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On April 28, 2022, the Connecticut legislature took the final step to become very close to passing comprehensive consumer privacy legislation as the Connecticut House of Representatives...

Borrowing will remain whenever Filipinos are financially challenged, and as long as accessibility of financial services remain unaddressed.

President Duterte’s disapproval of the SIM card registration bill shows he is not serious in making users of digital technology accountable.

By AJ Dumanhug, CEO, Secuna Digital signatures rose to the forefront of technology in 2020 when the world was forced to work from home. With the enhanced community quarantine in place, signing contracts, confidential documents, and more could no longer be done in person, so we all looked to digit

The veto of President Duterte on the proposed law that would have required people to register ownership of a SIM card using a valid ID and compelled the use of real names in social media accounts drew some mixed, even surprised, reactions.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is withholding a P90-million payment to Smartmatic, the technology provider in the May 9 elections, until the firm has proven its innocence in the data leak issue, according to Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan on Tuesday.

Dismayed by the Presidential veto on the consolidated sim card registration bill, consumer group Laban Konsyumer Inc. (LKI) said the Philippines is now left farther behind its ASEAN peers. LKI President Victorio Mario Dimagiba “We are left behind farther in ASEAN by the veto. Even Timor Leste ha

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Saturday, April 16 said the veto by President Duterte on the SIM Card Registration bill allows online trolls to ‘’thrive, spread lies and hate, and fuel discord and division". Drilon thus “congratulated” troll farm operators, online bullies and fake news sp

SENATORS gave mixed reactions to the presidential veto of the SIM Card registration bill, with Minority Leader Frank Drilon saying it's a "win for trolls" and Sen. Panfilo Lacson saying the part that spurred the veto -- the inclusion of social media account registration -- may indeed be violative of…

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Saturday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte's veto of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration bill, claiming it is a move in favor of trolls and fake news.