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Esmeralda by Manifesto

Meet our CEO:

As we reflect on the journey that led to the creation of Manifesto, it's impossible to ignore the central role our Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Emerald P. Magahum's (EPM) passion for food and her explorations across the globe, most particularly in Europe and Asia, played in shaping our vision.

Site Policy

Site Policies

Data Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how www.manifestoph.com (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.

Contact

After reviewing this policy, if you have additional questions, want more information about our privacy practices, or would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at sales.salcedo@manifestoph.com or by mail using the details provided below:

148 Valero, Citadines, 1227 Makati PH-00, Philippines

Collecting Personal Information

When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information about an identifiable individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”. See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.

Device information

Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.

Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.

Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify, Paymongo and Lalamove.

Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.

Order information

Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

Source of collection: collected from you.

Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify, Paymongo and Lalamove

Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, Gcash), email address, and phone number.

Customer support information

Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.

Source of collection: collected from you

Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify, Paymongo and Lalamove

Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, Gcash), email address, and phone number.

Sharing Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above.
For example:

We use Shopify to power our online store. You can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Behavioural Advertising

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and your interaction with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners, and in some cases through the use of cookies or other similar technologies (which you may consent to, depending on your location).

For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

GOOGLE- https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads]

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: https://optout.aboutads.info/.

Using Personal Information

We use your personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and
fulfillment of your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.

Your rights

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store


The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section above.

Do Not Track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for
example changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Complaints

As noted above, if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail or by mail using the details provided under “Contact” above.

If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection authority.
You can contact your local data protection authority, or our supervisory authority here: NATIONAL PRIVACY COMMISSION – email addresses: admindbnms@privacy.gov.ph,
compliancesupport@privacy.gov.ph,
dporegistration@privacy.gov.ph

Last updated: November 19, 2022

Price Change Disclaimer

We reserve the right to change our product's prices at any time without further notice.

Terms of Service

OVERVIEW
This website is operated by Manifesto.
Throughout the site, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Manifesto.
Manifesto offers this website, including all information, tools and
Services available from this site to you, the user, conditioned upon
your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies and notices stated
here.

By visiting our site and/ or purchasing something from
us, you engage in our “Service” and agree to be bound by the following
terms and conditions (“Terms of Service”, “Terms”), including those
additional terms and conditions and policies referenced herein and/or
available by hyperlink. These Terms of Service apply to all users of the
site, including without limitation users who are browsers, vendors,
customers, merchants, and/ or contributors of content.

Please
read these Terms of Service carefully before accessing or using our
website. By accessing or using any part of the site, you agree to be
bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to all the terms
and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the website or
use any Services. If these Terms of Service are considered an offer,
acceptance is expressly limited to these Terms of Service.

Any
new features or tools which are added to the current store shall also
be subject to the Terms of Service. You can review the most current
version of the Terms of Service at any time on this page. We reserve the
right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service
by posting updates and/or changes to our website. It is your
responsibility to check this page periodically for changes. Your
continued use of or access to the website following the posting of any
changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.

Our store is
hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce
platform that allows us to sell our products and Services to you.

SECTION 1 - ONLINE STORE TERMS

By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you represent that you are at
least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or
that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence
and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents
to use this site.
You may not use our products for any illegal or
unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of the Service, violate any
laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright
laws).
You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate termination of your Services.

SECTION 2 - GENERAL CONDITIONS
We reserve the right to refuse Service to anyone for any reason at any time.

You understand that your content (not including credit card
information), may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a)
transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and
adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
Credit card information is always encrypted during transfer over
networks.
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell
or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to
the Service or any contact on the website through which the Service is
provided, without express written permission by us.
The headings used in this agreement are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms.

SECTION 3 - ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION

We are not responsible if information made available on this site is
not accurate, complete or current. The material on this site is provided
for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as
the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more
accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. Any
reliance on the material on this site is at your own risk.
This
site may contain certain historical information. Historical information,
necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We
reserve the right to modify the contents of this site at any time, but
we have no obligation to update any information on our site. You agree
that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our site.

SECTION 4 - MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVICE AND PRICES
Prices for our products are subject to change without notice.

We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service
(or any part or content thereof) without notice at any time.
We
shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification,
price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

SECTION 5 - PRODUCTS OR SERVICES (if applicable)

Certain products or Services may be available exclusively online
through the website. These products or Services may have limited
quantities and are subject to return or exchange only according to our
Refund Policy: [LINK TO REFUND POLICY]
We have made every effort to
display as accurately as possible the colors and images of our products
that appear at the store. We cannot guarantee that your computer
monitor's display of any color will be accurate.
We reserve the
right, but are not obligated, to limit the sales of our products or
Services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may
exercise this right on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to
limit the quantities of any products or Services that we offer. All
descriptions of products or product pricing are subject to change at
anytime without notice, at the sole discretion of us. We reserve the
right to discontinue any product at any time. Any offer for any product
or Service made on this site is void where prohibited.
We do not
warrant that the quality of any products, Services, information, or
other material purchased or obtained by you will meet your expectations,
or that any errors in the Service will be corrected.

SECTION 6 - ACCURACY OF BILLING AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION

We reserve the right to refuse any order you place with us. We may, in
our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person,
per household or per order. These restrictions may include orders placed
by or under the same customer account, the same credit card, and/or
orders that use the same billing and/or shipping address. In the event
that we make a change to or cancel an order, we may attempt to notify
you by contacting the e‑mail and/or billing address/phone number
provided at the time the order was made. We reserve the right to limit
or prohibit orders that, in our sole judgment, appear to be placed by
dealers, resellers or distributors.

You agree to provide
current, complete and accurate purchase and account information for all
purchases made at our store. You agree to promptly update your account
and other information, including your email address and credit card
numbers and expiration dates, so that we can complete your transactions
and contact you as needed.

For more details, please review our Refund Policy: [LINK TO REFUND POLICY]

SECTION 7 - OPTIONAL TOOLS
We may provide you with access to third-party tools over which we neither monitor nor have any control nor input.

You acknowledge and agree that we provide access to such tools ”as is”
and “as available” without any warranties, representations or conditions
of any kind and without any endorsement. We shall have no liability
whatsoever arising from or relating to your use of optional third-party
tools.
Any use by you of the optional tools offered through the
site is entirely at your own risk and discretion and you should ensure
that you are familiar with and approve of the terms on which tools are
provided by the relevant third-party provider(s).
We may also, in
the future, offer new Services and/or features through the website
(including the release of new tools and resources). Such new features
and/or Services shall also be subject to these Terms of Service.

SECTION 8 - THIRD-PARTY LINKS
Certain content, products and Services available via our Service may include materials from third-parties.

Third-party links on this site may direct you to third-party websites
that are not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for examining or
evaluating the content or accuracy and we do not warrant and will not
have any liability or responsibility for any third-party materials or
websites, or for any other materials, products, or Services of
third-parties.
We are not liable for any harm or damages related to
the purchase or use of goods, Services, resources, content, or any
other transactions made in connection with any third-party websites.
Please review carefully the third-party's policies and practices and
make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction.
Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party
products should be directed to the third-party.

SECTION 9 - USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS

If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions (for example
contest entries) or without a request from us, you send creative ideas,
suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by
email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, 'comments'), you
agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy,
publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any
comments that you forward to us. We are and shall be under no obligation
(1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for
any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments.
We may, but have
no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove content that we determine in
our sole discretion to be unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous,
defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates
any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Service.
You
agree that your comments will not violate any right of any third-party,
including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal
or proprietary right. You further agree that your comments will not
contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material, or
contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect
the operation of the Service or any related website. You may not use a
false e‑mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or
otherwise mislead us or third-parties as to the origin of any comments.
You are solely responsible for any comments you make and their accuracy.
We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments
posted by you or any third-party.

SECTION 10 - PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your submission of personal information through the store is governed
by our Privacy Policy, which can be viewed here: [LINK TO PRIVACY
POLICY]

SECTION 11 - ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS

Occasionally there may be information on our site or in the Service
that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may
relate to product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers, product
shipping charges, transit times and availability. We reserve the right
to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or
update information or cancel orders if any information in the Service or
on any related website is inaccurate at any time without prior notice
(including after you have submitted your order).
We undertake no
obligation to update, amend or clarify information in the Service or on
any related website, including without limitation, pricing information,
except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date applied
in the Service or on any related website, should be taken to indicate
that all information in the Service or on any related website has been
modified or updated.

SECTION 12 - PROHIBITED USES

In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms of Service,
you are prohibited from using the site or its content: (a) for any
unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any
unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or
state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe
upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual
property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame,
slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual
orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or
disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload
or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or
may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation
of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the
Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others;
(i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for
any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent
the security features of the Service or any related website, other
websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use of
the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited
uses.

SECTION 13 - DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
We do not guarantee, represent or warrant that your use of our Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.
We do not warrant that the results that may be obtained from the use of the Service will be accurate or reliable.

You agree that from time to time we may remove the Service for
indefinite periods of time or cancel the Service at any time, without
notice to you.
You expressly agree that your use of, or inability
to use, the Service is at your sole risk. The Service and all products
and Services delivered to you through the Service are (except as
expressly stated by us) provided 'as is' and 'as available' for your
use, without any representation, warranties or conditions of any kind,
either express or implied, including all implied warranties or
conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, fitness for a
particular purpose, durability, title, and non-infringement.
In no
case shall Manifesto, our directors, officers, employees, affiliates,
agents, contractors, interns, suppliers, Service providers or licensors
be liable for any injury, loss, claim, or any direct, indirect,
incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages of any kind,
including, without limitation lost profits, lost revenue, lost savings,
loss of data, replacement costs, or any similar damages, whether based
in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise,
arising from your use of any of the Service or any products procured
using the Service, or for any other claim related in any way to your use
of the Service or any product, including, but not limited to, any
errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind
incurred as a result of the use of the Service or any content (or
product) posted, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the
Service, even if advised of their possibility. Because some states or
jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability
for consequential or incidental damages, in such states or
jurisdictions, our liability shall be limited to the maximum extent
permitted by law.

SECTION 14 - INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Manifesto and our
parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents,
contractors, licensors, Service providers, subcontractors, suppliers,
interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third-party due to or arising
out of your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents they
incorporate by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a
third-party.

SECTION 15 - SEVERABILITY

In the event that any provision of these Terms of Service is determined
to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless
be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and
the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms
of Service, such determination shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of any other remaining provisions.

SECTION 16 - TERMINATION

The obligations and liabilities of the parties incurred prior to the
termination date shall survive the termination of this agreement for all
purposes.
These Terms of Service are effective unless and until
terminated by either you or us. You may terminate these Terms of Service
at any time by notifying us that you no longer wish to use our
Services, or when you cease using our site.
If in our sole judgment
you fail, or we suspect that you have failed, to comply with any term
or provision of these Terms of Service, we also may terminate this
agreement at any time without notice and you will remain liable for all
amounts due up to and including the date of termination; and/or
accordingly may deny you access to our Services (or any part thereof).

SECTION 17 - ENTIRE AGREEMENT

The failure of us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of
these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or
provision.
These Terms of Service and any policies or operating
rules posted by us on this site or in respect to the Service constitutes
the entire agreement and understanding between you and us and governs
your use of the Service, superseding any prior or contemporaneous
agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written,
between you and us (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of
the Terms of Service).
Any ambiguities in the interpretation of these Terms of Service shall not be construed against the drafting party.

SECTION 18 - GOVERNING LAW

These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide
you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of Philippines.

SECTION 19 - CHANGES TO TERMS OF SERVICE
You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time at this page.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or
replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and
changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website
periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website
or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms of
Service constitutes acceptance of those changes.

SECTION 20 - CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to us at sales.salcedo@manifestoph.com.
Our contact information is posted below:
[INSERT TRADING NAME]
sales@manifestoph.com
[INSERT BUSINESS ADDRESS]
[INSERT BUSINESS PHONE NUMBER]
[INSERT BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER]