Data Privacy Notice for Release of Results
I. Consent to Processing of Personal and Senstive Personal Information
The request of personal information on this online form is done with the sole purpose of processing and managing your request. In accomplishing the information requested, you agree that Metro Sanitas Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or shareholder companies will process these Personal Information relating to you. Such processing of Personal Information may include its collection, recording, updating, modification, retrieval, use, and retention.
You are also consenting to: 1. Making your Personal Information available to the relevant employees of Metro Sanitas Corporation, its subsidiaries or shareholder companies, and any service provider that may be involved in the process and management of this event; 2. The processing of your Personal Information for generating statistical data relevant to this specific activity; 3. The retention by Metro Sanitas Corporation of your Personal Information for the period necessary for the purpose of this request. We will dispose of your Personal Information upon the lapse of the Personal Data Retention Period in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. You are entitled to certain rights in relation to the Personal Information that may be collected from you, including the right to access, correction, and to object to the processing of the same.
Your information will be held securely and will not be made available to third parties others that the ones require to provide this service without your expressed consent. By ticking the checkbox below, you hereby certify that you understand the foregoing and that you are giving your consent to the processing of your Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information under the terms and conditions provided above, and to contact you in case it is required to process your request.
II. Request for Electronic Copy of Test Results
The COVID 19 situation has led to the declaration of a public health emergency throughout the Philippines. As the Enhanced Community Quarantine over Metro Manila and entire Luzon renders the personal appearance of the patient to claim his / her laboratory results impossible, the concerned patient hereby requests and consents to receive said laboratory results from Metro Sanitas Corporation (the Company) through the patient’s personal email. It is understood that personal email refers to such electronic mail that only the patient has access to.
The patient, by formally requesting such result, is reaffirming his consent, to process senstitive personal information that may be embodied in said result as mentioned in the preceding section. In relation thereto, he/she shall be informed of the validation procedures in accessing his / her Laboratory results.
This method of releasing the Laboratory result is in line with following provisions of the Data Privacy Act of 2012:
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(d) The processing is necessary to protect vitally important interests of the data subject, including life and health;
(e) The processing is necessary in order to respond to national emergency, to comply with the requirements of public order and safety, or to fulfill functions of public authority which necessarily includes the processing of personal data for the fulfillment of its mandate; or
(f) The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the personal information controller or by a third party or parties to whom the data is disclosed, except where such interests are overridden by fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection under the Philippine Constitution.
SEC. 13 (e) The processing is necessary for purposes of medical treatment, is carried out by a medical practitioner or a medical treatment institution.