A growing rift within the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) over the controversial World.org iris-scanning program has drawn sharp criticism from data privacy advocates — including former National Privacy Commission (NPC) chair Raymund Liboro — who warned that the technology risks “turning human eyes into economic assets” and exploiting the poor under the guise of digital inclusion.
Raymund Liboro, the country’s first privacy commissioner, said Agap party-list representative Nicanor Briones — who was photographed viewing the video while Congress was in session — was in a public venue, performing official duties, and under live coverage, therefore had a “diminished expectation of privacy.”
