Privacy Policy & Data Protection Notice
Life Care Supreme OPC is dedicated to safeguarding your personal data, sensitive health records, and family beneficiary information with the highest security standards.
1. Our Privacy Commitment
Life Care Supreme OPC respects and values your privacy rights as a data subject under Republic Act No. 10173, commonly known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (“DPA”), its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), and issuances by the National Privacy Commission (“NPC”).
This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, process, utilize, share, retain, and protect personal and sensitive personal information obtained in connection with our membership policies, mortuary services, web portal, and claims administration.
2. Personal Data We Collect
We collect only the data necessary to evaluate and service your life care membership:
- Personal Identification Data: Full legal name, date of birth, age, sex, civil status, home address, contact number, email address, and government-issued identification cards.
- Beneficiary & Dependent Data: Names, birthdates, relationships, and contact details of designated beneficiaries, spouses, or dependent children.
- Sensitive Health & Medical Information: Basic medical declaration disclosures at enrollment, attending physician certifications, or hospital confinement receipts for claims.
- Financial & Payment History: Mode of contribution, official receipt records, transaction dates, bank or e-wallet remittance reference numbers.
- Vital Statistics & Claims Records: Certified death certificates, burial permits, and police reports in the event of an accidental mortality claim.
3. Purposes of Data Processing
Your information is processed in accordance with the legal principles of transparency, legitimate purpose, and proportionality for the following objectives:
- Underwriting and validating life care policy applications
- Issuing Certificates of Membership and official receipts
- Administering premium notices, reminders, and account statements
- Immediate dispatch of mortuary teams, casket delivery, and funeral chapel preparation upon first notice of demise
- Processing cash assistance, hospital allowance claims, and accidental death settlements
- Fulfilling statutory reporting obligations with local civil registrars, insurance authorities, and corporate regulators
4. Third-Party Sharing & Disclosure
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. Disclosures are strictly limited to authorized partners involved in the execution of your policy:
- Accredited Mortuary Caregivers & Embalmers: Exclusively for body retrieval, sanitation, and chapel arrangement.
- Underwriting Insurance Partners: For supplemental accidental death and hospitalization allowance benefit verification.
- Payment Processors & Banking Partners: For secure payment gateway clearing and official receipt issuance.
- Government Authorities: When required by judicial subpoena, court order, or mandatory statutory reporting.
5. Retention & Disposal of Records
Active member data is preserved for the entire duration of the policy contract plus ten (10) years following full claim settlement, pursuant to the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) regulations and financial recordkeeping requirements. Upon expiration of the required retention period, physical records are cross-shredded and digital records securely anonymized or deleted.
6. Technical & Physical Security
Life Care Supreme OPC deploys robust organizational, technical, and physical safeguards:
- Encryption: Industry-standard SSL/TLS encryption for all data in transit across our digital portals, and encrypted database volumes for stored policyholder records.
- Access Controls: Role-based access credentials restricting database visibility strictly to authorized underwriting and dispatch staff.
- Branch Physical Security: Climate-controlled, locked document vaults protecting physical membership application contracts across our 15 branches.
7. Your Rights Under Republic Act No. 10173
As a data subject, you hold clear statutory rights:
Right to be Informed
Know how your data is collected, handled, and transferred.
Right of Access
Request official copies of your stored records and policy files.
Right to Rectification
Correct any inaccurate or obsolete personal details.
Right to File a Complaint
Seek redress before the National Privacy Commission (NPC).
9. Contacting Our Data Protection Officer (DPO)
For inquiries, requests for access or rectification, or privacy concerns, please contact our designated Data Protection Officer:
Office of the Data Protection Officer — Life Care Supreme OPC
Mindanao Regional Corporate Headquarters, Philippines
Telephone: (083) 228 1234 / Mobile: 0963 400 4653
Email: dpo@lifecaresupreme.com