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DPA Reviewer (Bar 2019)
DPA Reviewer (Bar 2019)
Personal information
Personal information refers to any information whether recorded in a material
form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be
reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information, or
when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify
an individual [Section 3(g) DPA].
Example:
Full name, Passport number, Vehicle plate number, Photograph/Video images of
an individual, Mobile telephone number, Personal email address, Thumbprint,
DNA profile, residential address, residential telephone number.
NOTE: A determination whether a data is a personal information or not can be
relative, it can be a personal information for one since it identified an individual
but may not be a personal information to another, for example:
A Student ID Number is considered as a personal information to those
within the school community but may not be considered a personal
information by those outside the community.
A personal information:
(1) About an individual’s race, ethnic origin, marital status, age, color, and
religious, philosophical or political affiliations;
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SCOPE
This Act applies to the processing of all types of personal information and to any
natural and juridical person involved in personal information processing including
those personal information controllers and processors who, although not found or
established in the Philippines, use equipment that are located in the Philippines, or
those who maintain an office, branch or agency in the Philippines. (Section 4 DPA)
Requisites
4. Who may or may not be found in the Philippines for as long as they use
equipment or maintain an office, branch or agency in the Philippines.
Exceptions
b. The title, business address and office telephone number of the individual;
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6. Information necessary for banks and other financial institutions under the
jurisdiction of the independent, central monetary authority or Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas to comply with Republic Act No. 9510, and Republic Act No. 9160, as
amended, otherwise known as the Anti-Money Laundering Act and other
applicable laws; and
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2. Processing of personal information is done by an entity who has a link with the
Philippines and such personal information is about a Philippine citizen or
resident, such as, but not limited to:
a. A Contract entered in the Philippines;
b. A foreign company with central management and control in the
Philippines
c. A foreign company who has a branch, agency, office or subsidiary in the
Philippines and the former has access to personal information in the
Philippines.
d. An entity doing business in the Philippines and the personal information
is collected and held in the Philippines.
Processing
Any operation of any set of operations performed upon personal data including,
but not limited to, the collection, recording, organization, storage, updating or
modification, retrieval, consultation, use, consolidation, blocking, erasure or destruction
of data. (Sec 3.j DPA)
Refers to any natural or juridical person qualified to act as such under this Act to
whom a personal information controller may outsource the processing of personal data
pertaining to a data subject. (Sec 3.i DPA)
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1. The PIC should collect personal information for specified and legitimate
purposes determined and declared before, or as soon as reasonably practicable
after collection.
2. The PIC should collect and process personal information adequately and not
excessively.
3. The PIC should process personal information fairly and lawfully, and in
accordance with the rights of a data subject.
4. The PIC should process accurate, relevant and up to date personal information.
5. The PIC should retain personal information only for as long as necessary for
the fulfillment of the purposes for which the data was obtained. The information
should be kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no
longer than is necessary.
Transparency
A data subject must be aware of the nature, purpose, and extent of the processing
of his or her personal data, including the risks and safeguards involved, the identity of
personal information controller, his or her rights as a data subject, and how these can be
exercised. Any information and communication relating to the processing of personal
data should be easy to access and understand, using clear and plain language.
Legitimate Purpose
2. The data subject must be provided specific information regarding the purpose
and extent of processing, including, where applicable, the automated processing
of his or her personal data for profiling, or processing for direct marketing, and
data sharing.
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4. Only personal data that is necessary and compatible with declared, specified,
and legitimate purpose shall be collected.
Proportionality
3. Compliance with a legal obligation - if you are required by law to process the
data;
6. Public task - if you need to process personal information to carry out public
function or service and you have a legal basis for the processing; or
7. Legitimate interests: for the private sector, you can process personal data
without consent if you have a genuine and legitimate reason, unless this is
overridden by fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.
2. Existing law and regulation - you can process sensitive personal information
(SPI) when there is a regulatory enactment which requires the processing;
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3. Protection of life and health - to protect someone’s life – the data subject or
another person, and the data subject is not legally/physically able to express his
consent;
1. Right to be informed.
The data subject has a right to be informed whether personal data pertaining to
him or her shall be, are being, or have been processed, including the existence of
automated decision-making and profiling.
(b) Purposes for which they are being or will be processed, including
processing for direct marketing, profiling or historical, statistical or
scientific purpose;
(c) Basis of processing, when processing is not based on the consent of the
data subject;
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(e) The recipients or classes of recipients to whom the personal data are or
may be disclosed;
(f) Methods utilized for automated access, if the same is allowed by the
data subject, and the extent to which such access is authorized, including
meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the
significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the
data subject;
(g) The identity and contact details of the personal data controller or its
representative;
2. Right to object
The data subject shall have the right to object to the processing of his or her
personal data, including processing for direct marketing, automated processing
or profiling. The data subject shall also be notified and given an opportunity to
withhold consent to the processing in case of changes or any amendment to the
information supplied or declared to the data subject in the preceding paragraph.
Exceptions:
2. The collection and processing are for obvious purposes, including, when it is
necessary for the performance of or in relation to a contract or service to which
the data subject is a party, or when necessary or desirable in the context of an
employer-employee relationship between the collector and the data subject; or
3. Right to Access
The data subject has the right to reasonable access to, upon demand, the
following:
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g. Date when his or her personal data concerning the data subject were last
accessed and modified; and
4. Right to rectification
The data subject has the right to dispute the inaccuracy or error in the personal
data and have the personal information controller correct it immediately and
accordingly, unless the request is vexatious or otherwise unreasonable. If the
personal data has been corrected, the personal information controller shall
ensure the accessibility of both the new and the retracted information and the
simultaneous receipt of the new and the retracted information by the intended
recipients thereof: Provided, That recipients or third parties who have previously
received such processed personal data shall be informed of its inaccuracy and its
rectification, upon reasonable request of the data subject.
The data subject shall have the right to suspend, withdraw or order the blocking,
removal or destruction of his or her personal data from the personal information
controller’s filing system. This right may be exercised upon discovery and
substantial proof of any of the following:
b. The personal data is being used for purpose not authorized by the data
subject;
c. The personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which they
were collected;
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d. The data subject withdraws consent or objects to the processing, and there
is no other legal ground or overriding legitimate interest for the
processing;
6. Right to damages
The data subject shall be indemnified for any damages sustained due to such
inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained or unauthorized use
of personal data, taking into account any violation of his or her rights and
freedoms as data subject.
One whose data privacy rights have been violated, have a right to file a
complaint with the National Privacy Commission.
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