Tag: #DATA PRIVACY LAW
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‘The most stupid idea’: Jinggoy lambasts PNP for visiting journalist’s home
Senator Jinggoy Estrada isn’t happy with the Philippine National Police (PNP) after an officer visited the private residence of a media practitioner last Oct. 15.
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Salceda asks telcos: Ensure data privacy once SIM registration bill becomes law
Amid groups raising concern over data privacy once the proposed SIM Registration Act is signed into law, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda on Sunday, Oct. 9, asked telecommunication companies to ensure that consumer data will not fall into the wrong hands.
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P90-M payment for Smartmatic’s services withheld until data breach issue is resolved–Comelec chair
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.
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Gordon: Data privacy law can’t be invoked to defy subpoenas
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.
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Gatchalian bats for data privacy as telcos roll out Mobile Number Portability Act
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.
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Stronger data privacy law sought
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has sought for amendments that will give the existing data privacy law more teeth in the enforcement function amid rapid digital transformation in the country.