1. Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to the LAEC Inc. public website, registration pages, the LAEC Learning Academy, learner and administrator portals, online courses, feedback forms, and certificate-request services.
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use the website, LAEC may collect:
- name, email address, mobile number, organization, position, and province or region;
- training interests, reasons for enrollment, consent confirmations, and registration status;
- Firebase account identifiers, learner ID, email-verification status, role, approval status, and assigned course access;
- course progress, completed modules, assessment scores, timestamps, feedback, and certificate requests;
- technical information such as browser type, device information, IP-derived security data, authentication records, and essential browser storage.
3. Purposes of Processing
LAEC processes personal information to:
- review enrollment applications and create approved learner accounts;
- authenticate users and protect learner and administrator portals;
- deliver courses, save progress, evaluate completion, collect feedback, and process certificates;
- communicate account, training, security, and certificate updates;
- improve course design, learner support, reporting, and program monitoring;
- comply with applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, audit, and safeguarding obligations.
4. Legal and Consent Basis
LAEC processes information based on consent, the steps necessary to administer requested training services, legitimate organizational purposes, and compliance with applicable Philippine laws and regulations. LAEC follows the principles of transparency, legitimate purpose, and proportionality under the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
5. Services and Data Processors
LAEC may use service providers such as Firebase or other hosting, authentication, database, email, storage, and website-delivery providers. These providers may process information only as needed to provide their services, subject to their own security and privacy safeguards.
6. Sharing and Disclosure
LAEC does not sell personal information. Information may be shared only with authorized LAEC personnel, contracted service providers, project or training partners where necessary and lawful, or government and regulatory authorities when disclosure is legally required.
7. Data Retention
Registration, learner, progress, feedback, and certificate records are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for training administration, reporting, verification, safeguarding, audit, legal compliance, and legitimate organizational records. LAEC may anonymize data for statistical or program-learning purposes.
8. Security
LAEC applies reasonable organizational, physical, and technical safeguards, including authenticated access, role-based permissions, Firestore security rules, email verification, account activation controls, and restricted administrator functions. No internet-based system is completely risk-free, so users should also protect their passwords and devices.
9. Your Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may request access, correction, updating, deletion or blocking, data portability, information about processing, or withdrawal of consent where consent is the applicable basis. Some records may need to be retained when required by law, contract, audit, or legitimate administrative needs.
10. Children and Minors
The Learning Academy is primarily intended for adult learners and authorized training participants. A parent, guardian, school, or responsible institution should provide appropriate authorization before a minor submits personal information.
11. External Links
The website may link to third-party sites. LAEC is not responsible for their content, availability, security, or privacy practices. Review the privacy policies of external services before providing information.
12. Changes to This Policy
LAEC may update this policy when its services, technologies, legal obligations, or data practices change. The effective date shown above will be revised when a material update is published.
13. Contact
Questions, requests, or privacy concerns may be sent to:
LAEC Inc.
Email: laquihonconsultants@laecinc.com
Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines