Governments and their lists can be very dangerous. History has shown us that. If data protection offers neither refuge nor relief from them, then everything it is supposed to stand for would simply ring hollow.
WhatsApp is set to change its privacy policy in a way that would allow the sharing of data with third-party companies hosted by its parent firm Facebook, the NPC said.
The NPC ordered online lender Familyhan to immediately take down its master database online to prevent more people from gaining unauthorized access to it.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is extending the cease-and-desist order (CDO) on lisensya.info following the failure of its owners and operators to counter privacy violation allegations hurled against the site.
The PSA said Philippine identification (PhilID), which will be given free of charge, will not replace the existing functional IDs that serve other purposes.
When the contact tracing czar offers the view that contact tracing in the country is still weak today — nearly nine months into this public health crisis — no one is the least bit surprised, and the government only has itself to blame.
Software teams developing Covid-19 contact-tracing apps for local government units (LGUs) are advised to incorporate a privacy-by-design (PbD) approach and allow users to opt in and out of digital contact tracing.
The capture, use, retention and destruction of video and/or audio footage obtained from CCTVs are forms of personal data processing under the Data Privacy Act.
We must make sure technology enhances our rights, instead of undermining them. True progress, after all, should never be at the expense of our fundamental rights.
