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State governments are continuing to propose and adopt legislation that requires businesses to implement policies and procedures to ensure privacy rights for consumers – and businesses...

PNP to file charges vs text scam operators

Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a bill mandating all social media operators to require users to submit a valid proof of identification prior to online registration to facilitate secure and accountable interactions in the internet. Lapid said such policy would be the key in the fight agai

The bill seeking the mandatory registration of all Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in the country is making headway in the Senate again. This, after Senator Grace Poe sponsored Committee Report No. 5, submitted jointly the Senate Public Services panel, committees on science and technolo

TECH4GOOD Smishing has been hugging the news lately brought about by an alarming number of cases of personalized scam messages received by a lot of people. Personalized because it has either your name on them or the name of somebody you know. And this situation is bringing to the fore the weaknes

"We are not satisfied that the NTC is merely issuing SMS alerts, urging the public to be cautious of these phishing scams. It is ineffective and downright lazy."

Major surveillance technologies are to be deployed in the Jammu UT region, involving CCTV monitoring and facial recognition, as per a new tender

(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 7 (Central Visayas) has warned jobseekers against some social media posts that are neither associated with nor endorsed by the department. In a Facebook post on Friday, DOLE-7 officer-in-charge (OIC)-director Lilia Estillore cautioned applicants against posts requiring them to post their personal information and other credentials in accordance with the supposed hiring of interns under the DOLE Government Internship Pro...

“It’s difficult to exactly pinpoint where it came from because there are multiple sources. Even the ones that we are seeing now where you have people that are receiving scam or phishing messages with their name, it’s not exactly certain that it actually came from a specific leak,” NPC deputy commissioner Leandro Aguirre said.

Former Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Hermenegildo Serafica on Tuesday, September 6 said President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. had mentioned the idea of importing 600,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar into the country. Serafica made the disclosure at the continuation of the Senate