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(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros on Saturday, Jan. 12, said the Department of Foreign Affairs owes the country an explanation for the loss of passport data by its former passport maker. “The recent admission that a privately contracted firm took the entire physical database of all of the country’s passport holders indicates a serious national security risk, and is evidence of the Duterte government’s gross incompetence in protecting the people’s private data,” Hontiveros said in a […]
(Eagle News)—The National Privacy Commission will look into the loss of data of passport applicants at the Department of Foreign Affairs. In a statement, Commissioner Raymund Liboro said he would summon the alleged contractor that made off with the data, the DFA, and other pertinent agencies. “Any form of non-availability of personal data, infringement of the rights of data subjects, and harms from processing that include inconveniencing the public, must be adequately explained to the satisfaction of […]
