PRIVACY NOTICE
Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc. (FNI), including its subsidiaries Platinum Group Metals Corporation (PGMC), Ipilan Nickel Corporation (INC), Mariveles Harbor Corporation (MHC), adhere to strict privacy standards and fully complies with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act 10173) to safeguard your personal information.
We may collect personal information about you when you interact with our Company. This includes information gathered through your application and in the course of your employment, during visits to our physical locations, through communications with our employees or our social media pages.
Collection and Use of Your Personal Data
In the regular course of the FNI’s business, we may collect personal data, including but not limited to:
Personal Information
Full name, email address, current address, mobile number, date of birth, payroll information, and dependent details.
Sensitive Personal Information
This includes details such as:
- Demographic information (e.g., marital status, gender, nationality)
- Educational and employment history
- Government-issued identification numbers
- Medical and financial records
- Personal documents (e.g., marriage certificate, death certificates)
NOTE: This information is considered highly confidential.
- Verifying your identity, responding to your inquiries and administering employment requirements, including payroll and benefits.
- Administering employment-related activities performance review, talent development, and employee engagement.
- Facilitating employee off-boarding and turn-over process.
- Conducting due diligence on vendors, suppliers and other third parties.
- Monitoring compliance with Company policies and regulations.
- Obtaining photo and video documentation during social development and management program (SDMP), corporate social responsibility (CSR) and other community-related activities.
- Complying with government regulations, including those of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGD) and the National Privacy Commission (NPC).
- Adhering to legal and regulatory requirements.
- Reporting incidents and policy violations of company policies.
SOCIAL MEDIA
If you choose to engage with the Company using our social media pages or feeds, please be aware that any personal information you supply in that arena may be:
- Subject to the privacy settings and privacy policy available on the relevant platform
- Available for the user group to see (which may be a public or private group, depending on the social media platform being used)
- Able to be “screen shot” and potentially downloaded by anyone in the user group and is, thus, uncontrolled
disclosure of Your Personal Data
We may share your personal information with:
- Our affiliated companies for purposes specified when your information was collected.
- Third-party service providers assisting with stockholder services.
- Consultants, advisors, auditors, or service providers supporting our business operations.
- Any party to whom we transfer our rights or obligations.
- Courts or government agencies as required by law or legal proceedings.
- Lenders, creditors, underwriters, and their advisors as necessary.
- Your authorized representative upon presentation of proper documentation.
- Regulatory, quasi-judicial, or judicial authorities as required or permitted by law.
We limit access to your personal information to employees and third-party service providers who need it to fulfill their job responsibilities or as permitted by law. We do not sell, trade, or share your personal information to others.
If we share your personal information with third parties for legitimate business purposes, we will provide you with details of those parties upon your request.
security of Your Personal Data
The security of your personal data is important to us. For this reason, we are committed to protecting your personal information by employing robust security measures to safeguard your data from loss, unauthorized access, or misuse. These include:
- Employee training: Regular privacy and security awareness training are conducted for PGMC employees.
- Confidentiality agreements: Strict confidentiality agreements with employees, vendors, stakeholders, and third parties who may have access to your personal information.
- Access controls: Physical documents and electronic files containing personal data are stored in secured locations, and access is restricted to authorized personnel, and a need-to-know basis only.
- Incident response team: A dedicated team to address security threats and vulnerabilities.
- System monitoring: Regular system scans and updates to protect against cyber threats.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Contact Us
You may send your queries to:
PGMC Data Protection Officer
Mailing Address: Penthouse, Platinum Tower, ASEAN Avenue corner Fuentes Street, Parañaque City 1701
Email Address: dataprotection@gfni.com.ph
Amendments to Privacy notice
We may update our Privacy Notice from time to time. We will inform you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Notice on this page and updating the “Last updated” date of this Privacy Notice.
You are advised to review this Privacy Notice periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Notice are effective when they are posted on this page.
Last Updated: August 22, 2022
