The Muntinlupa City government will sign agreements to interconnect and share data about traffic apprehensions with the Land Transportation Office (LTO).
The Muntinlupa City Council approved two resolutions, 2024-467 and 2024-46, authorizing Mayor Ruffy Biazon to sign the agreements with LTO.
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) office in Muntinlupa (Photo from LTO Muntinlupa's Facebook page)
Under Resolution 2024-468, Biazon is authorized to sign a data sharing agreement with the LTO for the interconnection of the city's traffic apprehension database with the LTO's information technology (IT) project.
“The present Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) contemplates the interconnection of the City Government's traffic apprehension database and Traffic Apprehension Project with LTO's Information Technology Project (LTO IT Project) on motor vehicle and driver's license database, and create an alarm in the Motor Vehicle Registration System and/or Driver's Licensing System of the LTO IT Project, through the CGM's Law Enforcement and Traffic Adjudication System to ensure the effective implementation of its mandated functions and efficient revenue collection,” according to the resolution.
The important data to be shared include the name of vehicle owner, plate number, vehicle name and type and unsettled violation.
The sharing of data, the resolution stated, is in accordance with the Data Privacy Act. It said the “National Privacy Commission (NPC) Circular 16-02 or the Data Sharing Agreements Involving Government Agencies, allows government agency to share or transfer personal data under its control or custody to a third party through a data sharing agreement, subject to the provisions of RA 10173 or the Data privacy Act of 2016 and its IRR, Circulars and other laws applicable.”
Meanwhile, Resolution 2024-467, authorized Biazon to enter into an agreement with LTO on the interconnection of the city government’s Traffic Apprehension System with Land Transportation and Management System (LTMS).
The resolution stated that the “LTO will implement the LTMS in the implementation of paperless and non-face-to face based transactions and delivery of services.”
“The LTMS' Driver's Licensing System (DLS) and Motor Vehicle Inspection and Registration System (MVRS) once in place, will create an alarm in the Law Enforcement and Adjudication System (LETAS) which will generate relevant information on traffic violation apprehensions,” it added.
“The linkage sought by the LTO entails, among others, the submission of documentary requirements, payment of application fee and other activities as allocation of funds for development of traffic law enforcement units and allowance of online platforms,” it said.
It stated that “to ensure compatibility with LTO's internal processes and IT system requirements, the interconnectivity requires the accreditation of the IT system and/or IT service provider of the CGM [City Government of Muntinlupa] to determine whether such IT system is utilized 'as part of the contact or non-contact apprehension process.”