Privacy Policy

BahAyos Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 25, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how BahAyos, a platform operated by Dijkstra ICT Philippines, collects, uses, and protects your personal information. BahAyos is a platform that connects consumers with professionals for home improvement, repairs, and construction services in the Philippines.

We are committed to protecting your privacy in compliance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10173) of the Philippines. By using our services, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this policy.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: www.bahayos.ph. BahAyos is a platform owned and operated by Dijkstra ICT Philippines. (www.adijkstra.com)

2. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our services, including:

  • Personal Identification Information: This includes your name, email address, phone number, and location. We collect this when you register, create a profile, post a job, or contact us.
  • User-Generated Content:
    • Comments: When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data you provide in the comments form, your IP address, and your browser’s user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string (or “hash”) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it.
    • Media: If you upload images, please be aware that images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) can be downloaded and the location data extracted by other visitors.
  • Usage and Technical Data:
    • Cookies: We use cookies to enhance your experience.
      • Convenience Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for a year.
      • Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts them. When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. These last for two days and one year, respectively. Selecting “Remember Me” extends the login cookie for two weeks.
      • Article Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie indicating the post ID is saved for one day.
    • Embedded Content: Articles on our site may include embedded content from other websites (e.g., videos, images). These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, or track your interaction with their content, especially if you have an account with them.
    • IP Address: Your IP address is collected for security purposes, such as when you request a password reset.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To Connect Users: We use your profile and user information to match you with professionals or clients based on your needs and location.
  • To Improve Our Services: We analyze user behavior and feedback to enhance the functionality and user experience of our platform.
  • For Communication: We use your contact information to send you service-related notifications, updates, and to respond to your inquiries or related information for consumers.
  • For Security and Fraud Prevention: We use IP addresses and user agent strings for spam detection and to ensure the security of our platform.
  • For Administrative and Legal Compliance: We retain certain data for administrative, legal, and security purposes as required by law.

4. Sharing Your Information

By registering on the website, you give explicit consent that we may share your data in the following instances:

  • With Other Users: When you post a job or a professional responds to a request, your information (such as your name and contact details) may be shared to facilitate communication and service provision.
  • Automated Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
  • Embedded Content Providers: Third-party websites with embedded content may collect data about you.
  • 5. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as required by law, or to protect our legitimate interests. By registering on the site, all data user provides becomes data property from BahAyos & Dijkstra ICT. We will, however, be the owner of all data provided, and as the owner, we will be able to use it for our commercial interests, audit, and security.

  • Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow for automatic approval of follow-up comments.
  • Registered Users: We store the personal information provided in your user profile. This information is retained for the duration of your account and can be edited or deleted by you at any time (except for your username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
  • Administrative and Legal Data: Data we are legally obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes is retained for the required period.

6. Your Rights Under Philippine Law (Data Privacy Act of 2012)

As a user in the Philippines, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Information: You have the right to be informed whether personal data about you is being processed.
  • Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the data you have provided to us.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
  • Right to Erasure or Blocking: You can request that we erase or block any personal data we hold about you, subject to certain legal obligations.
  • Right to File a Complaint: You have the right to file a complaint with the National Privacy Commission (NPC) if you believe your data privacy rights have been violated.

7. How to Exercise Your Rights

To request access to, correction of, or erasure of your personal data, please contact us at info@bahayos.ph. We will respond to your request within the timeframes prescribed by the Data Privacy Act of 2012.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically for any changes.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

BahAyos : email Info@BahAyos.ph