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...
The newly issued Executive Order No. 157 will significantly reduce the real property tax (RPT) obligations of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) for its power supply deals to P200 million from P1.019 billion. "PSALM’s 2021 RPT obligations amounting to...
The deluge of text messages offering fake job offers to the public is a “cause for concern” for Malacañang as it highlights privacy concerns in the country, an official said on Tuesday, Nov. 23. Cabinet Secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said the National...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday expressed alarm over the reported surge of text messages containing spam, including sketchy job offers that promised high salaries, saying it not only raises data privacy concerns but has put the country’s contact tracing efforts against COVID-19 in a...
Have you been getting spam messages lately? A mall goer scans a QR code before entry into the establishment. The national government requires the use of the StaySafe as its digital contact tracing application of choice. (Courtesy of StaySafe PH/Facebook) Netizens were quick to point out contact...
Vice presidential aspirant and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday said he is not changing his campaign strategy despite the fact former Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is now one of his opponents in the upcoming May 2022 elections. “We will still go on with what we are...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) has moved to November 9 this year the bid submission deadline for real estate assets that it is divesting in Limay, Bataan. The original schedule for the submission of tenders had been slightly delayed for four days from...
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 recently issued a reminder to all personal information controllers (PICs) to get the consent of vaccinees before using any personal information in their vaccination cards for promos, raffles, or discounts. National Privacy Commission The agency issued the...
As he filed for reelection in the 2022 polls, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian could be considered in the senatorial slate of Senators Panfilo Lacson and Vicente Sotto III. Senator Win Gatchalian and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio oversee a vaccination of frontline workers in Davao City on...
The senatorial ticket of Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has started to take shape as more of their allies file their candidacies for the the May, 2022 elections. Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Panfilo Lacson file their certificates of candidacy for the...
Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) will bid out a real estate asset in Limay, Bataan that is seen ideal for industrial development. In a ‘notice to bid’ issued by the company, PSALM apprised interested...
