The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said on Tuesday, Oct. 5, it has received reports of “smishing” where mobile users received unsolicited SMS messages allegedly due to the contact information they provided in Covid-19 contact tracing and health declaration forms.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has joined hands with two groups from the finance sector in urging online lenders to stop excessive data collection and start complying with the Data Privacy Act.
Following orders from the National Privacy Commission (NPC) to take down JuanHand, Pesopop, CashJeep, and Lemon Loan, the four online lending apps (OLAs) no longer appear and are now unavailable for download from the Google Play Store.
The National Privacy Commission said the four online lending apps -- JuanHand, Pesopop, CashJeep, and Lemon Loan -- were engaged in “irrelevant, unnecessary, and excessive” harvesting of personal and sensitive information without borrowers’ free and informed consent.
The COA made the recommendation after it found “misstatements” in the NPC’s record pertaining to national government agencies, office supplies inventory, and furniture and fixtures for the year 2020.
Instances of alleged bogus online sellers have emerged in Cebu where items were sent to individuals who did not purchase them. These sellers may have acquired the individuals’ personal data through misuse, malicious disclosure, or improper disposal of information.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said on Tuesday, July 27, that anti-fraud data sharing initiatives of the financial services industry must eliminate potential risks on the personal data of data subjects.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has also asked the National Telecommunications Commission to take down the website Pilipinas2022.ph for multiple violations of the Data Privacy Act.
The NPC said the collaboration is in recognition of the significant synergies and complementarity on the respective duties and functions of both agencies in the protection of data privacy and cybersecurity.
