The committee chaired by Rizal representative Joel Roy Duavit approved the unnumbered substitute bill that aims to protect and promote the right of consumers to privacy and protect them from unwanted calls and text messages inducing purchase of goods and services, and solicitations.
The Philippines has earned a new mark in the field of ICT with the latest roll-out of the government's pilot sites for TV White Space (TVWS) technology, now tagged as the most extensive in the region.
A couple of days after the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of online libel as provided for under the Cybercrime Law, three more senators have filed proposals to remove the penalty of imprisonment in libel cases.
As netizens weighed in on the landmark decision of the Supreme Court on the Cybercrime Law, the government has given its stamp of approval on the controversial legislation, saying new crimes such as Internet libel and cybersex should be penalized as well.
A survey conducted by software maker Microsoft among its 2,017 partners in 11 countries in Asia Pacific showed that those in the Philippines are most worried on the lack of privacy when using the cloud. Also included in the top five of their concerns on the cloud are: that it is not secure, has no ownership, less productive, and not yet mature.
VMware Philippines country manager Emmanuel Portugal also shared the results of the latest VMware Cloud Index, which showed that cloud adoption in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region continues to progress and accelerate business transformation.
Through a host of projects ? both completed and still underway -- the government has embarked on an ambitious journey to automate various healthcare processes in an attempt to bring universal healthcare to the people, especially those in remote areas.
Following reports of unhampered proliferation of child cybersex operations in the country, Sen. Nancy Binay said she will file a resolution that would look into the integrity of the country's information security infrastructure.
An activist organization of IT professionals has cautioned the public against hastily equating the government?s Open Data initiative as a foolproof representation of the current administration?s transparency.
