Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Ocean View Residences is a development of Cormorant Developments (OPC), a One Person Corporation registered in the Republic of the Philippines and based in Argao, Cebu.

For the purposes of the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10173), Cormorant Developments (OPC) is the Personal Information Controller responsible for personal information collected through this website.

When this Policy refers to “Cormorant,” “we,” “our” or “us,” it means Cormorant Developments (OPC).

For questions concerning this Policy or the personal information we hold about you, please contact:
Cormorant Developments (OPC)
Argao, Cebu, Philippines
Email: info@oceanviewresidences.ph

Information You Give Us

Most personal information we collect through the website is provided directly by you when you submit an enquiry or contact form.

Depending upon the form or service you are interested in, this may include:

• your name;
• email address;
• telephone number;
• country or telephone country code;
• preferred method of contact;
• proposed dates of travel or accommodation;
• number of guests or divers;
• the residence, property, diving activity or other service you are interested in;
• information relating to a property or professional-services enquiry; and
• information you voluntarily include in a message to us.

You are not currently required to create an account to use the public website.

Unless expressly provided through a future secure payment facility, we do not request payment-card or banking information through website enquiry forms.

Please do not include unnecessary sensitive personal information in free-text enquiry fields.

Information Collected Automatically

Some technical information may be collected when you use the website.

Website Analytics

If you consent to analytics cookies through our cookie controls, we may use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the website.

This can help us understand matters such as which pages are visited, how visitors reach the website and how the website performs.

Analytics technologies requiring consent will not be activated unless the appropriate consent has been provided.

Further information is provided in our Cookie Policy.

Hosting and Security Logs

The website is hosted using Vercel infrastructure.

Technical logs may include information such as IP address, browser and device information, requested pages, timestamps and technical information necessary to operate, troubleshoot and protect the website.

These records are used for website operation, reliability and security.

Administration

Authorised personnel accessing restricted website administration facilities may be required to use authentication and session technologies.

These are used for website administration and security and do not apply in the same way to ordinary visitors browsing the public website.

How We Use Your Information

We may process personal information to:

• respond to enquiries;
• provide requested information;
• communicate with you about Ocean View Residences;
• respond to accommodation enquiries;
• respond to diving and course enquiries;
• respond to property-purchase enquiries;
• respond to enquiries concerning Cormorant Developments' professional services;
• arrange viewings, meetings or discussions;
• send confirmation that an enquiry has been received;
• take steps towards a booking, reservation, purchase or professional appointment at your request;
• administer a booking, reservation or subsequent contractual relationship;
• operate, maintain and secure the website;
• understand and improve website performance where you have consented to analytics;
• prevent or investigate misuse or security incidents;
• maintain appropriate business and transaction records; and
• comply with applicable legal, regulatory, accounting and tax obligations.

We do not currently use information submitted through this website for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

We do not currently use website enquiry information to send unsolicited marketing newsletters.

If we introduce newsletters or other direct electronic marketing in the future, appropriate information and consent or other lawful arrangements will be introduced before doing so.

Basis for Processing

We process personal information only where there is an appropriate basis for doing so.

Depending upon the circumstances, this may include:

• Your consent — for example, where consent is required for analytics cookies.
• Taking steps at your request before entering into a contract — for example, responding to an enquiry concerning accommodation, diving, purchasing a residence or professional services.
• Performance of a contract — where processing becomes necessary to administer a booking, reservation, purchase, professional appointment or other agreement with you.
• Legitimate interests — where reasonably necessary to operate, administer, improve and protect our website and business, provided those interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.
• Legal obligations — where information must be processed or retained to comply with applicable Philippine law, taxation, accounting, regulatory or other legal requirements.

Who We Share Information With

We do not sell your personal information to data brokers or advertisers.

We use service providers that may process information on our behalf in order to operate the website and respond to enquiries. These currently include:

• Resend — used to deliver website enquiry and confirmation emails.
• Google Analytics — used for website analytics where the appropriate analytics consent has been provided.
• Vercel — used for website hosting and associated technical infrastructure.

Where necessary for a particular enquiry, transaction or service, information may also be provided to professional advisers, consultants, contractors or service providers where reasonably necessary and where there is an appropriate lawful basis for doing so.

We may also disclose information where required by law, regulation, court order or lawful request from a competent authority, or where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

International Processing

Some technology providers may process or store information outside the Philippines.

Where personal information is transferred or processed internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate contractual, organisational and technical safeguards are in place and that service providers provide appropriate protection for the information entrusted to them.

How Long We Keep Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and for any subsequent legal, accounting, contractual or regulatory requirements.

General enquiries that do not result in a booking, purchase or other contractual relationship will normally be deleted or anonymised after 24 months, unless there is a legitimate reason to retain them for longer.

Information connected with bookings, purchases, contracts or professional appointments may be retained for longer where required for legal, contractual, accounting, taxation, dispute-resolution or record-keeping purposes.

Analytics information is retained according to the retention settings configured within the applicable analytics service.

Technical and security logs are retained only for the period reasonably required for operation, troubleshooting, security and legal compliance.

When personal information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to delete, anonymise or otherwise securely dispose of it.

Your Rights

Under the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012 and applicable regulations, you may have rights in relation to your personal information, including the:

• right to be informed about the processing of your personal information;
• right to access personal information held about you;
• right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete information;
• right to object to certain processing;
• right to erasure or blocking where the applicable legal requirements are satisfied;
• right to data portability in circumstances where that right applies;
• right to withdraw consent where processing is based upon your consent;
• right to damages where provided by applicable law; and
• right to lodge a complaint with the National Privacy Commission.

These rights are subject to the conditions and limitations provided by applicable law and do not necessarily require information to be deleted where we have a lawful reason or legal obligation to retain it.

To exercise your rights or ask a question concerning your personal information, contact info@oceanviewresidences.ph.

We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before acting upon a request.

If you believe that your personal information has not been handled appropriately, you may also contact the National Privacy Commission of the Philippines.

Security

We take reasonable and appropriate organisational, physical and technical measures to protect personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction, alteration, disclosure, loss or unauthorised access.

Website communications are protected using HTTPS encryption.

Access to administration facilities is restricted to authorised users and appropriate authentication and access controls are used.

Access to personal information within Cormorant Developments (OPC) is limited to those who reasonably require it for their work.

No internet or information-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore continually review appropriate measures in proportion to the nature of the information we process and the risks involved.

Children and Minors

The website is principally intended for adults.

We do not knowingly solicit personal information directly from children through the general website enquiry facilities.

Some services promoted through the website, particularly diving activities or accommodation, may involve persons under 18. Where information relating to a minor is legitimately required for such a service, it should be provided by or with the involvement of the minor's parent or legal guardian and will be handled in accordance with applicable requirements.

If you believe that a child has submitted personal information to us without appropriate authority, please contact us.

Third-Party Websites

The website may contain links to third-party websites and services, including mapping, booking, payment or social-media services.

Those organisations operate independently and may collect information under their own privacy policies.

Cormorant Developments (OPC) is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third-party websites. We recommend reviewing their privacy information before providing personal information to them.

Cookies

The website uses certain technologies necessary for its operation and may use optional analytics technologies where you have provided the appropriate consent.

Further information about the cookies and similar technologies used by the website, their purposes and available controls is provided in our Cookie Policy.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy where our website, services, technology providers or legal obligations change.

The latest version will always be published on this page together with its revision date.

Where a change materially affects how personal information is processed, we will take reasonable steps to bring that change to the attention of affected users where appropriate.

Contact Us

For privacy enquiries, requests or concerns:
Cormorant Developments (OPC)
Argao, Cebu, Philippines
Email: info@oceanviewresidences.ph