Last Thursday, National Privacy Commission (NPC) chairman Raymund Enriquez Liboro said that his agency is working towards building data privacy resiliency in the public and private sectors, as well as establishing trust with stakeholders. Liboro defined “privacy resiliency” as the ability of an entity to...
The Philippines recently became the eleventh member of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross-Border Privacy Enforcement Arrangement (CPEA), through the National Privacy Commission (NPC). The CBPR system is an initiative which seeks to facilitate effective information sharing and privacy cooperation for the 21 APEC...
At a press briefing last Tuesday, National Privacy Commission (NPC) Commissioner Raymund Liboro said that they will be issuing Uber Philippines a compliance order to demand certain conditions in connection to the company’s data breach which had affected users in the country. Liboro said that...
Last Tuesday, National Privacy Commission (NPC) head Raymond Liboro said that the personal data of Uber users in the Philippines had been compromised, as confirmed by the company to his office. However, Liboro added that Uber did not provide all the necessary information required from...
Representatives from Uber have been summoned by The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on the matter of the recently revealed data breach that the company had allegedly concealed since 2016. The breach is said to have affected the personal information of 57 million drivers and passengers...
Manila, Philippines - The National Privacy Commission (NPC) says that it is closely following the developments on a possible data breach case on COL Financial, one of the Philippine’s biggest online stock brokerage firms. NPC chief Raymund Enriquez Liboro revealed that the firm reported the breach,...
Last Tuesday, Chairman Raymund E. Liboro of the National Privacy Commission (NPC) said that the Data Privacy Act should not be used to prevent the processing and/or disclosure of personal information which is sanctioned under law. According to the NPC chair, questions on the legal basis...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) of the Philippines is now ready for regulators and processors of private data who will ensure compliance. This step comes after the country’s Data Privacy Act (DPA) of 2012 took effect on September, 9, 2016. An NPC advisory no. 2017-01 concerning...
In the DPO6 assembly last Tuesday, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) reminded attendees that a balance between press freedom and the right to privacy should always be preserved. Ivy Patdu, the NPC Deputy Commissioner, told the media to observe principles of transparency, legitimate purpose, and proportionality....
The matter of the voter data leakage which occurred before the 2016 elections will be included in the impeachment complaint against Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista which will be filed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The complainants say that Bautista should be...