The proposed bill seeks the repeal or amendment of contentious provisions of Republic Act 10175 which cast a chilling effect over the exercise of free online expression.
Rodolfo “Rudy” Salalima, the first secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), tendered his resignation letter to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte two weeks ago, a reliable source told Newsbytes.PH.
Public and private companies that failed to beat the September 9 deadline for the registration of their data processing systems starting with the registration of their Data Protection Officer (DPO) could face compliance checks, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) warned.
The regulatory body made the statement during a Senate hearing held on Wednesday, Sept. 13, to probe the imposition by telcos of an expiration period on the validity of prepaid and the forfeiture of load credits.
A top investment executive said AI can be leveraged to train people better for the long term, especially in the light of the projected job losses, especially in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.
The House of Representatives terminated on Thursday, Sept. 7, the plenary deliberation on the P6.8-billion budget that the DICT has put forward for next year.
The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) is preparing 20 local government units (LGUs) to be connected to the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) this year in line with its target to fully implement the online system by 2020.
In a decade, the country is expected to have 380 scientists, engineers, and researchers for every one million Filipinos, the suggested benchmark of the Unesco, a science and technology official said.
The Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) on Wednesday, Aug. 30, expressed bullishness that the country?s BPO industry will continue to grown and is capable to handle the challenges of the entry of robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and other related technologies in the market.
