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CHART: Approved foreign investments rise in Q3

Edson Joseph Guido, ABS-CBN Data Analytics
Posted at Dec 07 04:21 PM

After plummeting year-on-year in 6 of the first 7 quarters of the Duterte administration, approved foreign investments rose in the last 2 quarters. Read more »

CHART: Inflation for bottom 30 percent is at highest in nearly a decade

Edson Joseph Guido, ABS-CBN Data Analytics
Updated as of Dec 07 04:45 PM

Inflation for the bottom 30 percent of households based on income quickened to 8.5 percent in the third quarter. Read more »

Facebook gave data on user's friends to certain companies - documents

Paresh Dave and Munsif Vengattil, Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 06:03 AM

BENGALURU/SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc let some companies, including Netflix and Airbnb, access users' lists of friends after it cut off that data for most other apps around 2015, according to documents released on Wednesday by a British lawmaker investigating fake news and social media.   Read more »

Apple security expert moves to civil rights monitor ACLU

Joseph Menn, Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 08:23 AM

Jon Callas, who led a team of hackers breaking into pre-release Apple products to test their security, started Monday in a 2-year role as technology fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union. Read more »

ABS-CBN Store website back online

Jessica Fenol and Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 11:48 AM

ABS-CBN and the National Privacy Commission also encouraged consumers to practice safe online shopping by using two-factor authentication for credit card payments and to check the security certificates of the websites they are transacting with. Read more »

Globe says permit delays delay cell site building

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 03:30 PM

Over 25 permits that could take 8 months to secure are needed to build just one tower, Globe said in a statement.  Read more »

New tech regulation 'inevitable,' Apple CEO says

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 07:30 AM

Apple CEO Tim Cook predicts that new regulations of tech companies and social networks to protect personal data are "inevitable." Read more »

Dissecting Data: Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy's shopping spree

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 12:54 AM

Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy has been gobbling up companies long before his consortium with China Telecom was named the provisional third major telco player. Read more »

'Bilang ng mga may diabetes sa PH, posibleng umakyat sa 7.8 milyon sa 2030'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 07:53 PM

Pataas nang pataas ang bilang ng mga Pilipinong nagkakaroon ng diabetes, ayon sa Philippine Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.  Read more »

Cathay apologizes over data breach but denies cover-up

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 03:55 PM

It emerged this week that the breach was the result of a sustained cyber attack for three months. Read more »

Miss Earth organizer faces probe over data privacy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 03:12 PM

Carousel Productions, the organization that owns and runs the Miss Earth pageant, is facing an investigation for possible violation of the data privacy law, amid separate allegations that some of its contestants experienced sexual harassment.  Read more »

102,000 PH passports, credit cards affected in Cathay Pacific data breach: NPC

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 04:17 PM

MANILA - Data from some 102,000 Filipino passports and credit cards are among those affected in the massive data breach that hit Cathay Pacific earlier this year, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) said in an order made public Saturday. Read more »

Facebook referred to EU watchdog over targeting, fake ads

Kate Holton, Reuters
Posted at Nov 06 09:36 PM

LONDON - Britain's information watchdog has referred Facebook to the lead regulator under Europe's data regime to look at how the social network targets, monitors and shows adverts to its users. Read more »

Cathay Pacific flags data breach affects 9.4 million passengers

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 25 07:58 AM

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said on Wednesday that data of about 9.4 million passengers of Cathay and its unit Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited had been accessed without authorization. Read more »

Apple boss takes aim at 'weaponization' of customer data

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 25 07:58 AM

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Wednesday customer data was being "weaponized with military efficiency" by companies to increase profit. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Inflation for the bottom 30 percent

Edson Joseph Guido, ABS-CBN Data Analytics
Updated as of Oct 24 03:39 PM

Inflation for the bottom 30 percent of households based on income picked up to 8 percent in August, 5 percentage points higher compared to the same month last year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed. Read more »

Higit 700,000 Facebook users sa PH, naapektuhan ng data breach

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 04:44 PM

Higit 700,000 users o gumagamit ng Facebook ang naapektuhan ng isang data breach noong nakaraang buwan, sabi ng Facebook sa National Privacy Commission. Read more »

NPC flags Facebook after security breach affects 756,000 PH users

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 12:34 PM

The National Privacy Commission on Thursday ordered the social media giant Facebook to submit a Data Breach Notification Report and to provide "identity" insurance to affected Philippine-based data subjects.  Read more »

Pentagon investigating cyber breach of travel records

Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 06:29 AM

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is investigating a cyber breach of some of its travel records that led to personal information being exposed, the military said on Friday. Read more »

Facebook says hackers accessed data of 29 million users

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 13 01:51 AM

Facebook said Friday that hackers accessed personal data of 29 million users in a breach at the world's leading social network disclosed late last month. Read more »