Tag Archives: Privacy

Summary of NPC Circular No. 2023-07 Guidelines on Legitimate Interest

Brief Background On December 13, 2023 the National Privacy Commission (NPC), through of its quasi-legislative powers by virtue of R.A. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA), issued NPC Circular No. 2023-07 or the Guidelines on Legitimate Interest. The NPC deemed it necessary to issue this guidelines so as to clarify how aContinue reading “Summary of NPC Circular No. 2023-07 Guidelines on Legitimate Interest”

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”

True End-to-End Encryption

With the current situation of accounts being hacked and other poser accounts popping up, I decided to change my password for the better. As I was changing my password to further secure my many many, truly, may accounts. I’ve come across one platform I used which offers true end-to-end encryption (E2EE). First, what is E2EE?Continue reading “True End-to-End Encryption”

Creating a “Private Set-Up”

Nowadays, majority of people have access to the internet. The window to the world wide web, physically is our gadgets (be it our mobile devices, laptops or computers). But digitally, in order to access information in the internet, you most likely need a browser. Have you ever given a thought about the browser you use?Continue reading “Creating a “Private Set-Up””

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”

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”