In an era where data is a valuable asset and its protection is paramount, the seminar on data privacy conducted on February 23, 2024, at Hop Inn Hotel in Thomas Morato, Quezon City, offered a crucial platform for professionals to delve into the latest developments and best practices. This article aims to provide a detailedContinue reading “Navigating the Data Privacy Landscape: Insights from the February 23, 2024 Seminar at Hop Inn Hotel”
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“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””
Mandatory Data Processing Activities during MECQ and GCQ
Since some of the establishments will be reopening under the MEQC and GCQ, processing of personal data will play a role in preventing further spread of Covid19. Under the DTI and DOLE Interim Guidelines on Workplace Prevention and Control of Covid-19, there are measures that should be implemented in all workplaces consistent with the objectives ofContinue reading “Mandatory Data Processing Activities during MECQ and GCQ”
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”
Importance of Data Privacy Compliance by Asha Abdulraheem
With the rise of technology and the vast products and services that are available to the public, it is said that the personal data of individuals is now the new oil that keeps the economy running. It is the collection or processing of personal data that makes companies and organizations alive and without such, organizationsContinue reading “Importance of Data Privacy Compliance by Asha Abdulraheem”
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 Rights under the Data Privacy Act
The Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA) or Republic Act 10173 is the law which seeks to protect personal data of individuals and imposes upon the government and the private sector the obligation to safeguard said data. The data subject refers to an individual whose personal, sensitive personal, or privileged information is processed. Under theContinue reading “Privacy Rights under the Data Privacy Act”
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”
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”
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