own cookies, pixel tags, and similar technologies on our Services and they may otherwise collect or have access to information about you which they may collect over time and across different online services.
You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") on the NAI's website at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.
11. Security
We take reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error-free. Please take special care in deciding what information you send to us via email or through our Services.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
- Email: scriptrepublic.contact@gmail.com
- Postal Address: ScriptRepublic, Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Phone: +63 (2) 8123-4567