NPC official Atty. Francis Acero warned the public this week not to post the personal information of anyone they are not sure about for the purposes of vigilante action. He additionally warned that the NPC will be watching closely and a CTTO (credits to the owner)...
The National Privacy Commission told telecommunications companies this week to make sure that effective data privacy and protection is a part of their consumer services. In his speech at the general membership meeting of the Chief Information Officers at the Crowne Plaza in Quezon City, NPC...
National Privacy Commission head of complaints and investigation Francis Acero said this week that the matter concerning ABS-CBN’s breached online store has been closed and there's ownership on the part of the controller, ABS CBN, to make sure that it's a safer computing environment. The...
Speaking at the 20th Data Protection Officers Assembly (DPO20), NPC Chairman Raymund Liboro urged businesses in the tourism industry to take greater efforts in protecting the personal data of their customers. He added that there is a need to mitigate risks of data breach as...
At a recently held forum hosted by the Management Association of the Philippines and the Davao City Chamber of Commerce, National Privacy Commissioner Raymund Enriquez Liboro urged the government and private sector to make greater efforts to comply with the Data Privacy Act of 2012. Liboro...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) wrote a letter this week to the organizers of Miss Earth 2018, seeking an explanation on their data protection measures in light of the sexual harassment allegations surrounding the pageant. NPC said that Carousel Productions, the organizer, is considered a personal...
The National Privacy Commission said last week that Cathay Pacific may not have accurately reported what it knew about its data breach at the time it confirmed unauthorized access, and what the affected data fields are. The NPC said that it had ordered the Hong...
At a recent privacy summit at Zamboanga city, National Privacy Commission chief Raymund Enriquez Liboro urged government agencies and firms to adopt strong measures since most data breaches are caused by employee negligence. Liboro revealed that as high as 53 percent of breaches can be traced...
The National Privacy Commission ordered Facebook this week to provide free identity theft and phishing insurance to over 750,000 Filipinos that had been affected by the data breach which recently hit the social network. The NPC also requested Facebook to submit a more comprehensive Data Break...
The National Privacy Commission said this week that it is still waiting for Facebook’s official cout on how many Filipino users had been affected by the breach. Facebook announced last week that it had been hit by hackers who were able to steal “access tokens”...