The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has posted on its website a formal order, dated May 2, obliging Wendy's Philippines to promptly notify data subjects affected in the breach and wholesale leak of its database last April 23.
Two years after the country?s biggest government data breach hit global headlines, non-government organization Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) has released a briefing paper that proposes some major takeaways and action points -- both on the part of government and the private sector.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said it has summoned the management and responsible officials of seven schools, institutions, and local government units as it investigates data breaches they sustained following an organized attack on government and commercial organizations last April 1.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) announced on Friday, April 13, that it is opening an investigation on Faceboook following Mark Zuckerberg's admission of the company's faults in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal that affected Filipino Facebook users.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said the sale of Uber's Southeast Asia operations to main rival Grab will not affect its ongoing investigation into past Uber breaches that involved Filipino users.
The list of professionals includes medical doctors, lawyers, accountants and dentists, among others, who process personal data and satisfy the criteria for mandatory DPS registration.
The annual security incident report is among the yearly compliance obligations of Personal Information Controllers (PICs), as provided for in the IRR of the Data Privacy Act of 2012, and as discussed in NPC Circular 16-03.
At the 15th Data Protection Officers Assembly (DPO15), National Privacy Commission (NPC) chair Raymund Liboro encouraged consumer finance service providers to comply with the provisions of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 as he emphasized the need to mitigate risks as the sector becomes increasingly dependent on advances in technology.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has ?caused? Globe Telecom to enforce more stringent subscriber verification protocols to better protect its customers following reports that one of its prepaid mobile customers fell victim to identity theft.
