Sensitive voter information may have been compromised after a group of hackers was allegedly able to breach the servers of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), downloading more than 60 gigabytes of data that could possibly affect the May 2022 elections. Comelec logo (Photo from Wikipedia) This...
K-pop superstars BTS’ hit song “Butter” is the No. 1 in digital song sales in the US in 2021. MRC Data, which supplies data to Billboard for its music charts, released its “Year-end Report: US 2021,” which details the best-selling albums and songs in the US last year. BTS (Big Hit Music)...
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...
Globe-Telecom_CNNPH (2) Globe Telecom Inc. signed an exclusivity agreement with Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), one of the world's fastest-growing data center providers, to establish Globe’s data center business in Philippines (Globe DC), the telco announced on Nov....
Globe Business has a nationwide network of data centers serving its internal needs and corporate clients. With accelerating digital adoption in the country, Globe Business is looking at expanding its data centers and capitalizing on their high growth potential to serve more enterprises...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has taken down its online passport tracker following a possible data privacy issue reported by the Manila Bulletin Tuesday, Nov. 9. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement Wednesday, Nov. 10, the agency's Office of Consular Affairs (DFA-OCA)...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is forming a new working group under the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) aimed at gathering and promoting the best practices on data sharing to guide governments and regulators. National Privacy Commission “The new working group will focus on identifying...
Smart_500x500 Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) registered a three-fold increase in its 5G data traffic in the second and third quarter 2021 as average monthly data traffic grew by nearly 20 times. This developed as YouGov, a London-based international research data and analytics group, reported...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair and Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday welcomed the National Privacy Commission (NPC) for saying that the law on data privacy rights cannot be invoked as an excuse to evade legal proceedings. Gordon, who leads the Senate’s hearing into the alleged anomalous...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has launched its Training the Trainers Program (T3) to develop more data privacy experts and nurture a culture of privacy across the country. National Privacy Commission Under the program, the NPC accredits trainers to educate the public on key concepts and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, September 29, urged telecommunication companies to ensure that mechanisms safeguarding mobile phone subscribers’ personal data are in place as they start the implementation of the Mobile Number Portability Act (MNPA) on September 30. Gatchalian said the...
MRC Data and Billboard issued the “Global Music & Chart Report: A Year in Review” covering top songs and artists in the past year on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US charts. The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US were launched last year with the first...
