Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2026. This Privacy Policy describes how The Bohol Chronicle ("we", "our", "us") collects, uses, and protects personal information when you visit theboholchronicle.com, an informational website about GCash and related financial and entertainment services.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information:

• Identity Data: your name and email address when you contact us, subscribe to updates, or participate in surveys.
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, and screen resolution.
• Usage Data: pages visited, links clicked, time spent on the website, referral URLs, and interactions with embedded tools.
• Cookie Data: data stored through cookies and similar technologies as described in Section 3.

2. How We Use Information

We use collected information for these purposes:

• Analytics: to understand visitor behavior, measure site performance, and identify popular content.
• Affiliate Tracking: to record clicks and conversions when you follow affiliate links to third-party casino or gambling sites, ensuring accurate commission attribution.
• Site Improvement: to fix errors, enhance navigation, and develop new features based on aggregate usage patterns.
• Communication: to respond to your inquiries or send requested updates.

3. Cookie Policy

We use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., pixel tags, local storage) to collect information and improve your browsing experience.

• Essential Cookies: necessary for basic site functions, such as maintaining session state and security.
• Analytics Cookies: help us measure traffic and understand how visitors interact with the website (e.g., page views, referral sources).
• Affiliate Cookies: set when you click an affiliate link to a third-party casino or gaming operator. These cookies expire within 30–90 days and allow us to receive credit for qualifying sign-ups.
• Preference Cookies: remember choices like language or region.

Opt-Out Options: You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block all cookies, delete existing cookies, or receive a notification before a cookie is set. Disabling essential cookies may affect site functionality. To opt out of interest-based advertising from third parties, visit AboutAds Choices or Your Online Choices. We do not respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals uniformly because no industry standard exists.

4. Third-Party Links

Our website contains links to third-party casino operators, gambling platforms, and affiliate networks. These websites operate under their own privacy policies and terms. We do not control, and are not responsible for, how these third parties collect, use, store, or protect your personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit before providing any personal data. Clicking an affiliate link may place a tracking cookie on your device as described above.

5. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain privacy rights:

• Philippines (Republic Act No. 10173 – Data Privacy Act): You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data we hold. You may also object to processing, withdraw consent, and file a complaint with the National Privacy Commission.
• European Union / United Kingdom (GDPR/UK GDPR): You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, data portability, object to processing, and withdraw consent.
• United States (CCPA/CPRA for California residents): You have the right to know what personal information is collected, access it, delete it, opt out of sale or sharing, and non-discrimination for exercising rights. We do not sell personal information in the conventional sense, but affiliate tracking may involve sharing identifiers with partners.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@theboholchronicle.com. We will verify your identity before honoring requests and respond within applicable legal timeframes.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Affiliate tracking cookies expire according to the terms of each third-party network, typically no more than 90 days. Usage and analytics data may be stored in aggregate or pseudonymized form indefinitely for statistical purposes. Contact emails are kept until we resolve your inquiry, then deleted within 12 months, unless you request earlier deletion.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, or if you wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at:

Email: privacy@theboholchronicle.com

Mailing address: The Bohol Chronicle, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines (please include “Privacy Inquiry” on the envelope).