1. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

SEC collects from incorporators, stockholders, directors, trustees, officers, beneficial owners, external auditor, notary public, personal information such as but not limited to full name, signature, nationality, sex, address, accreditation number, roll of attorney number and taxpayer information number.

2. HOW WE COLLECT

SEC collects, uses and/or processes personal information based on submitted and filed GIS forms and related paper documents.

3. WHY WE COLLECT

SEC is mandated by the Corporation Code and the Securities Regulation Code to regulate the corporate sector and the securities markets. The collected personal information will be utilized for regulatory purposes pursuant to our statutory functions to ensure full and timely disclosure of material information, protect the investors, and minimize if not eliminate fraudulent or manipulative devices and practices that create distortion in a free market. Further, the SEC, as supervising authority, is mandated to assist the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) in effectively implementing the provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, and to obtain, keep and make accessible information necessary to detect and prevent money laundering and terrorist financing in the country.

SEC is also mandated by Executive Order No. 2 (2016) or the Freedom of Information (FOI) regulation, to provide every Filipino access to information, official records, public records and to documents and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions or decisions, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy development. Thus, SEC treats the GIS as public record which is available to the public.

SEC shares with and makes available the GIS to interested parties in order to fulfill the aforementioned functions and mandate, for purposes such as:

4. HOW WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURE

Personal and other information collected through the GIS are stored in a secure data facilities. The SEC has adequate security safeguards to protect information from loss, unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

5. RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

Under the Data Privacy Act of 2012, data subject refers to an individual whose personal information is collected and processed. SEC is duly bound to observe and respect your privacy rights, including your right to information, right to access, right to correct, right to remove, right to damages and right to data portability.

6. AUTHORIZATION

By indicating in the GIS the personal information of the incorporators, stockholders, directors, trustees, officers, beneficial owners, external auditor, notary public and their agents, you attest that the aforementioned persons authorize the SEC to: (1) Collect, process and store their personal information through the GIS forms and related documents, for the period allowed under the applicable laws and regulations; (2) Share with and make available the GIS to interested parties in order to pursue lawful purposes and legitimate interests, and comply with legal mandate.

You also attest that the company and the aforementioned persons authorized you to file the GIS with SEC, and the information provided herein are true, accurate, timely and complete.

You further attest that they are aware of their rights under the Data Privacy Act, including the right to be informed, to access, to object, to erasure or blocking, to damages, to file a complaint, to rectify and to data portability, and understand that there are procedures, conditions and exceptions to be complied with in order to exercise or invoke such rights.