Privacy Policy

Personal data we collect, acquire, or generate

We collect your personal data in many forms. They may consist of written records, photographic and video images, and digital material.

Among the personal data that we may collect are:

1. Those that you provide in our Signup Form (https://www.outbreakvanguard.com/signup) which includes:
   1. Your first name, last name.
   2. Your email address, username and password.
2. Those that you provide during the course of browsing and logging into the website.

How we use your information

To the extent permitted or required by law, we use your personal data to pursue our legitimate interests as an educational gaming platform, including a variety of administrative, research, historical, and statistical purposes.

To be more specific, we will collect your information for the following purposes

1. To report students' game progress to their teachers;
2. To provide an analysis on the effectivity of our gaming platform;
3. To send the access code of the students' class via email;
4. For purposes of reporting to funders, partners, and donors;
5. To improve our services.

We consider the processing of your personal data for these purposes necessary for the performance of our contractual obligations to you, for our compliance with our legal obligations, to protect your vitally important interests, including your life and health, for the performance of tasks we carry out in the public interest (e.g., public order, public safety, etc.), and for the pursuit of Outbreak Vanguard's legitimate interests or a third party.

We understand that the DPA imposes stricter rules for the processing of sensitive personal information and privileged information, and we are fully committed to abiding by those rules.

If we require your consent for any specific use of your personal data, we will collect it at the appropriate time.

Please note further that we will not subject your personal data to any automated decision-making process without your prior consent.

How We Share, Disclose, or Transfer Your Information

To the extent permitted or required by law, we may also share, disclose, or transfer your personal data to other persons or organizations in order to pursue Outbreak Vanguard's legitimate interests as an educational gaming platform.

For example, we may share, disclose, or transfer your personal data for the following purposes:

1. Sharing of necessary information to our teachers, co-teachers, and resource persons who are part of the team who will grade the student's progress.
2. If applicable, reporting of necessary information to appropriate government agencies like your employer or the Department of Science and Technology.
3. Reporting to development partners and funders.
4. other purposes, when necessary and under circumstances permitted or required by law.

Please be informed that your data may be transferred abroad when we share them with foreign development partners.

How We Store Your Information

Your personal data is stored and transmitted securely in a variety of paper and electronic formats, including databases hosted by DigitalOcean. Access to your personal data is limited to Outbreak Vanguard personnel or resource persons who have a legitimate interest in them for the purpose of carrying out their duties. Note that the information stored this way is different from the information stored on your local computer through cookies. Please read the Cookies Policy document for details on how cookies are used with our website.

Rest assured that our use of your personal data will not be excessive and shall be limited to that which is necessary to achieve the purpose of their collection, and/or only when permitted by law.

How We Retain Your Information

We retain your data 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.

You may choose to have your information deleted from the Outbreak Vanguard. You may send an email to [email protected] and we will remove all your data from our server.

Your Rights with Respect to Your Personal Data

We recognize your rights with respect to your personal data, as provided under the DPA. If you wish to exercise any of your rights, or should you have any concern or question regarding them, please contact

Email: [email protected]

Address: Outbreak Vanguard, Room 316, Department of Computer Science, Alumni Engineers Centennial Hall, Velasquez St., University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101.

Changing This Privacy Policy

We may, from time to time, make changes to this Policy. On such occasions, we will let you know through our website and, when permissible, other means of communication. Any modification is effective immediately upon posting on the website.

Personal data we collect, acquire, or generate

We collect your personal data in many forms. They may consist of written records, photographic and video images, and digital material.

Among the personal data that we may collect are:

1. Your first name, last name.
2. Your email address.
3. Game progress and grade.

As a student that is part of a class, your teacher may have been the one to encode your personal information to the Outbreak Vanguard server. Your Game progress and grade is generated as you play the Outbreak Vanguard game.

How we use your information

To the extent permitted or required by law, we use your personal data to pursue our legitimate interests as an educational gaming platform, including a variety of administrative, research, historical, and statistical purposes.

To be more specific, we will collect your information for the following purposes:

1. To report students' game progress to their teachers;
2. To provide an analysis on the effectivity of our gaming platform;
3. To send the access code of the students' class via email;
4. For purposes of reporting to funders, partners, and donors;
5. To improve our services.

We consider the processing of your personal data for these purposes necessary for the performance of our contractual obligations to you, for our compliance with our legal obligations, to protect your vitally important interests, including your life and health, for the performance of tasks we carry out in the public interest (e.g., public order, public safety, etc.), and for the pursuit of Outbreak Vanguard’s legitimate interests or a third party.

We understand that the DPA imposes stricter rules for the processing of sensitive personal information and privileged information, and we are fully committed to abiding by those rules.

If we require your consent for any specific use of your personal data, we will collect it at the appropriate time.

Please note further that we will not subject your personal data to any automated decision-making process without your prior consent.

How We Share, Disclose, or Transfer Your Information

To the extent permitted or required by law, we may also share, disclose, or transfer your personal data to other persons or organizations in order to pursue Outbreak Vanguard’s legitimate interests as an educational gaming platform.

For example, we may share, disclose, or transfer your personal data for the following purposes:

1. Sharing of necessary information to our teachers, co-teachers and resource persons who are part of the team who will grade the student progress.
2. If applicable, reporting of necessary information to appropriate government agencies like your employer or the Department of Science and Technology.
3. Reporting to development partners and funders.
4. other purposes, when necessary and under circumstances permitted or required by law.

Please be informed that your data may be transferred abroad when we share them with foreign development partners.

How We Store Your Information

Your personal data is stored and transmitted securely in a variety of paper and electronic formats, including databases hosted by DigitalOcean. Access to your personal data is limited to Outbreak Vanguard personnel or resource persons who have a legitimate interest in them for the purpose of carrying out their duties. Note that the information stored this way is different from the information stored on your local computer through cookies. Please read the Cookies Policy document for details on how cookies are used with our website.

Rest assured that our use of your personal data will not be excessive and shall be limited to that which is necessary to achieve the purpose of their collection, and/or only when permitted by law.

How Retain Your Information

We retain your data 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.

You may choose to have your information deleted from the Outbreak Vanguard server. If you are a student that signed up to be part of a class, you can communicate your desire to you assigned teacher and they will be the one to delete your information for you. Your data will also be automatically deleted from the server after 5 years from the day your teacher encoded your data.

Your Rights with Respect to Your Personal Data

We recognize your rights with respect to your personal data, as provided under the DPA. If you wish to exercise any of your rights, or should you have any concern or question regarding them, please contact

Email: [email protected]

Address: Outbreak Vanguard, Room 316, Department of Computer Science, Alumni Engineers Centennial Hall, Velasquez St., University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101.

Changing This Privacy Policy

We may, from time to time, make changes to this Policy. On such occasions, we will let you know through our website and, when permissible, other means of communication. Any modification is effective immediately upon posting on the website.