Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) undersecretary Jocelle Batapa-Sigue recently presented the country’s latest policy and regulation updates at the APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group’s (TELWG) Opening Plenary Meeting held last Feb. 18 at Palm Springs, California.
The Philippines has formally joined the Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System, a move seen to expand its trading opportunities within the Asia Pacific region by eliminating data-flow barriers when transacting with APEC member economies through the adoption of common standards for data privacy.