The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has issued show-cause orders against Meta, Roblox, Reddit, and Discord over their alleged failure to comply with registration requirements under Philippine data privacy regulations.
A transport-sector coalition has called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to issue a technical report on two alleged cybersecurity incidents, including one that purportedly exposed 16 million records.
The Philippines and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at strengthening collaboration on personal data protection and privacy enforcement amid increasing cross-border data flows.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has issued new guidelines governing the scraping of publicly available personal data, warning organizations that such practices remain subject to strict data privacy rules under the country’s law.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has found no evidence of personal data processing or unlawful access to user messages in connection with the “Holiday Gems Christmas Campaign 2025” of Jollibee Foods Corporation and Rakuten Viber.
The regulators cited reports of OLPs (online lending platforms) engaging in harassment, intimidation, public shaming, and unlawful use of personal data in debt collection.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it has found no verified breach affecting the core infrastructure of the government’s eGov PH platform, following reports of alleged unauthorized access now under review by the National Privacy Commission (NPC).
Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed lawyer Juan Paolo “John” Fajardo as deputy commissioner of the National Privacy Commission (NPC), replacing fellow lawyer Nerissa de Jesus whose term of office has expired.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said it is reviewing the “Buo ang Saya ng Pasko” Christmas campaign of Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) on the messaging platform Viber following media reports and user complaints over the appearance of branded content in private chats.
Prior to his appointment, lawyer Johann Carlos S. Barcena served as executive director at the Office of the Commissioner under the Governance Commission for Government Owned and Controlled Corporations (GCG).
