MANILA, Philippines–Checking the profiles of organizers of community pantries could violate the Data Privacy Law, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Thursday.
“Possibly the Data Privacy Law depending on the kind of personal data obtained without the consent of the person concerned, and the purpose for which the data was obtained,” Guevarra told reporters.
Republic Act 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of the Philippines protects individuals from unauthorized processing of personal information that is “1. private, not publicly available; and 2. identifiable, where the identity of the individual is apparent either through direct attribution or when put together with other avail…
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