First Data Privacy and Cybersecurity summits held in PH

Last week was a busy one for the newly established Department of Information and Communications Technology, as two of its attached agencies organized the first National Data Privacy Summit and the Cybersecurity Summit separately.

Commentary: The IRR of RA 10175

In stark contrast to the passage of its parent Statute, the recent issuance of the Cybercrime Protection Act’s (RA 10175) Implementing Rules and Regulations came about with little to no hostility and controversy involved. The three government agencies charged with crafting…

State of Surveillance in the Philippines

With a history immersed in years of colonialism and tainted by martial law, Philippine society is no stranger to surveillance. Even now, tales of past regimes tracking their citizens’ every move find their way into people’s everyday conversations. This, for…

A Statement of Concern

Dutertismo Should Address — Not Contribute to — the Climate of Impunity

Preventing Rhetoric from Becoming Reality in Respecting Rights

National Privacy Commission to issue findings on Comelec breach

Last March 2016, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) fell victim to what is now known as one of the biggest government-related breaches in history. This hack on the COMELEC database leaked the personal information of…

#AnoiTech?!: A Fair Advocating for Sustainable Mobile Technology

Taguig City — Greenpeace-Philippines partnered with various non-profit organizations, like-minded groups and artists, such as Ban Toxics, Ecowaste Coalition, Foundation for Media Alternatives, Medecins du Monde…

Aksyon VAW on the App Store

BREAKING NEWS: The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), a non-government organization based in Quezon City is happy to announce that Aksyon VAW is now available on Appstore.FMA began in 2012 to map cases on technology-related violence against women (see Take Back The Tech…