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What is Data Privacy?
The right of an individual not to have private information about himself disclosed, and to live freely from surveillance and intrusion.
News & Events
Updated: Press Statement of Privacy Commissioner Raymund Enriquez Liboro on the Data Breach Incident of ABS-CBN’s online Stores
September 19, 2018
RELEASE 01 – September 19, 2018 1. News of a possible data breach of ABS-CBN’s online stores has reached the National Privacy Commission this morning, where customers reportedly face the possibility of theft of their financial data due to a payment skimmer which has been discovered by a Dutch security researcher. 2. At 12:37 PM, […]
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UPDATED: PRESS STATEMENT OF PRIVACY COMMISSIONER RAYMUND ENRIQUEZ LIBORO ON FACEBOOK’S LATEST BREACH
September 29, 2018
1. At around 12:49 AM of September 28, we received informal notice from Facebook representatives that they had found a vulnerability in their app that was exploited by malicious attackers. 2. Facebook claims that the vulnerability affected around fifty million users, exposing personal data stored in their Facebook profiles. 3. The vulnerability was attributed to […]
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Gov’t. taps “hack bayani” community to help secure PhilSys, data-driven public projects
September 28, 2018
1. Privacy Commissioner Raymund Enriquez Liboro is tapping the assistance of white hat hackers in the country to help secure Philippine cyberspace and help create robust public ICT systems in the country beginning with the soon-to-be implemented national identification card. 2. “We can do a lot more to help protect the data that will come […]
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NPC eyes fully digital PH by 2040
September 19, 2018
1. The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said the country’s bid to be a fully-digital, high-trust society in 20 years is feasible as the government’s ICT and data privacy initiatives remain on on-track. 2. “Ambisyon 2040 provides the beacon towards a high trust society, where every Filipino is secure in their physical and digital lives and […]
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