The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, April 19 told a Senate committee that it has decided to withhold a P90-million payment for the services to Smartmatic, its automated elections technology provider, whose data were allegedly breached as the May 9, 2022 election approaches. Appearing...
Privacy Benchmark Study Privacy Benchmark Study Privacy is mission-critical to 91 percent of Asia Pacific respondents and 82 percent of Filipino organizations, according to a survey. In Cisco’s 2022 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, the survey showed that organizations in Asia Pacific continue to...
A House leader is calling for an investigation on the use of drones after one such device allegedly tried to "invade" her family’s home. (Kaleb Kendall/ Unsplash) San Jose Del Monte lone district Rep. Florida “Rida” Robes filed House Resolution (HR) No.2473, which urges the House Committee on...
Google announced a multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android, with the goal of introducing new, more private advertising solutions. Specifically, these solutions will limit sharing of user data with third parties and operate without cross-app identifiers, including advertising...
62644 Telecommunications giant Globe has teamed up with the National Privacy Commission (NPC) in the Kabataang Digital Program to spread awareness among kids on how they can protect themselves online. This is to provide kids more protection as they now spend more time online for learning and...
The Manila Bulletin (MB) will comply with an order issued by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) to attend a "clarificatory meeting" on Jan. 25, 2022, where it will present pieces of evidence it was able to obtain regarding the alleged breach of Commission on Election (Comelec) servers. Manila...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is now investigating the reported hacking and data breach on servers of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB In a statement on Wednesday, Jan. 12, NPC Commissioner John Henry D. Naga said the poll body was ordered to appear for a "clarificatory...
National Privacy Commission The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said the decision of the Court Appeals upholding the former in a case by Pieceland Corp. vs. Manila New Life Church Inc. (MNLC) will strengthen the promotion not just the rights and freedoms of data subjects, but also the obligations...
iStock-1204762248-scaled The dark side of digitalisation surfaces as the pandemic surges, warned Data Protection Excellence (DPEX) Centre, the learning and research arm of Straits Interactive. DPEX, which issued the warning on Wednesday Jan. 6, has released its data protection trends report for the...
Malacañang has appointed Atty. John Henry Du Naga as the new privacy commissioner of the National Privacy Commission (NPC), effective December 14, 2021, for a term of three years. National Privacy Commission Incoming Commissioner Naga will succeed Privacy Commissioner Raymund Enriquez Liboro, whom...
Ten government agencies, including the National Privacy Commission (NPC) and National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) have joined efforts to catch those behind the text spams luring Filipinos into dubious investment schemes and work-from-home jobs. (Unsplash) Spearheaded by the Cybercrime...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Wednesday, Nov. 24, said the personal data of 22,000 S&R members were compromised following a recent cyber attack. (Photo from S&R website) In a statement, NPC confirmed the receipt of a breach notification report on Nov. 15 from S&R Membership...
