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(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, said he would issue an order that would remove the submission of birth certificates as a requirement for passport renewals. “Old passport is more than sufficient,” Locsin said in a Tweet. According to Locsin, “in one hour, I will have the text of the order I’ve been dying to give to resolve a more (sic) blockage in passport processing system.” Locsin issued the […]
(Eagle News)—–The cybersecurity unit of the Department of Information and Communications Technology is conducting a probe into the passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs. The DICT said the probe was “to ensure that the welfare of consumers, as well as the privacy and security of the data collected and used for their specific purpose adheres to the policies and practices of DICT.” According to the DICT, the DFA, as “one of the country’s […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, clarified the data of passport applicants at the Department of Foreign Affairs was merely “made inaccessible” by former contractor Oberthur Technologies. Locsin issued the clarification after he said the former contractor “ran away” with all data after the contract with the firm was terminated. Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay, however, said what Locsin said was impossible, as Oberthur complied with its contractual obligations when APO […]
(Eagle News)—–The Palace on Monday, Jan. 14, said it would ask the Department of Foreign Affairs, a private firm and the Presidential Communications Operations Office to explain the passport data mess at the DFA. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay defended Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciare from allegations it stole passport applicants’ data when its contract was terminated. Yasay said the French firm had already complied with its contractual obligations […]
(Eagle News)—-Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday, Jan. 14, said there was so far “no leak” of data, even with the reported passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs. In a Tweet, Locsin said it was possible the data was “hopelessly corrupted and at any rate inaccessible now..” “..Or we are being lied to as usual,” Locsin said. Locsin said a former passport maker of the DFA made off with passport […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Jan. 14, said it backed a probe into the passport data mess at the Department of Foreign Affairs. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the incident was, after all, a “grave and serious matter.” Panelo said the National Privacy Commission “has been directed” to look into the incident and determine whether certain provisions of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 have been violated, “particularly with respect to the […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday, Jan. 13, said he would name present and past Department of Foreign Affairs officials behind the passport data mess at the agency. Locsin said, however, that he was not keen on summoning them. “Let the Senate investigate and the DOJ (Department of Justice) prosecute if ever,” he said. Locsin also confirmed it was the contract with French firm Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciare for the production of e-passports that […]
