On-site visits, along with privacy sweeps and the submission of relevant documents, are allowed under NPC Circular No. 18-02, which provides the guidelines on the conduct of compliance checks.
With the launch of the Data Breach Notification Management System (DBNMS), the NPC will no longer accept other forms of submissions except through the DBMNS online platform.
Re-electionist senator Sherwin Gatchalian underscored the need to separate the legislation on social media after a more thorough and comprehensive discussion.
Under the draft circular, an administrative fine may be imposed based on the annual gross income of personal information controllers (PICs) or personal information processors (PIPs) within the range of 0.25% to 3% for grave violations and 0.25% to 2% for major violations.
In the Philippines, 94% of the country’s corporate respondents said privacy laws have had a positive impact, and only 1% indicated the laws have had a negative impact.
The agreement facilitates investigation and enforcement support between the PCC and the NPC, including forming joint task forces and notification of matters of common concern.
GCash said it worked closely with the NBI to arrest a gang that sold scam pages, including an imitation of the GCash webpage to dupe users via phishing to get sensitive data.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the digitalization of the civil registry system through tablet-based mode data collection has resulted in a 100-percent accuracy of data collection and timely release of survey results as it eliminated the manual data encoding.
