• “Trendrod” refers to Trendrod Information Services, the Philippine-registered business entity that owns this website, its related social media accounts, and assets.

• “Website” refers to this website that you are currently accessing.

• “Social media accounts” refers to Trendrod’s accounts and pages on other platforms (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X etc.)

• “Article(s)” refers to all written pieces, photos, videos, and/or infographics with dedicated pages published on this website.

• “Post(s)” refers to all written pieces, photos, videos, and/or infographics published on third-party social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, TikTok, and YouTube).

• “Content” refers to all articles, posts, audiovisual materials, among others, that are published on Trendrod’s website and social media accounts.

• “User(s)” refers to you, the visitor(s) of this website.

• “Visitors” refer to users who only read the articles on this website and have no associated WordPress account.

• “Subscribers” refer to users who have followed Trendrod on this website through their WordPress account and/or submitted their email addresses to get email notifications on the latest articles from this blog site.

• “Comments” refer to the piece of content or words that users reply to Trendrod’s content.

Why is your information collected?

Please be informed that through the servers of WordPress and of its social media accounts, Trendrod is able to collect some data from its users.

These data will be used to:

• Help improve the relationship between Trendrod, its visitors, and subscribers;
• Understand the needs and preferences of the visitors and subscribers and make necessary changes according to those when needed;
• Track the viewership figures of each article published on this website.

Although, it shall be noted that Trendrod is not liable for any data leaks that might occur due to the third-party platforms.

What type of information is collected?

For visitors

Trendrod only collects two types of cookies from visitors of this website.

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. This is only activated once you click the pop-up “Cookie Policy” tab upon your first entry to this site.

For more information on this, please refer to and visit WordPress’s Cookie Policy site.

Please be informed that to acces this site, your personal information such as name, phone number, among others, are not required as a visitor

For subscribers

For those who have subscribed to the email list of Trendrod through the provided tab below, Trendrod only collects and stores either the username you have provided to this platform (if you have a WordPress account) and your full email address (if you are subscribed directly through your email).

Other information such as your full name, age, phone number are not collected by Trendrod.

Moreover, if you have your own WordPress account, all the details you have provided to them remain confidential and inaccessible by Trendrod. Thus, Trendrod should also not be held liable for the data you have provided to WordPress.

For both WordPress and email-only subscribers, your data will be automatically deleted should you decide to unsubscribe from Trendrod’s website and its email list.

Rest assured that once you unsubscribe, Trendrod will not keep the username you have provided to WordPress or the email address you used, nor further engage you in such manner, unless you have decided to subscribe again.

For those who ‘contact’ Trendrod using the Contact page

For those who send in their inquiries and/or comments through the ‘Contact’ page on this blog site, Trendrod only collects the Name you have submitted, which is not necessarily your real/legal name as you may opt to use a nickname — although, a made-up fictitious name is discouraged — your working email address; and the comment or message you have sent to Trendrod.

For those who comment on our articles

For those who make or share their comments on the website, only your username is visible to Trendrod upon your submission. Hence, all responsibility with regards to your personal information are with the platform/hosting provider WordPress.

What type of information does Trendrod keep?

For visitors, once you agree to the cookie policy of this platform, data such as the region where you have accessed this site and the number of times you have visited a particular post or page are kept in by WordPress’s own servers and are reported to Trendrod real-time.

These information are then stored in WordPress’s server indefinitely and are used by Trendrod to measure the traction of published stories.

For subscribers, rest assured that none of the information that you have provided are being shared, such as your email addresses and usernames.

Similar to visitors, once you agree to the Cookie Policy, only the region from where you accessed this site and the number of times you have viewed posts and/or the pages are reported to Trendrod.

For those who have reached out to Trendrod using the “Contact” page, your message may be kept until the conversation, should one take place, is done. Once it had been accomplished, it will be deleted within 30 days after the end of the conversation, should one take place.

For those who comment on Trendrod’s article(s), your comment will be stored until it has been decided whether to make it publicly available or deleted on the basis of the Terms of Use for all users.

Should you want it to be deleted once the comment has made available to the public, you may reach out to Trendrod through the available lines of communication or by simply replying to your comment stating that you want the initial comment to be removed.

Where and when your data is used by Trendrod?

Your privacy and trust are greatly valued by Trendrod. However, please be informed, that Trendrod may use some of the data it has collected for the purposes of reporting.

The total viewership count it has garnered and the total number of geographical locations where the website had been accessed might be used in article(s), post(s), and/or any content where the reporting of these figures are necessary.

Rest assured that the total viewership count and total number of geographic locations do not include any personally identifiable or any other sensitive information of its visitors and subscribers, which continue to remain confidential and secure with Trendrod and/or its platform/hosting provider WordPress.

On the privacy policies of external sites linked in Trendrod’s blog articles

From time to time, Trendrod may put or embed external website that are not affiliated with or maintained by Trendrod in order to further give context or additional information about a certain topic.

Trendrod does not monitor the privacy practices of these third-party sites, and do not have authority over them. As a result, Trendrod does not assume any responsibility for the data collection policies and procedures of these sites.

Trendrod is not directed to those below 18

Trendrod blog site is not directed at children or people under the age of 18. This blog site does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18.

To further comply with various data privacy laws around the world, some provisions may be subject to change, with prior notice to users.

UPDATED: October 1, 2024