BPI Europe PLC data privacy statement

We take the privacy of the information we hold about you seriously. We ask that you read carefully this Data Privacy Statement as this explains how we collect, access, protect, use, share, and retain personal information we have about you when you apply for and avail of our products and services.

This statement outlines the general practices of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (Europe) PLC (“BPI Europe”) in relation to our processes and content which are made available through our website. This Statement also covers the privacy practices for our customers who apply for and obtain products and services from us, such as, but not limited to, deposits, loans, international payments, and other such products and services that the bank may offer from time to time.

Definitions

1. Personal information/data – refers to any information whether recorded in a material form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information, or when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify an individual.

2. Sensitive personal information/data – refers to personal information:
a. about an individual’s race, ethnic origin, marital status, age, color, and religious, philosophical or political affiliations;
b. about an individual’s health, education, genetic or sexual lie of a person, or to any proceeding for any offense committed or alleged to have been committed by such person, the disposal of such proceedings, or the sentence of any court in such proceedings;
c. issued by government agencies peculiar to an individual which includes but not limited to social security numbers, previous or current health records, licenses, or its denials, suspension or revocation, and tax returns; and
d. specifically established by an executive order or an act of Congress to be kept classified.

3. BPI subsidiaries and affiliates – members of the BPI Group of Companies such as but not limited to Bank of the Philippine islands, BPI Direct Banko, and BPI Family Savings Bank.

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