NPC

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is reminding public and private offices to be extra vigilant against hackers and data thieves this Lenten break.

NPC chair Raymund Liboro said the law gives data subjects control over their data which is a basic tenet under the Data Privacy Act.

The program is aimed at establishing a skills benchmark for local privacy professionals amid the spike in demand for high-quality data privacy trainings in the country.

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is urging local telecommunications operators Globe, Smart, and the incoming third player, Mislatel consortium, to compete for consumer trust in terms of better services and better data privacy protection.

The Philippines ranked 13th among the top 15 tourism powerhouses that recorded "absolute growth" within the last seven years, according to the 2018 World Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) "Power and Performance Report?.

It is a test that students are not willing to take, but Pines City Colleges is sticking to their guns.

The NPC said its database shows no record of the organizer, its Data Protection Officer (DPO), nor details of its data processing system.

In an order dated October 29, the data privacy agency threatened to prosecute local officials of the airline for their apparent failure to notify timely the NPC on the occurrence of the data breach.

The Philippines has earned a voting seat in the five-member executive committee of the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC), a worldwide conference of 119 independent regulators from all over the globe.

The NPC directed Facebook to implement identity theft insurance or credit monitoring service for free to affected Filipino users or establish a dedicated helpdesk to provide assistance in identity restoration and other related matters.