Page 11 - Data Privacy Act News Today

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Journalist Jose Rizal Pajares was arrested in Iriga City, Visayas on August 2 after allegedly accessing crime records without police permission. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of The Philippines (NUJP) condemn the arrest and subsequent detention.

CCPC: Data Privacy Act as a rule doesn’t apply to information processed for journalism. Thus, the arrest of an Iriga City reporter by the police comes out as an overreach and invasive.

The reporter, Jose Rizal Pajares of Radyo Natin, is detained by the Iriga City police for days for merely scanning a police blotter in search for something to report about

PNP Camarines Sur also relieves the chief of the Iriga City police station

LEGAZPI CITY: The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP)-Camarines Sur chapter and local media organizations strongly condemned what they call unwarranted actions taken by the police against media practitioner Jose Rizal Joeriz Pajares for browsing through a police blotter book at the Iriga City Police Station.

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The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Monday reminded the public to apply safeguards, such as encryption and password protection, among others, as it cited the risks associated with the misuse of the carbon copy, or “cc” function, in email communications, which it said has led to “unintended” data exposure.  In…

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