Page 24 - Data Privacy Act News Today

Amid groups raising concern over data privacy once the proposed SIM Card Registration Act is signed into law, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda on Sunday, Oct. 9, asked telecommunication companies to ensure that consumer data will not fall into the wrong hands. (Pixabay/Jonas Leupe/ Unsplash)

“We see the dangers it poses to the public, especially now that our data seemed to have been leaked, and that the collected information were not protected."

IT experts instead called on the government to review and strengthen the Data Privacy Act of 2012 as targeted text scams escalate due to the illegal distribution of personal data.

THE Supreme Court  (SC) has decided to hold the oral arguments on the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Non-Contact Traffic Apprehension Policy (NCAP) being implemented by several local government units (LGU) in Metro Manila a month earlier. This decision to reset the oral arguments was reached during the 15-man High…

The Senate’s approval of the measure puts SIM registration back on track for enactment after it was vetoed by former President Rodrigo Duterte over a social media registration provision that he found to be potentially unconstitutional.

Digital infrastructure is crucial to economic recovery and development, but it can only be achieved if the Philippines has investment-friendly policies and if the combined workforces of the public and private sectors possess the digital skills that would support and sustain the transition. Thi

For several years, the number of spam text messages have worsened in the Philippines. Personalized spam messages containing one’s name are causing…

What can the public do about text scams? The surge of spam messages among network subscribers has dramatically increased and gotten worse in the past

Data privacy laws take effect during 2023 in California, Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut.

World events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have accelerated the need for business operations to grow more digitally reliant and driven. As the global network grows and becomes more...