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Conditions for Voluntary Disclosure of Information of PUM/PUI/Covid19 Patients

There is an appeal asking the persons who are PUM/PUI/Covid19+ to make voluntary disclosure of their identities.  It is our opinion that this can be done considering that under the Data Privacy Act (DPA), consent is one of the criteria to lawfully process a personal data. Consent is also one of criteria where data sharingContinue reading “Conditions for Voluntary Disclosure of Information of PUM/PUI/Covid19 Patients”

Privacy of Covid19 Patients

Recently, messages and social media posts have been circulating containing the alleged list and photos of some of the patients who were infected by covid19. And there were even clamors among the public to disclose all information of all those who were infected by the virus for public safety and health reasons. How shall weContinue reading “Privacy of Covid19 Patients”