Tag: national privacy commission

Privacy

Why do we need to Protect our Privacy and Data Online?

Ronx Ronquillo
Privacy is something we have not been taking seriously for quite some time now. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought massive changes to the way we live in the past year and a half. Most of our daily errands and activities have gone online, like paying bills, doing grocery shopping, sending money, and performing bank-related transactions. If it has not been too obvious yet, we have become more and more reliant on doing things online, accessing digital versions of our daily… Read the rest
News Privacy

MozillaPH Shortlisted as Finalist at the Privacy Awareness Week Awards 2021

Robert "Bob" Reyes
During the recently held 4th Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) online last 27-28 May 2021, organized by the National Privacy Commission (NPC), the Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) emerged as a finalist at the first-ever PAW Awards 2021. With this year’s theme of “Valuing Privacy in the Time of Digital Transformation: Protecting Filipinos. Promoting Economic Recovery. Building Trust,” the annual national celebration aims to emphasize the role of data privacy and protection to harness opportunities in the fast-growing digital economy and to… Read the rest
Privacy

MozillaPH Statement of Support to NPC

Robert "Bob" Reyes
The Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) supports the stand of the National Privacy Commission (NPC) amidst call from several business groups recommending the suspension of the Data Privacy Act to curb COVID-19 transmission. We firmly believe that our laws have enough provisions to allow the government to effectively conduct contact tracing, treat patients, and face this threat while securing the personal data and dignity of the Filipino people. As a community guided by the Mozilla Manifesto, we put people first. We… Read the rest
Events Privacy

MozillaPH to Host Data Privacy Act IRR Talk

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Four years ago, in August 2012, Republic Act 10173 (popularly known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012) was enacted. Just a few weeks ago, in August 2016, the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 10173 was published. 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. Part of Mozilla’s Manifesto (the principles that guide our mission to promote… Read the rest