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NPC recommends filing of criminal complaint against online lending firm Share on email In what is believed to be the first case of a local firm found violating the data privacy law, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) has recommended the criminal prosecution of Fynamics Lending Inc., the operator of the PondoPeso online lending application that was the subject of numerous data privacy complaints. In a 40-page decision, the NPC determined the liability of Fynamics Lending Inc. and its board of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 10, 2021) – Bills introduced in the Rhode Island House and Senate would ban the warrantless collection of electronic data and the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones and sweep up electronic communications in most situations. Passage of the bill would not only protect privacy in Rhode Island; it would also hinder the federal surveillance state. A bipartisan coalition of eight senators introduced Senate Bill 134 (S134) on Jan. 26. A coalition of five Re...

SunStar BaCTrac keychain sale under probe BACOLOD: A photo of BaCTrac keychains believed to be sold at P65 per piece posted on Facebook. (Contributed photo) + February 10, 2021 AUTHORITIES in Bacolod City are now conducting an investigation on the reported selling of BaCTrac keychains in the Negros Occidental capital city, an official of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Task Force said. Dr. Chris Sorongon, EOC Task Force’s deputy for medical and d...

QUEZON CITY, Feb. 9 — Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has filed a resolution urging the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to establish a unified national contact tracing protocol to ensure a more effective health emergency data monitoring...

Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has asked the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to establish a unified national contact tracing protocol which would help guarantee a more effective health emergency data monitoring system in the country.

Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has filed a resolution urging the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to create a unified contact tracing protocol to help address the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philippines: New Circular on Cease-and-Desist Orders Issued by the National Privacy Commission The Philippine National Privacy Commission recently issued NPC Circular No. 2020-02 on the Rules on the Issuance of Cease and Desist Orders (Circular). The Circular applies to all applications for a Cease-and- Desist Order on the processing of personal data and other matters cognizable by the NPC. 204 Rules on the Issuance of Cease and Desist Orders ( Circular). The Circular applies to all applicatio...

Philippines: New Circular on Data Sharing Agreements issued by the National Privacy Commission The Philippine National Privacy Commission recently issued NPC Circular No. 2020-03 on Data Sharing Agreements. The Circular applies to the disclosure of personal data from a personal information controller to another PIC. It likewise applies to personal data that is consolidated by several PICs and shared or made available to each other and/or to one or more PICs. It excludes outsourcing or subcontra...

SunStar + January 29, 2021 IN 2018, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) was asked if employers could conduct “secret surveillance” on their employees as they work in the office. Can employers install monitoring software that records keystrokes and takes random snapshots of the computer screen, or is this prohibited by the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA)? The short answer is, it depends, but it’s generally frowned upon. Here’s the long answer: “Monitoring employee activit...

The Quezon City government will run after individuals who will attempt to hack or tinker with its data and information system as it gradually shifts into offering more digital services.