Privacy Policy

Last updated 17 September 2026 · UnityBridge, a hazard reporting system for Batangas City

This page says what UnityBridge collects, why it needs it, and who can see it. It covers the system as it works today.

What is collected

Information	Why it is needed
Name, birth date, sex	To identify you to responders. Birth date also marks senior citizens, who are prioritised in a response.
Contact number	So responders can call you about your report.
Email address	For the verification code at sign-up and for password resets.
Barangay and street	To send your report to the right barangay office.
Proof of residency document	To confirm you live in Batangas City before your account is approved.
Selfie, if you choose to take one	Optional. Checked against the photo on your ID so your account can be approved without waiting. See the identity check below.
Reports: description, photo, map location	This is the report itself - what responders act on.
Emergency SOS location	Sent only when you press EMERGENCY, so responders can find you.
Family members you add	People responders can reach if they cannot reach you. Only add someone who agrees to it.
Whether you are a PWD or pregnant	Optional. It tells responders who may need help first.

Who can see it

Your barangay office - the residents and reports of that barangay only.
The CDRRMO - accounts and reports across the city.
The rescue team assigned to your report - the report, its location, and how to contact you.
The public - only what a published alert shows: hazard type, barangay, description and time. Your name, contact number, exact address and documents are never published.

Where it is kept

Data is stored in the system's database on the server the CDRRMO runs it on. Verification and password-reset emails are sent through an email provider, which means your email address and the code pass through that provider.

How long it is kept

Reports are kept as a record of incidents in the city. Your account and profile are kept while the account exists. Ask the CDRRMO if you want your account closed.

Your choices

You can correct your own profile details from your Profile page.
You can remove a family member you added.
You can ask the CDRRMO to correct or delete your account.
The PWD and pregnancy flags are optional - leave them off if you would rather not say.
The selfie identity check is optional. You can skip it at sign-up, or ask the CDRRMO to delete the selfie afterwards.

The identity check

If the document you upload has a photograph of a person on it, you are offered a selfie so the system can check that you are the person pictured. It is optional. Skipping it costs you nothing except the wait: CDRRMO staff review your document by hand instead, which is what happens for everybody who does not use it.

The comparison happens on your own phone or computer. Your photos are not sent anywhere to be compared, and they are never sent to any other company.
The measurements taken from your face are not kept. The app works out a set of numbers describing the face in each photo, compares them, and throws them away. Only the selfie itself and a single score - how closely the two photos matched - are saved.
What is saved: the selfie, the score, and whether the check approved your account. CDRRMO staff can see these alongside your document.
A pass is always rechecked by a person. An account approved this way is flagged for staff to look at, and they can reverse it.
You can ask the CDRRMO to delete your selfie. Your account stays.

Under the Data Privacy Act of 2012, information about your face is sensitive personal information. That is why this check is offered rather than required, why it runs on your own device, and why you are told what is kept before you start it.

The "I'm not a robot" check

Sign-up and login show a Google reCAPTCHA tickbox. It is there to stop automated scripts creating fake accounts and guessing passwords, not to learn anything about you.

What Google receives: your IP address, your browser and device type, and how you moved the pointer or typed on the form. Google also sets its own cookies.
What the CDRRMO receives: only Google's yes-or-no answer. Your name, email, password and documents are never sent to Google.
This is a disclosure to a third party outside the Philippines, and it is governed by Google's own privacy policy.

Location

Your location is read when you pin a report on the map or press EMERGENCY. It is not tracked in the background, and the app does not follow you between reports.

Questions

City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, Batangas City - (043) 984-4300 · cdrrmobatangas@yahoo.com.ph