SMX Roadmap (September 21)

In a move to help organizations implement appropriate security and privacy practices, legal governance and technology experts, as well as officials of the National Privacy Commission (NPC) discussed the compliance aspects of the Data Privacy Act (DPA) and its recently released implementing rules and regulations (IRR) in a one day event organized by the Disini & Disini Law Office.

The “Data Privacy Act Compliance for the Private Sector and Government” seminar was held last November 3, 2016 at Dusit Thani Manila.

Almost four years from the enactment of the Data Privacy Act, its Implementing Rules and Regulations have finally been promulgated. In early September 2016, the IRR took effect and within one-year from effectivity, all private and government entities must comply with the extensive requirements of the law.

Certainly, the compliance process requires many changes within each organization, and the uniqueness of the nature of each entity will influence the compliance roadmap. In very general terms, compliance with the law will involve three (3) disparate domains: the law, information technology and corporate governance.

The Disini Tech Legal Forum has organized this seminar to tackle these challenges and provide practical tools to aid in the formulation of a compliance roadmap.

Experts in the domains mentioned will present the law, outline the technical requirements and discuss the governance issues that inescapably confronts the compliance process.

Given the tight one-year deadline set by the National Privacy Commission for full compliance, it is important to begin the process and marshal internal resources to avoid the criminal penalties imposed by the law.