According to Sen. Nancy Binay, the Office of the Solicitor General should ensure that all contracts have a clause that all data handled by third-party data management providers would revert to the government even after the termination or end of its contract.
In filing Senate Resolution No. 981, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said that despite explanations in social media coming from DFA chief Teodoro Locsin Jr. and his predecessor Perfecto Yasay Jr., "there still is no clarity as to who is responsible for the non-availability of Filipino passport data."
The National Privacy Commission has stated that it will launch its own investigation on the DFA?s assertion that the private contractor has caused the non-availability of data and other documents entrusted to it for processing.
Global payments firm PayPal is set to hire more than 1,000 employees in the next two years for its new global customer operations center in Alabang, Muntinlupa City.
With the adoption of a ?game-changing? labor policy through the passage of the Telecommuting Act, the government is urging telecommunication companies to level up their game to provide reliable Internet connection for workers.
Under the draft memorandum circular crafted by presidential adviser on ICT Ramon Jacinto, a maximum of two independent tower companies may be registered by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in the first four years of the implementation of the policy.
Globe Telecom and the international group Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) have come out in support of a Senate bill aiming to deter online piracy in the country by blocking Internet websites that illegally distribute copyrighted material like videos, music, and gaming.
