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Data Privacy Act 2012 or Republic Act No. 10173 is a law that the Philippine Congress has enacted to protect the individual’s personal data, whether sensitive or otherwise, in the information and communications systems of the government and of the private sector.
Apr 5, 2024 · Republic Act No. 10173 extensively outlines the rights of data subjects to their personal information, which are similar to the rights recognised under the EU GDPR. These include the rights to: be informed; access; object; erasure and blocking; rectify; file a complaint; damages; and data portability.
Fully titled, “An Act Protecting Individual Personal Information in Information and Communications Systems in the Government and the Private Sector, Creating for this Purpose a National Privacy Commission, and for Other Purposes” the DPA aims to protect the fundamental human right of privacy, of communication while ensuring the free flow of ...
AN ACT PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL INFORMATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE A NATIONAL PRIVACY COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
ePrivacy laws. Online privacy is dealt with mainly by Republic Act No. 10175, known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (“Cybercrime Prevention Act”). The Cybercrime Prevention Act protects computer data and systems, including prohibiting violations of an individual’s rights to online privacy.
Nov 11, 2021 · Yes. The Philippines has a data privacy law, which is Republic Act No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA Law). The corresponding implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the DPA Law was issued in 2016. What significant legal instruments relating to data protection are currently pending? If any, what are the timelines?
Jul 12, 2017 · Personal data may only be transferred to third countries where the EU has considered the laws to provide adequate protection or where protected by binding corporate rules, approved model clauses, binding agreements combined with an approved code of conduct or approved certification.
