Cookie Policy

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, to improve their performance, and to provide information to the site owners and third parties. Similar technologies (such as pixels, tags, and local storage) perform comparable functions, and references to "cookies" in this policy include those technologies.

First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies are set by a domain other than the one you are visiting — for example, by an embedded video or service. All of the cookies currently on our Website are third-party cookies set by Google/YouTube.

2. Why we use cookies

At present, our Website does not set its own analytics or advertising cookies. The cookies described in this policy are placed solely because certain pages of our Website embed videos hosted on YouTube (a Google service). When a page containing an embedded video loads, YouTube may place cookies on your device. These cookies fall into two categories:

1. Advertising / Targeting cookies — used by Google to recognize your device across websites and build a profile of your interests in order to deliver targeted advertising.
2. Performance cookies — used to help the embedded video player function correctly, remember your privacy choices on YouTube, and manage the rollout of player features.

We do not control these cookies. They are governed by Google's own privacy and cookie policies, available at policies.google.com/privacy and policies.google.com/technologies/cookies.

3. Cookies used on our Website

The following cookies were identified on www.spmadrid.com. Cookie names and durations are set by the third-party provider and may change over time.

4. Your consent and legal basis

We are committed to handling personal data in accordance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10173) and the issuances of the National Privacy Commission (NPC) of the Philippines.

Because the cookies on our Website are non-essential (they are not required for the Website to function), we ask for your consent before they are placed on your device. When you first visit the Website, a cookie banner allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Non-essential cookies are not activated unless and until you give your consent, and you may withdraw your consent at any time (see Section 5).

If you access our Website from outside the Philippines (for example, from the European Union or the United Kingdom) additional laws such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive may apply. In those jurisdictions we likewise rely on your prior, freely given consent as the legal basis for setting non-essential cookies. Visitors in jurisdictions that operate on an opt-out basis may instead exercise the choices described below at any time.

5. How to manage or withdraw your consent

You have several ways to control cookies:

1. Consent banner: You can accept or decline non-essential cookies when you first visit the Website, and you can reopen the cookie settings at any time to change your choice.
2. Browser settings: Most browsers let you view, delete, and block cookies through their settings menu. Instructions are available in your browser's help section (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, and others).
3. Google/YouTube controls: You can manage the data Google collects, including through YouTube, at myaccount.google.com and adssettings.google.com.

Please note that if you block or delete cookies, some features — such as embedded videos — may not function properly.

6. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy and, where appropriate, notify you through the Website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

7. Contact us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or about how we handle your personal data, you may contact us or our Data Protection Officer:

• S.P. Madrid & Associates
  Contact#: +639190616514
  Email: privacy@spmadridlaw.com
• S.P. Madrid Corporation
  Contact#: +639190616514
  Email: dpo@spmadridlaw.com

Requests to exercise data subject rights may also be directed to the relevant Personal Information Controller (PIC).