The Data Privacy Act of 2012

…is a 21st century law to address 21st century crimes and concerns. It (1) protects the privacy of individuals while ensuring free flow of information to promote innovation and growth; (2) regulates the collection, recording, organization, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, consultation, use, consolidation, blocking, erasure or destruction of personal data; and (3) ensures that the Philippines complies with international standards set for data protection through National Privacy Commission (NPC).




The National Privacy Commission protects individual personal information and upholds the right to privacy by regulating the processing of personal information.




THE STRUCTURE OF THE DATA PRIVACY ACT



THE DATA PRIVACY ACT
OF 2012

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IMPLEMENTING
RULES & REGULATIONS

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