Welcome to Anantaks.
Your privacy is our outmost priority. We have drafted this Privacy Policy, along with our Terms and Conditions, in order to inform and communicate with you how we treat your “Personal Information” (PI). PI is the data that can be used on its own or with any other accompanying information in order to be used to identify, contact, locate a particular person.
The Privacy Policy will help you get a clear understanding of how and when we collect, use, dispose, protect, and otherwise, handle your PI in accordance with our website and application. The PI collected from the client shall only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Anantaks
Anantaks is a digital-based tax application designed to facilitate the automation and production of the Bureau of Internal Revenue tax forms for use and filing of professionals and small businesses. Anantaks is a product of Ananta Solution Corp., a Philippine corporation duly registered with the SEC and DTI.
Personal Information Collection
When you register to avail of our services, through the website or the application, you may be asked to enter your details to help you facilitate your experience.
Anantaks may collect the following information:
1. Your name and other personal information
1.1. Registered Taxpayer Name;
1.2. Civil Status
1.3. Gender
2. Your contact information
2.1. Contact number and/or Landline number;
2.2. Email address;
2.3. Registration Address and Zip Code
3. Your job or job specialization;
4. Your Business and Business Information
4.1. The type of business you are currently in;
5. Your tax information
5.1. Tax identification number (T.I.N.)
5.2. Business Line
5.3. Tax Rate
5.4. Type of Taxpayer
5.5. Type of Deduction
6. Income/s, expense/s, and other information from government agency forms and permits relevant to the user’s tax preparation and filing;
7. Your demographic information
7.1. Preferences and interests; and
8. Other information or document relevant to customer surveys and/or offers.
We collect information from you when you register from our website or application, when you use our offered Services (Tax Preparation & Filing, Business Registration, and Consultation), subscribe to our email notifications and blogs, use the Live Chat option or when you enter information on our site.
Personal Information Handling
We require the above information to understand and provide you with a better service by responding to your tailor-fit needs.
The information procured from you will be used to verify your identity and to quickly process the transactions vis-à-vis the services we offer.
In particular, the data will be used for the following reasons:
1. Documentation, Processing and Preparation of tax documents of the Client.
2. Filing of tax documents with the BIR for the Client.
3. Client History.
4. Internal record keeping.
5. For the improvement of our products and services.
6. For promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information.
7. For verification, clarification, additional requirements, market research purposes or customization of the website and app to provide you with better service
For the foregoing purposes, we may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- If you withdraw the consent you have previously given and seek to terminate whatever agreement we have with you, you may inform us at any time by writing to or emailing us.
o Termination of our agreement and opting out of our offered services will be subject to BIR regulations and the specific provisions of law applicable.
- If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us.
Necessary Personal Information Disclosure and Processing
We may share the information you provide to us with:
1. Third parties whom we have partnerships with to provide you the specific service you subscribed to and have requested or those with the appropriate service with which we integrate to;
2. Ananta Solution Corp.’s affiliated entities which provide services or conduct data processing on our behalf, or for data centralization purposes;
3. Accountants, consultants and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out some parts of the work on our behalf;
4. The Bureau of Internal Revenue and its officers for the filing of your designated and appropriate tax forms;
5. The general public if you submit content in a public forum or other features of our services that are viewable by the general public;
6. People whom you registered to the website or the application for the processing of payments, on your behalf; and/or,
7. Law enforcement officials, government authorities, or other third parties if we believe your actions are inconsistent with this policy, if we need to protect the rights, property, or safety and security of Ananta Solution Corp. or others, or if there is a request for information by a competent authority if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or is otherwise required by, any applicable law, regulation, or legal process.
PI collected from you may be disclosed to and processed by the above-mentioned parties –
a. In the event that Ananta Solution Corp. engages its affiliated entities to provide certain services to you on the application’s behalf.
i. In such cases, Ananta Solution Corp. will only provide information to such parties on a “need to know” basis;
ii. Ananta Solution Corp. will limit their right to use and further disclosure of your PI as appropriate in the course of their work for Ananta Solution Corp.
b. To verify the accuracy of the PI that has been provided to Anantaks;
c. To detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues;
d. To comply with applicable laws, court order, governmental regulation, or if such disclosure is otherwise necessary in support of any criminal or any other legal investigation or proceeding here or abroad.
Since some of the PI you have disclosed may be further disclosed to Ananta Solution Corp.’s affiliated entities, Ananta Solution Corp. will exercise all reasonable endeavors to ensure that such parties keep your personal information secure.
- Ananta Solution Corp. will ensure that PI collected will not be further disclosed as this is stipulated as a specific provision in our Strategic Alliance Agreement and is further supported by a Non-Disclosure Agreement signed by the parties involved.
Personal Information Protection
We are committed to ensuring that your information remains private, protected and secure in accordance with Republic Act No. 10173, otherwise known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012, its Implementing Rules and Regulations and other issuances of the National Privacy Commission.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety or your personal information.
All the information that we collect, as abovementioned, are stored in our cloud and back-up servers that are equipped with up-to-date and top-of-the-line computer safeguards such as firewalls, data encryption procedures and physical and digital access limitations.
Your PI is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of authorized persons who have special access rights and credentials to such systems. These people are required to keep the information and data confidential, as they were required to sign a notarized Non-Disclosure Agreement. In addition, all sensitive information you provide us is encrypted via the proper and appropriate procedures. Your PI is also protected by our up-to-date system and software as well as our top-of-the-line encryption settings.
Ananta Solution Corp. has specific policies and procedures to prevent whatever type of data breach and unauthorized access in your PI. We regularly test, assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the security measures of the systems that are in use.
Members of Ananta Solution Corp., such as website and app developers, website and app administrators shall uphold the utmost confidentiality in handling your PII. Ananta Solution Corp. binds its employees and consultants to a notarized Non-Disclosure Agreement, even extending beyond their contractual relations.
Since some and/or part of our services remains outsources, employees of Ananta Solution Corp.’s partners are likewise bound by a notarized Non-Disclosure Agreement and Strategic Alliance Agreement in handling your PI.
Due diligence is regularly conducted by Ananta Solution Corp.’s officers in order to ensure that our partners who process the services and transactions faithfully implement the proper security measures.
Only authorized officers and employees of Anantaks have access to the personal information collected in this website and app which may be exchanged though email or by hard copy.
In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
All transactions are processed through a gateway provider (DragonPay, Paypal) and are not stored or processed on our servers.
Third-party Disclosure
We assure you - Anantaks will not sell, distribute or lease your PI to unauthorized third parties unless we have your consent and/or permission or are required by law to do so. We may release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our policies, protect ours and others’ rights, safety and security.
This does not include, however, Ananta Solution Corp.’s affiliated entities, authorized accountants and consultants, website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website and application, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this data confidential.
Furthermore, your non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising and/ or other promotional uses. We may send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. The term cookie describes a range of technologies, including (1). Pixel tags (2) mobile device identifiers, and (3) web storage used in desktop softwares or mobile devices. Once you agree, the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website and app in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and data are kept in storage for a period of five (5) years after which the data is removed from the system or anonymized. Any physical records made shall be shredded promptly.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website and app, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website and app.
Third-party Links
Our website and app may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website and app. These third-party websites have separate and independent privacy policies.
Therefore, we have no responsibility nor liability for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.
You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website and application in question.
As we seek to protect the integrity and credibility of our website and application, we will welcome any feedback about the third-party links on these sites.
DATA PRIVACY RIGHTS
As provided in R.A. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations, as well as other issuances of the NPC, you are entitled to the following data privacy rights:
1. The right to be informed whether your Personal Information shall be, are being, or have been processed;
2. The right to object to the processing of your Personal Information;
3. The right to reasonably access your Personal Information;
4. The right to dispute the inaccuracy or error in your Personal Information and have us correct it immediately and accordingly;
5. The right to suspend, withdraw, or order the blocking, removal or destruction of your Personal Information from our records;
6. The right to file a complaint with the National Privacy Commission for any violation of your data privacy rights;
7. The right to be indemnified for any damages sustained due to such inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained or unauthorized use of your Personal Information not in accordance with this Statement; and
8. The right to data portability of your Personal Information.
In respecting your data privacy rights, you may opt to tell us:
1. Not to send you or to opt out from receiving marketing materials via email;
2. Not to share your information with our subsidiaries and affiliates or with other companies that we have business with provided that such information is not critical nor required by applicable laws and regulations in maintaining the services that you have availed with us;
3. To provide you with information that we currently have about you subject to restrictions applied to us as a company operating in the Philippines by certain laws and regulations;
4. To update your information; and
5. About your other concerns relating to how we collect, use, share, protect or dispose your information.
Disclaimer Notice
The information contained in the website and app are for general information purposes only. While we endeavor to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website and app or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website and app for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of our website and app.
Through the website and applications, you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of Anantaks. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation of the website and app or endorsement of the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website and app up and running smoothly. However, Anantaks takes no responsibility, and will not be liable, for the website and application being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
Privacy Policies and Memos Notice
While this privacy policy sets out how Anantaks uses and protects any information that you provide when you use this Service, Anantaks reserves the right to change and update this policy from time to time, as we seek to conform to the laws and regulations set by the regulatory bodies.
Any changes to the Privacy Policy will be effective upon posting to our website. Your continued use of our services will serve as acceptance and conformity to any changes in the policy.
Concerns and Issues
You have a right to ask for a copy of any information we may have about you.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email our Data Protection Officer through:
Anantaks
Ananta Solution Corp.
3rd floor, Ben Lor IT Center, 1184 Quezon Avenue, Brgy. Paligsahan,
Quezon City.
[email protected]
We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or other issuances we may publish, you may contact us through the abovementioned details.
Our Privacy Officer will try to provide an initial response to your questions or complaint within 10 business days. We will also attempt to resolve your complaint within 30 days. If a longer period is necessary, we will notify you.
If you believe that your privacy has been violated, you have a right to file a complaint before National Privacy Commission of the Philippines.
Copyright Notice
This website and application and its content is a copyright of Ananta Solution Corp.
All rights reserved.
Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited.
You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or exploit the content of this website and app whether for commercial or any other purposes. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website and app or other form of electronic retrieval system.
