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Today I Learned, (first of a series)

Is a signature sensitive personal information?

What I love about privacy work is that I constantly get asked “what if?” questions that require me to rethink things that I’ve always taken for granted. The other…

Netizen Report

Update on the status of NTC hearings on minimum broadband speeds

Following public clamor for better internet service in the Philippines, the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship conducted a public hearing…

Quick points on the SMC telecom business sale

What exactly is being sold?

• SMC is selling its telecom business, which primarily consists of shares in Vega Telecom, Inc. Vega owns controlling interest (meaning more than 50% of the shares) of the…

Quick thoughts on the Rappler case

I am seeing a lot of posts about the SEC’s decision on Rappler and how this is a supposed attack on press freedom. There’s even a hashtag for it now (if a tree gets toppled in the forest but there’s no hashtag for it, did the toppling happen?). This is all making me…

Everything’s not lost

(Or, another approach to challenging GLO and TEL’s stranglehold on the telco industry)

It has been two months since Globe Telecoms, Inc. (GLO) and PLDT, Inc. (TEL) surprised everyone with the announcement of…

NPC clarifies reporting requirements with Advisory №2018–01

Earlier this week, the National Privacy Commission released NPC Advisory №2018–01 (Guidelines on Security Incident and Personal Data Breach Reportorial Requirements). The issuance has disappeared from the NPC website. I’ll be…

Mapping the personal data lifecycle

Back when I was still doing consulting, I did a lot of thinking about how to help my clients…

A hashtag and the changing Philippine Internet

Check out the hashtag #AlDubEBForLove, with more than 5 million tweets hours before the show even starts. With more Facebook users than Internet users, the Philippines has always been considered a Facebook nation. The rise of Twitter among Filipino…

What would the PCC do?

In the aftermath of the joint announcement by PLDT and Globe of their purchase of SMC’s telecom business, many have speculated on whether the transaction was anti-competitive.

Inevitably, the attention of the Philippine Competition Commission was called. The PCC…