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Philippines: National Privacy Commission announces new online registration platform and extends validity... Philippines: National Privacy Commission announces new online registration platform and extends validity of DPO registrations to 30 June 2021 On 1 March 2021, the Philippine National Privacy Commission announced its new online registration and renewal platform called “eRehistro,” which can be used by Personal Information Controllers and Personal Information Processors to register, am...

Published March 9, 2021, 6:52 PM The Department of Health (DOH) is working with Google and Apple for a contact tracing application to help in locating contacts of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases. During a joint hearing of the House committees on health and informations and communications technology on Tuesday, March 9, DOH Undersecretary Eric Tayag disclosed that the agency will soon launch a digital contact tracing app that it co-developed with the two multinational companies. “We h...

(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) House Resolution No. 1536 was adopted by the House Committees on Health and Information and Communications Technology after a joint hearing on March 9. Filed by House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, the measure calls for a single contact tracing protocol “for a more effective health emergency data monitoring system”. “Disparate apps and non centralized repository leads to redundant products, cost duplication and less effective solution,” Velasco said in the reso...

The Philippines is one of those countries with a data privacy law (“Republic Act 10173 — Data Privacy Act of 2012”) , and according to those I talked with who are familiar with the Philippine law, it is similar to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With RA 10173, you expect the

Published February 24, 2021, 4:32 PM If you happen to request information via FOI in any Philippine government agency, your personal information could be at risk. Freedom of Information Act or FOI provides public access to information, official records, public records, and, documents and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as research data used as the basis for policy development. The Executive Order on Freedom of Information aims to promote an open governmen...

Published February 23, 2021, 7:16 AM After the SM Hotels and Conventions Corp.’s (SMHCC) properties have rolled out its contact tracing technology solutions across the country to fully intensify health and hygiene protocols, it was still waiting for the right timing and blessing from Mr. Hans Sy, Chairman of the Executive Committee of SM Prime, who wanted a unified solution in handling contact tracing data in malls. This was later enrolled in the system of the Retail group and its affiliates ...

Reporter THE HOUSE of Representatives is open to the banking industry’s request for a “safe harbor” clause in the proposed amendments to the Bank Secrecy Law. Quirino Rep. Junie E. Cua, chair of the House Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries, said the request by the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) is “well taken,” noting the provision could be included in the bill to ease concerns of the industry. “Those things will further be clarified in t...

UPKLYAK/FREEPIK Since the promulgation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations for the Data Privacy Act (DPA) on Aug. 24, 2016, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) has always emphasized that one of the guiding principles of the DPA is the empowerment of individuals to have reasonable control over the flow of their personal data. To address frequently recurring questions regarding the rights of data subjects under the DPA, the NPC issued Advisory No. 2021-01 on Jan. 29 this year. The Advisor...

INCOGNITO | Data sharing agreements: who needs them? Share on email A couple of days before Christmas, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) managed to release one more policy for 2020: NPC Circular 2020-03. The issuance basically sounds the death knell for Data Sharing Agreements (DSAs), which are a key feature of the Commission’s very own Data Privacy Accountability and Compliance Checklist. For the uninitiated, DSAs are contracts between two or more entities sharing, transferring, or discl...

Published February 20, 2021, 5:00 AM The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has recommended the prosecution of Fynamics Lending Inc., the operator of the PondoPeso online lending application which has reportedly been harassing and public-shaming delinquent borrowers, for violating the data privacy law. In a 40-page decision, the Commission chaired by Privacy Commissioner Raymund Enriquez Liboro determined the criminal liability of Fynamics Lending Inc. and its Board of Directors, for violation o...