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Replicating customers’ IDs needs permission — NPC
Hotel receptionists and car and telecommunication sales agents are reminded by the National Privacy Commission that replicating customers’ identification cards should be allowed by the owner first before they’re processed to avoid fines and complaints as mandated under the Data Privacy Act of 2012. The NPC released the advisory as the concerns draw attention to prevalent practices by certain businesses and associations (both Personal Information Controllers or PICs and Personal Information Processors or PIPs) of authorizing, allowing, or acquiescing its employees, agents, or personnel in taking the ID cards of customers, guests or other persons using their personal electronic devices, or without appropriate safeguards, and/or without the required privacy notice. According to the NPC, the “deliberate” violation of the customer’s data privacy has been happening in some hotels, as establishment’s receptionists take photos of guest IDs using their personal smartphones instead of company-issued phones. In the part of car sales agents, personnel take photocopies of the ID of a potential customer for verification purposes, just like agents of telecommunication companies req uesting a potential customer to send a photo of the customer’s ID via private communication such as Viber, WhatsApp, or Facebook Messenger. For customers applying for home and condominium acquisitions, homeowners and condominium associations usually take copies and require the deposit of physical IDs with sensitive personal information without appropriate policies and security measures for their PIP security agency to implement. Great risk of causing security incidents “The Commission emphasizes that these types of activities carry a great risk of causing security incidents, data breaches, unauthorized uses, inadequate disposal, lack of informed consent and profiling or discrimination, among others.” PICs/PIPs shall obtain the consent of the data subjects prior to the collection and processing of their personal data, subject to exemptions provided by the DPA and other applicable laws and regulations,” according to the NPC advisory released on Saturday. The NPC further reiterated that it is the duty of the PICs, as well as their employees, agents, or representatives, to uphold the confidentiality and privacy of the personal data that they process. To this end, the Commission mandates the following practices: Consent: Where it is the necessary criteria for lawful processing of Sensitive Personal Information under Sections 13 of the Data Privacy Act, the PIC must obtain explicit consent from individuals to capture and process their identification photos and details. Privacy Notice: Provide a clear, understandable, and transparent privacy notice before capturing their IDs. The notice should include the purposes of the processing, the security measures implemented, the retention period, and the purpose limitation, among others. Secure Storage and Transmission: Implement policies to ensure that photos taken by personal devices are stored in a manner that follows company policies and the 1 Section 19 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 DPA. Implementing safeguards Also, the PICs should implement safeguards that ensure that the photos cannot be used by the employees, agents or personnel for other purposes, such as encryption, access controls and other tools. With regard proper disposal, the NPC said PICs should establish policies and procedures that ensure the disposal and deletion of the photos once the purpose is fulfilled, and PICs should conduct verification and audits to ensure that disposal policies have been complied with. “We reiterate that processing personal data violative of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and related issuances of the Commission are subject to penalties and administrative fines,” the NPC stated. The post Replicating customers’ IDs needs permission — NPC appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Defining cybercrime
This September, the United Nations General Assembly shall take up the comprehensive international agreement on cybercrime, which, if adopted, shall be presented for ratification by all UN member states. For the very first time, the UN Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes shall define what will globally be considered as cybercrime and how countries and their law enforcement agencies can collaborate to prevent, detect and prosecute such crimes that include access to and sharing relevant data held by the private sector, and potentially establish third party liability. The International Chamber of Commerce Philippines joins global industries and the World Chambers Federation in raising a number of concerns that can affect areas such as cybersecurity research, access to data held by the private sector, including matters of data protection and privacy, human rights implications, as well as business liability and regulation. The Convention likewise seeks to harmonize approaches and incentivize collaboration, but if its scope is not clearly and narrowly defined, this could only cause complications for business compliance specially when countries end up with complex and overlapping laws. Acts of cybercrime cross borders and necessitate global cooperation for an effective prosecution of crimes. The cooperation entails that offenses are commonly understood and recognized by the parties involved. A globally agreed to Convention ensures a more stable, secure and trusted digital environment. It should not, however, duplicate nor contradict existing frameworks, rather, it should supplement or be aligned with existing international agreements such as the Budapest Convention, the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, the UN Convention Against Corruption, and others. Moreover, the provisions on criminalization should include offenses against confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data and systems — examples of which are unauthorized access or hacking; unauthorized system interference that cause injury to the public through the use of computer programs or electromagnetic methods; and unauthorized data interference, otherwise known as phishing. Novel cyber technologies and criminal activities, such as the spreading and use of malicious computer codes to attack government systems, critical infrastructure, or ICT supply chains must be an integral part of the Convention. Traditional crimes, however, should not be classified as cybercrime simply because a computer was involved in the planning and execution of the crime. For example, terrorism, arms trafficking or counterfeit medical products need not be addressed in this Convention as they are already covered by other treaties. When criminalizing various actions, the Convention should explicitly mention intent and purpose for each act. Security and vulnerability research and disclosure, when coordinated with vendors and authorities, should not be criminalized since that would have the opposite effect and make the cyber ecosystem less secure. Further, given the different legal practices and cultural approaches across member nations, any attempt to regulate content must be shunned. Commitments that would result in preventive content takedowns may lead to hampering journalistic freedom and freedom of expression. It is imperative that the definition and scope of each illegal conduct covered, including descriptions of types of activities, are stipulated. Given the rapid evolution of technologies and the need to ensure the protection of human rights when it comes to criminal sanctions, these definitions shall be the basis for penalties and compliance requirements once the Convention is adopted and implemented as national law. Provisions written Clearly, Definitively, Precisely and Carefully will avoid unintended interpretation. ICC Philippines appeals to the Philippine delegation to consider the concerns of the global business community before said Convention is submitted for ratification. The post Defining cybercrime appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
School-based mental health bill gains backing
Senate Bill 2200 or the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act seeking to institutionalize a school-based mental health program in public and private basic education institutions nationwide reached the Senate plenary. “You are not weak for struggling with mental health issues,” Senator Win Gatchalian said. He stressed that every youth silently bearing the weight of their mental health struggles will benefit from the proposed measure he sponsored before the other senators on Wednesday. Gatchalian, who chairs the committee on basic education, said it will define the role of every stakeholder in the school community to appropriately respond to mental health concerns through prevention, intervention, postvention and recovery. Meantime, Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, the co-author of the bill, said the well-being of students shouldn’t be overlooked as it is also among the prerequisite to children’s academic excellence. “We must acknowledge the inseparable connection between education and mental health, as a child cannot thrive academically if his or her mental well-being is compromised,” said Go, who also chairs the committee on health and demography. Go also stressed the need to establish available mental health care services not only in basic education but also within higher education, thus, filing Senate Bill 1786 which mandates Public Higher Education Institutions to also establish their own mental health offices. If passed into law, students can sufficiently acquire essential school-based mental health services, including screening, evaluation, assessment, and monitoring, mental health first aid, crisis response and referral system, mental health awareness and literacy, emotional, developmental, and preventive programs, and other support services such as strengthening the learners’ family bonds. Under the bill, the Department of Education shall implement complementary measures to eliminate the stigma of mental health counseling. This will be backed by mental health awareness programs and literacy and appropriate mental health-related referrals to teaching and non-teaching personnel. “The cornerstone of this legislation is the establishment of a Care Center in every public basic education school in the country, and ensuring their establishment and maintenance in private schools,” Gatchalian said. The lawmaker explained that the Center will be equipped with functional physical facilities, located within an adequate space -- where confidentiality is maintained and accessible to the learners, teachers, and non-teaching personnel. The law also urges DepEd to “hire and capacitate competent personnel” whose duties and responsibilities shall be geared towards promoting and ensuring the mental health and well-being of all learners. Senator Ronald dela Rosa, on the other hand, said the increasing number of mental health victims in basic education should gain attention. “We must take action. I am moved by this measure, and I support such a wonderful bill, as it aims to equip our children with the needed tools both to believe in themselves and to believe that their lives are worth living,” said Dela Rosa. Other co-authors of the bill are Senators Joel Villanueva, Nancy Binay, Ramon Revilla Jr., and Lito Lapid. Senators Risa Hontiveros, Dela Rosa, Sonny Angara, and Loren Legarda as well as Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri co-sponsored the measure during the plenary. The post School-based mental health bill gains backing appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
G7 pledges to quit fossil fuels faster, but no new deadline
The G7 pledged on Sunday to quit fossil fuels faster and urged other countries to follow suit, but failed to agree to any new deadlines on ending polluting power sources like coal. The language reflects the depth of disagreements among the allies on the balance between climate action and energy security, with host Japan leading a pushback against the most ambitious proposals discussed. After two days of talks in the northern city of Sapporo, the bloc's climate and environment ministers vowed to "accelerate the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels so as to achieve net zero in energy systems by 2050 at the latest... and call on others to join us in taking the same action". But they offered no new deadlines beyond last year's G7 pledge to largely end fossil fuel use in their electricity sectors by 2035. France's energy transition minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said the "phase-out" wording was nonetheless a "strong step forward" ahead of the G20 and COP28 summits. Britain and France had put forward a new goal of ending "unabated" coal power -- which does not take steps to offset emissions -- in G7 electricity systems this decade. But with global energy supplies still squeezed by the war in Ukraine, the target faced pushback from other members, including bloc president Japan and the United States. "I would obviously have liked to have been able to make a commitment to phase out coal by 2030," Pannier-Runacher told AFP. But "it is one issue on which we can still make progress in forthcoming discussions, particularly at COP28", the UN climate conference to be held in Dubai this November. Call to reduce 'gas demand' The Group of Seven industrialiZed nations, which also includes Germany, Italy, Canada and the EU, all target net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner after signing the Paris Agreement to cap warming at well under 2 degrees Celsius, and ideally 1.5C. The ministers had been under pressure to announce bold steps after a major UN climate report warned last month that 1.5C increases would be seen in about a decade without "rapid and far-reaching" action. But campaigners expressed fears ahead of the talks that Japan, supported by Germany and others, could lead backsliding on pledges such as ending new overseas fossil fuel financing. G7 leaders said last year that the "exceptional circumstances" of Russia's war in Ukraine made gas investments "appropriate as a temporary response". Sunday's statement contains similar language, but also sets multiple parameters around such investments and highlights the "primary need" for "gas demand reduction". Still, climate campaigners warned the ambiguity sends the wrong message. "The science is crystal clear that leaving the door open to investments in new gas or (liquefied natural gas) leaves the G7 off track for 1.5C," said Laurie van der Burg of Oil Change International. Japan's energy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura nonetheless characterized the communique as "ambitious" and praised the G7 for "recognizing diverse paths towards carbon neutrality" during the energy crisis. Hydrogen controversy Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, told AFP he was pleased with the statement. "It combines our current energy security concerns and it also provides a road map on how we deal with the climate crisis," he said, adding that Japan had played a "responsible and constructive" role. The bloc however stopped short of endorsing Japan's strategy of burning hydrogen and ammonia alongside fossil fuels to reduce emissions -- which activists say only serves to extend the lifespan of polluting plants. Its statement simply notes that "some countries are exploring" the potential of hydrogen fuels, adding that this should be "aligned with a 1.5C pathway". Attempts to commit to halving emissions from vehicles in the G7 by 2035 also floundered, but the group did pledge for the first time to end new plastic pollution by 2040. The statement also urges a peak in global greenhouse emissions by 2025 at the latest. Experts say this language is aimed at the world's largest carbon emitter, China, which is targeting a peak in its emissions by 2030. The post G7 pledges to quit fossil fuels faster, but no new deadline appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Rights groups slam MMDA spox for ‘drama serye’ remark on detained activist
Human rights groups slammed Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Spokesperson Celine Pialago following her “drama serye” remarks at detained activist Reina Mae Nasino who recently buried her three-month-old daughter River. Kapatid, a support group for families and friends of political prisoners, said those who downgrade what happened to the political prisoner are only trying to “cover the government’s gross violation of human rights.” “The story of Reina Mae Nasino and her 3-month-old child who died last week is not ‘drama-serye.’ It is a real story that exposed the countless injustices committed by the government,” it said in a statement released on Sunday. “MMDA Chair Danny Lim, a former political prisoner himself, should have long shown the door to his spokesperson. It should be obvious by now that sensitivity cannot be taught nor proper manners and right conduct if one is empty-headed,” it added. Meanwhile, National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) President Edre Olalia was more restrained, saying they would “do the same thing if she was in Ina’s position and circumstance. “To start with, we will never ever wish this horrible tragedy and injustice to visit the Asec, her mother, her daughters, her sisters and her aunts,” he said in a Facebook post. Despite having nothing to do with traffic, Pialago felt the need to “use her voice as a Filipino” to share her two cents on Nasino’s case. “Hindi lahat ng inang nakakulong ay nakapunta sa libing ng kanyang anak. Kaya yung mga sumisimpatya kay Reina Mae Nasino, pag aralan niyo mabuti ang dahilan bakit siya nakulong at kilalanin niyong mabuti kung sino siya sa lipunan (Not all jailed mothers get to visit their children’s funeral. So all of those who sympathize with Reina Mae Nasino, study well why she was imprisoned and know who she is and what her role is in society),” she said in a Facebook post on Sunday morning. “Masyado ninyong ginagawang pang drama serye sa hapon ang paghihinagpis niya. Tigilan niyo (You are trying to make her grief like an afternoon drama serye. Stop it)!” she added. Nasino was five months pregnant with River when she was arrested in November 2019 for allegedly being found with firearms and explosives at the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Manila Office in Tondo, Manila. Her lawyers have insisted that the pieces of evidence were planted and that the charges filed against her are trumped-up. She gave birth to River on July 1 at the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Medical Hospital on July 1. She and her baby were returned to the Manila City Jail 48 hours later. Before this, she filed a motion before the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) to allow her to breastfeed her daughter for a year at the hospital or a prison nursery. But Manila RTC Branch 20 Judge Marivic Balisi-Umali denied this, saying that the jail has “very limited resources” for the care of her child. Nasino was also among 22 elderly and medically-compromised detainees who filed a motion for their compassionate release amid the pandemic on April 8 before the Supreme Court. But months later, the High Court ruled that the trial courts will be the ones to decide on their temporary release. On August 13, the activist-mother was ordered to turn her child over to her relatives. River was admitted at the Philippine General Hospital for fever and diarrhea on September 24. She was placed in the intensive care unit on October 9 where she died a few hours later. A few hours before her daughter died, Nasino filed a very urgent motion for furlough so she can be with her child in her dying moments. On October 13, Manila RTC Branch 47 Judge Paulino Gallegos granted her three full days from October 14 to 16 to be by her daughter’s side during the wake and burial. But the next day, he cut Nasino’ furlough down to only six hours from 1 to 4 p.m. on October 14 and 16 after receiving opposition from the Manila City Jail. The Manila City Jail cited lack of personnel, health concerns, and a guideline stating that detainees can only be at their loved ones’ burial and wake for a maximum of three hours. For both the wake and the funeral, Nasino was clad in a full set of personal protective equipment, handcuffed, and flanked by numerous uniformed personnel. Tensions rose during the wake after her escorts tried to pull her away twice before her time was up, eventually escorting her out with 20 minutes to spare before 4 p.m. On October 16, Marites Asis, Nasino’s mother, had to kneel and beg in front of the police to allow them to hold funeral at 11:30 a.m. The cops wanted to delay it until 1 p.m. Police also sped off with River’s hearse to the Manila North Cemetery, leaving her family behind and thwarting activists’ plan to conduct a caravan around the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals before burying her at the cemetery. Nasino’s counsels at NUPL earlier said that they will file charges against those involved in the activist’s treatment during her daughter’s wake and burial. .....»»
2 activists kidnapped in Pangasinan
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