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Privacy Policy
Last Updated: June 27, 2026
Effective Date: June 27, 2026
1. Introduction
XieTech respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal data responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, protect, retain, and dispose of personal data when you visit our website, contact us, submit a form, apply to join our team, participate in research, register for an event, express investor or partnership interest, or otherwise interact with XieTech.
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "XieTech," "we," "us," and "our" refer to the early-stage technology initiative operating under the XieTech name and managed by:
XieTech is currently undergoing formal business registration in the Philippines. Until registration is completed, the individual named above is responsible for determining why and how personal data is collected, used, stored, disclosed, retained, and deleted in connection with XieTech's activities.
Once XieTech is formally registered, we will update this Privacy Policy to reflect the official registered entity name, business details, privacy contact, and any designated Data Protection Officer or equivalent responsible representative.
By using our website or voluntarily providing personal data to XieTech, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy.
2. Our Current Operating Status
XieTech is an early-stage Philippine technology initiative focused on research, product discovery, software development, community innovation, and strategic partnerships.
We are currently building our team, validating real-world problems, conducting market research, developing early product concepts, supporting selected software and innovation activities, and exploring potential partnerships and investment opportunities.
As XieTech develops, our services, team structure, tools, third-party providers, and internal processes may change. When a material change affects how we handle personal data, we will update this Privacy Policy and revise the "Last Updated" date.
3. Scope of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected through:
The XieTech website and related web pages
Contact, inquiry, and partnership forms
Investor-interest forms and briefing registrations
Team applications, internships, contributor applications, and recruitment activities
Market-research surveys, interviews, feedback forms, and pilot activities
Webinar, event, workshop, and community-program registrations
Email, social-media messages, calls, meetings, and other direct communications
Future XieTech products, services, or platforms that link to this Privacy Policy, unless a separate privacy notice applies
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, social-media platforms, payment providers, or external services that operate under their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third parties before providing them with personal data.
4. Personal Data We May Collect
The personal data we collect depends on how you interact with XieTech.
A. Website and Technical Information
When you visit our website, we may collect limited technical information, including:
IP address
Browser type, device type, operating system, and language settings
Referring website, source, or campaign information
Pages viewed, approximate visit time, and website interaction data
Security, diagnostic, and error logs
Cookie identifiers or similar technologies, where used
We use this information to operate, secure, maintain, understand, and improve our website.
B. Contact, Inquiry, and Partnership Information
When you contact us or submit an inquiry, we may collect:
Full name
Email address
Phone number, if voluntarily provided
Organization, business, role, or industry
Nature of your inquiry
Project, operational, community, or partnership details you choose to share
Communications, follow-up records, and meeting notes where relevant
C. Team Application and Recruitment Information
When you apply to join XieTech, we may collect:
Name and contact details
Resume, curriculum vitae, portfolio, work samples, or professional profile links
Education, training, professional background, and skills
Role preferences, availability, and work-arrangement preferences
Application responses, interview notes, assessments, and communications
References, only where you provide them or authorize us to contact them
Please do not submit government-issued IDs, bank information, passwords, medical records, biometric information, or other sensitive personal data unless XieTech specifically requests it through an appropriate and secure process.
D. Research, Survey, and Feedback Information
When you participate in market research, interviews, surveys, feedback activities, or pilot discussions, we may collect:
Your responses, experiences, opinions, and suggestions
Your general role, industry, location, or demographic information, where relevant to the research
Information about challenges involving work, business, community services, financial decisions, technology access, or other topics covered by the research
Contact details, where you choose to receive updates or participate in follow-up activities
We may use aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified insights to identify recurring problems, validate opportunities, improve our understanding of Filipino realities, and guide future products, services, research, and innovation initiatives.
We will not publicly identify you, attribute a quote to you, or publish personally identifiable research feedback without your separate permission.
E. Investor, Supporter, and Strategic Partner Information
When you express interest as an investor, supporter, strategic partner, adviser, or collaborator, we may collect:
Name and contact details
Organization, role, and professional background
Area of interest, such as investment, partnership, pilot programs, advisory support, or collaboration
Information you voluntarily provide about your interests, requirements, or capacity to engage with XieTech
Communications and meeting notes
Submitting investor or partnership information does not create an investment offer, a binding commitment, a partnership, or any obligation for either party.
F. Event and Webinar Information
When you register for or attend an event, webinar, workshop, or community session, we may collect:
Name, email address, organization, and role
Registration responses and attendance details
Questions, feedback, or messages submitted during the event
Event recordings, screenshots, or participation information only where applicable and appropriately disclosed
When a session will be recorded, we will notify participants before or during the session. Where practical, participants may choose not to enable their camera or may contact us before the event with privacy concerns.
5. Why We Process Personal Data
We may process personal data for the following purposes:
To respond to inquiries, requests, and messages
To discuss possible software, research, partnership, community, or collaboration opportunities
To review team applications and manage recruitment activities
To administer events, webinars, workshops, and community programs
To conduct market research, product discovery, and feedback activities
To send updates that you requested or agreed to receive
To improve our website, communication, research methods, services, and future products
To protect our website, systems, team, visitors, and participants from misuse, fraud, unauthorized access, or security incidents
To comply with applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, accounting, or recordkeeping requirements
To establish, exercise, or defend legal claims when necessary
We will not use personal data for purposes that are incompatible with the purpose communicated to you, unless permitted or required by law.
6. Lawful Bases for Processing
Depending on the circumstances, XieTech may process personal data based on one or more of the following:
Your consent
Steps you requested before entering into a potential contract, engagement, partnership, or service relationship
Performance of a contract or agreed engagement
Compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation
Protection of vital interests where permitted by law
XieTech's legitimate interests, such as operating securely, responding to inquiries, improving services, managing relationships, conducting responsible research, and protecting our systems, provided that these interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms
Other lawful grounds permitted under applicable privacy laws
Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time. Withdrawal will not affect processing that was lawful before the withdrawal.
7. Sensitive Personal Data
XieTech does not intentionally request sensitive personal information through ordinary website forms unless it is genuinely necessary for a specific purpose and supported by an appropriate privacy notice, lawful basis, or consent process.
Sensitive personal data may include information relating to health, religion, political affiliations, government-issued identifiers, financial information, criminal history, biometric information, or other categories protected by law.
Please avoid sending sensitive personal data through general contact forms, social-media messages, or unencrypted email unless XieTech specifically requests it and provides instructions for secure submission.
Where we need to process sensitive personal data, we will take additional steps appropriate to the nature of the information and the applicable legal requirements.
8. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies, log files, pixels, or similar technologies to support essential website functions, security, performance monitoring, and, where enabled, website analytics.
These technologies may help us:
Keep the website functioning properly
Understand how visitors use pages and features
Identify technical issues
Protect against malicious activity or abuse
Improve website performance, accessibility, and content
You may control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
If we introduce optional analytics, advertising, or measurement technologies that require consent, we will provide an appropriate notice or preference mechanism before using them, where required.
9. How We Share Personal Data
XieTech does not sell personal data.
We may share personal data only when necessary and appropriate with:
Authorized XieTech team members, contributors, or representatives who need access to perform their responsibilities
Service providers that support our website, forms, email, communications, file storage, event operations, or security
Professional advisers, such as legal, accounting, audit, or compliance advisers, where necessary
Government authorities, regulators, courts, or law-enforcement bodies when required by law or valid legal process
A potential successor entity in connection with a future merger, restructuring, acquisition, financing, business registration transition, or transfer of assets, subject to appropriate safeguards
Other parties where you have given permission or where sharing is otherwise permitted by law
We require authorized personnel to handle personal data confidentially and only for approved purposes. We also take reasonable steps to work with service providers that apply appropriate safeguards to personal data.
10. Third-Party Service Providers and International Processing
XieTech may use third-party services to operate our website and forms, communicate with people, host events, store information, and support internal operations.
Depending on the activity and tools in use, these providers may include:
Cloudflare for website hosting, content delivery, security, caching, and technical logs
Tally and/or Google Forms for contact forms, applications, surveys, registrations, and submissions
Google Workspace or Gmail for email communication, scheduling, and internal coordination
Google Drive for file storage, documentation, and internal review of submissions
Google Meet for webinars, interviews, meetings, and online events
Other tools that may be introduced as XieTech's operations develop
Some providers may process or store personal data outside the Philippines. Where this occurs, XieTech will take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate contractual, organizational, technical, and legal safeguards are in place.
We will update this Policy if we introduce material new categories of service providers that significantly affect how personal data is processed.
11. Market Research and Product Discovery
XieTech conducts research to understand recurring challenges faced by Filipino businesses, communities, organizations, and everyday users.
When we use research responses, we aim to:
Focus on patterns, pain points, unmet needs, and opportunities
Limit the collection of personal data to what is relevant
Use aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified findings whenever practical
Avoid making decisions about an individual solely on the basis of research participation
Respect requests to withdraw from future follow-up communications
Research participation is voluntary unless a separate agreement states otherwise. Choosing not to participate will not affect your ability to visit our public website or contact XieTech.
We may retain anonymized or aggregated research findings for longer periods because they no longer reasonably identify an individual.
12. Recruitment and Team Applications
We use application information to assess suitability for available roles, communicate with applicants, manage interviews, and maintain records connected to the recruitment process.
XieTech does not make recruitment decisions solely through automated processing.
We may retain applicant information for the period stated in this Policy or a role-specific privacy notice. We may contact unsuccessful applicants about future relevant opportunities only where they have agreed to receive such updates or where otherwise permitted by law.
Submitting an application does not guarantee an interview, placement, role, internship, contributor opportunity, compensation arrangement, or future engagement with XieTech.
13. Security Measures
XieTech uses reasonable and appropriate organizational, physical, and technical safeguards designed to protect personal data against accidental loss, unauthorized access, improper disclosure, alteration, destruction, or other unlawful processing.
Depending on the nature of the information and systems involved, these measures may include:
Access controls based on legitimate business need
Strong password and multi-factor authentication practices where available
Secure hosting and encrypted connections where available
Limited access to form submissions and internal records
Confidentiality obligations for authorized team members and contributors
Vendor review and access management
Backup, recovery, and incident-response procedures
Periodic review of systems, permissions, and data-handling practices
No website, system, or method of transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should avoid submitting highly sensitive information through general website forms or unsecured channels.
If a personal-data breach occurs and notification is required by applicable law, XieTech will take appropriate steps to investigate, contain, address, document, and notify affected individuals and relevant authorities as required.
14. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, maintain appropriate business records, or protect XieTech's rights.
Unless a different period is stated in a specific form, agreement, or legal requirement, XieTech intends to apply the following retention periods:
| Data Type | Retention Period |
|---|---|
| General contact and partnership inquiries | Up to 12 months after the last meaningful interaction |
| Investor and strategic-partner interest submissions | Up to 24 months after the last meaningful interaction |
| Team applications and recruitment records | Up to 12 months after the recruitment decision or last contact |
| Applications retained for future opportunities | Up to 24 months, only where the applicant has agreed |
| Market-research responses containing identifiable information | Up to 24 months after collection, then deleted or anonymized where practical |
| Aggregated or anonymized research insights | May be retained longer because they no longer reasonably identify individuals |
| Event and webinar registration records | Up to 12 months after the event |
| Website security and technical logs | Based on active provider settings and operational need; generally no longer than 90 days where directly controlled by XieTech, unless needed for security, incident response, or legal purposes |
| Communications and records needed for legal, compliance, or dispute purposes | For as long as reasonably necessary or required by law |
When personal data is no longer needed, we will securely delete, anonymize, archive, or otherwise dispose of it in a manner designed to prevent unauthorized access or further use.
15. Your Privacy Rights
Subject to applicable law and reasonable verification of your identity, you may have the right to:
Be informed that your personal data is being processed
Request access to personal data we hold about you
Request correction of inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or misleading personal data
Object to certain processing activities
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Request the erasure, blocking, removal, or destruction of personal data in appropriate circumstances
Request a copy of personal data in a commonly used electronic format where applicable
Seek damages where permitted by law
Lodge a complaint with the National Privacy Commission or another competent authority
To exercise a privacy right, contact us at:
Please describe your request clearly and include enough information for us to identify the relevant records. We may ask for reasonable proof of identity before acting on a request to protect your information from unauthorized access.
We will respond within a reasonable period and in accordance with applicable law.
16. Marketing and Updates
Where you choose to receive updates from XieTech, we may send information about research activities, events, opportunities, announcements, services, partnerships, or future products.
You may opt out of non-essential marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe option in the message or by contacting us at [email protected].
Even after opting out of marketing messages, we may still send essential communications related to an inquiry, application, event registration, partnership discussion, service relationship, or legal requirement.
17. Children and Minors
XieTech's website, forms, and services are not primarily directed to children.
If you are a minor under applicable law, please do not submit personal data to XieTech without the knowledge and permission of a parent or legal guardian.
If we learn that we collected personal data from a child without appropriate authority or a lawful basis, we will take reasonable steps to delete, restrict, or otherwise protect that information.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our practices, services, forms, technologies, legal obligations, business-registration status, or operations change.
When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date and, where appropriate, provide additional notice through our website, forms, email, or another reasonable method.
We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.
19. Contact Us
For questions, concerns, requests, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or XieTech's handling of personal data, please contact:
Please use the subject line: Privacy Request.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may raise your concern with the National Privacy Commission through its official channels.