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Keeping Secrets Safe: The Power of Privacy Firms

Imagine your personal information, like your name, address, or bank details, as treasures that need protecting. A privacy firm is like a team of experts hired to safeguard these treasures from thieves (hackers) prowling around the digital world. They know all the rules and tricks to keep your information safe from bad guys and makeContinue reading “Keeping Secrets Safe: The Power of Privacy Firms”

The Importance of Data Privacy Notices in Documents

In today’s digital world, keeping your personal information safe is crucial. Data privacy notices in documents play a vital role in this by explaining how organizations collect, use, and protect your information. They’re like a guide that tells you what happens to your data and why it matters to you. What is a Data PrivacyContinue reading “The Importance of Data Privacy Notices in Documents”

How to protect yourself from loan sharks!

Everything is overpriced nowadays. Either you must travel abroad, or you must seek employment with a big wage if you want to cover your expenses. Some individuals attempt to earn a passive income while working. Some people commit theft simply to get by and support their families. Yet other people put their reputations at jeopardyContinue reading “How to protect yourself from loan sharks!”

From ‘I Do’ to Data Protection: Ensuring Privacy for Married Couples.

While many discussions focus on protecting personal information for individuals, it is equally important for couples and married people to recognize the significance of data privacy in their relationships. This article explores why data privacy is essential for couples and married people, examining the potential risks, benefits, and strategies to safeguard their personal information. DataContinue reading “From ‘I Do’ to Data Protection: Ensuring Privacy for Married Couples.”

Posthumous Data Privacy: Safeguarding the Digital Legacies of the Departed

As our lives become increasingly intertwined with technology, the issue of data privacy extends beyond our lifetimes. The digital footprints we leave behind, even after death, contain a treasure trove of personal information, memories, and sentiments. However, the question of who should access and manage this data raises important ethical and legal concerns. In thisContinue reading “Posthumous Data Privacy: Safeguarding the Digital Legacies of the Departed”

Navigating Public WiFi: Balancing Connectivity and Data Privacy

Public WiFi networks have become ubiquitous, providing convenient internet access in cafes, airports, hotels, and other public spaces. However, the convenience of these networks comes with potential risks to data privacy. This article explores the benefits and risks of connecting to public WiFi, shedding light on how personal data can be affected and offering tipsContinue reading “Navigating Public WiFi: Balancing Connectivity and Data Privacy”

“The Importance of Data Privacy for Travel Agencies: Protecting Your Customers’ Personal Information”

Data privacy is a crucial issue for businesses in the Philippines, including travel agencies. For travel agencies, data privacy is important because they collect and process a significant amount of personal data from their customers, including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and payment information. In some cases, they may also collect sensitive data suchContinue reading ““The Importance of Data Privacy for Travel Agencies: Protecting Your Customers’ Personal Information””

Privacy Pitfalls: Why You Should be Wary of Sharing Personal Information in Surveys

As consumers, it is not uncommon to encounter businesses that solicit feedback on their products and services. However, many of these surveys require respondents to provide personal information such as their name, email address, and phone number. It is important to consider the safety of this information and to question the necessity of providing it.Continue reading “Privacy Pitfalls: Why You Should be Wary of Sharing Personal Information in Surveys”

Privacy Matters: Understanding Data Privacy in the Philippines

The Data Privacy Act of 2012 is a law in the Philippines that aims to protect the privacy of individuals with respect to their personal data in information and communications systems. The law sets out rules for the collection, use, storage, and processing of personal data by both government and private entities. Some of theContinue reading “Privacy Matters: Understanding Data Privacy in the Philippines”

“Behind Bars and Beyond: Exploring the Intersection of Data Privacy and Criminal Justice”

Data privacy is a fundamental right that applies to all individuals, including criminal suspects and convicts. It protects their personal information from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure, and gives them control over how their personal information is collected, used, and shared. In the context of criminal justice, data privacy plays a crucial role in protectingContinue reading ““Behind Bars and Beyond: Exploring the Intersection of Data Privacy and Criminal Justice””

Profiling and Data Privacy

If the collection of your information was pursuant to a legal obligation or duty, this must be done in good faith and carried out with justice. Meaning to say, your data and information should not be collected in a harassing manner.

Vaccine Registration and Personal Data

Have you read the Data Privacy Consent Form or Data Privacy Statement that may have been attached to these online forms?

CCTV AND DATA PRIVACY

The usage of closed-circuit television (CCTV) nowadays became even more prevalent in the world of technology. Installing CCTVs aids in identifying future anomalies, provides people with the feeling of safety, and gives a long-term cost-effective solution to privacy and security concerns. CCTVs are tools which support safety and security of personal information controllers (PICs) andContinue reading “CCTV AND DATA PRIVACY”

Understanding App Permissions

Permissions are the activities that the app can perform on your phone or device. These include access to your calendar, camera, contacts, microphone, phone, and even your location. The permissions asked by apps vary depending on the purpose where the data collected are to be used. The following are some common app permissions as describedContinue reading “Understanding App Permissions”

Data Protection v. Data Privacy

Understanding the term itself is the first step in order to be able to fully grasp its concept and how it is applied. Data Protection and Data Privacy, being synonymous to each other, are always most likely to be interchanged. However, no matter how interconnected these both are, the two have different meanings and applicationsContinue reading “Data Protection v. Data Privacy”

DATA PRIVACY: FIVE STEPS FOR CONTINUOUS COMPLIANCE PROGRAM by Rachel Granates

Data privacy greatly influenced the changing regulatory landscape of businesses around the globe. Companies, corporations and offices that are mandated to comply must be prepared for additional works, increase of administrative activities, audits and compliance checks. According to the PriveSec report of TrustArc, these are achievable by observing a continuous compliance program which involves implementing policies,Continue reading “DATA PRIVACY: FIVE STEPS FOR CONTINUOUS COMPLIANCE PROGRAM by Rachel Granates”

DATA PROTECTION AND ONLINE PROFILING by Rachel Granates

Data Privacy became one of the big issues that countries around the world have been trying to address. Privacy advocates in the Philippines demanded for stringent privacy laws and the government responded. Because of that, we have now the Data Privacy of 2012 (DPA) which is being implemented by the National Privacy Commission (NPC). ButContinue reading “DATA PROTECTION AND ONLINE PROFILING by Rachel Granates”

Privacy and Personalization

In this day and age, in order to get the best out of the integration and connectivity of our laptop and mobile gadgets like cellphone and tablets, we opt to use one account to be used on all our gadgets. This facilitates easy access to our data stored in these accounts. An example of thisContinue reading “Privacy and Personalization”

IDENTITY DISCLOSURE OF COVID19 PATIENT WILL NOT PREVENT THE SPREAD OF VIRUS

There are people who are lobbying for the public disclosure of the name/identity of the covid19 patient/person under investigation (PUI)/person under monitoring (PUM) for the reason of public health/safety concern. In evaluating the validity of this proposition, the questions, answers, and illustrations below will help us better understand the relevance/irrelevance of the said disclosure toContinue reading “IDENTITY DISCLOSURE OF COVID19 PATIENT WILL NOT PREVENT THE SPREAD OF VIRUS”

Nothing to do During Community Quarantine?

So, you’ve already stocked up on food and supplies, made sure that everything is in order for the home quarantine period, and have no important pressing matters to attend to. What else can you do aside from aimlessly surfing the web? For those looking to pass the time during this home quarantine period, here areContinue reading “Nothing to do During Community Quarantine?”

5 Activities that a DPO can do while Working From Home

On 16 March 2020, following the sharp increase in the number of confirmed Covid19 cases, the President of the Philippines declared an enhanced community quarantine and ordered the imposition of stringent distancing measures over the entire Luzon effective from 17 March 2020 (12am) to 13 April 2020 (12am). As regards work in the private sector,Continue reading “5 Activities that a DPO can do while Working From Home”

5 Privacy Tips while Working from Home

In the Philippines, Republic Act No. 11165 was enacted by Congress to institutionalize telecommuting as an alternative work arrangement for employees in the private sector. “Telecommuting” refers to a work from an alternative workplace with the use of telecommunications and/or computer technologies. Said work arrangement may be offered by an employer in the private sectorContinue reading “5 Privacy Tips while Working from Home”