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Eksperto nagbabala sa mga gumagamit ng viral na FaceApp

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 10:28 PM

Nagbabala ang isang eksperto tungkol sa paggamit ng FaceApp, at sa terms and conditions ng naturang application. Read more »

Privacy commission sees spike in complaints against lending apps

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 08:00 PM

The National Privacy Commission on Wednesday said it has seen a surge in complaints against online lending apps that are supposedly humiliating borrowers remiss in their payments by using their personal data. Read more »

ALAMIN: Parusa sa magpapakalat ng pribadong datos ng kostumer

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 03:41 PM

Paalala ng National Privacy Commission: Ingatan ang mga personal na impormasyon mula sa kostumer. Read more »

Shamed by 'pautang' apps? You can sue, says privacy body

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 23 09:15 AM

Citizens who are publicly shamed by online lending apps can file a lawsuit against these entities for violating the Data Privacy Act, the National Privacy Commission said Thursday. Read more »

Publiko pinag-iingat sa apps na 'namamahiya' ng mga umuutang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 01:46 PM

Hinikayat ng National Privacy Commission (NPC) ang publiko Miyerkoles na mag-ingat laban sa mga online apps na namamahiya sa mga umuutang kapag pumalya sila sa pagbabayad.  Read more »

Privacy body to probe alleged unauthorized use of voters' personal data

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 02:35 AM

MANILA - The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has reminded political parties and candidates in the midterm polls that they could face penalties for using voters' personal data without consent. Read more »

Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup, senator urges US antitrust probe

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at May 10 08:48 AM

Facebook has been under scrutiny from regulators around the world over data sharing practices as well as hate speech and misinformation on its networks. Some US lawmakers have pushed for action to break up big tech companies as well as federal privacy regulation. Read more »

Facebook 'labels' posts by hand, posing privacy questions

Munsif Vengattil and Paresh Dave, Reuters
Updated as of May 06 04:59 PM

Facebook confirmed labelers in Timisoara, Romania and Manila, the Philippines are involved in the same content labeling project. Read more »

Cebu Pacific: Credit card info spared from GetGo breach

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 02:40 PM

The situation has been "contained," the Gokongwei-led carrier said. The National Privacy Commission was informed of the "unauthorized access" to GetGo late Wednesday. Read more »

New York investigating Facebook over storage of 'unauthorized' email contacts

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Apr 26 07:32 AM

New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Thursday she is investigating Facebook Inc's unauthorized storage of up to 1.5 million Facebook users' email contact databases, the latest privacy issue to affect the US social media giant. Read more »

Facebook says it uploaded email contacts of up to 1.5 million users

Reuters
Posted at Apr 18 04:20 PM

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have "unintentionally uploaded" email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in what seems to be the latest privacy-related issue faced by the social media company. Read more »

9 tips for keeping your online accounts safe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 01:27 PM

Identity thieves, hackers and criminals bent on fraud are just some of the dangers lurking online.  Read more »

Leah Navarro defends Jim Paredes, wants video thieves charged

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 06:25 PM

Singer Leah Navarro on Tuesday said those who leaked and shared the viral explicit video of Jim Paredes should be charged for violating his data privacy. Read more »

PH marks 25th year of internet connection

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 10:07 PM

The digital divide remains a huge challenge among Filipinos who continue to struggle with various digital privacy and security issues. Read more »

Netflix keeps 'high-privacy' standard amid surge in subscription rate

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 01 12:11 PM

Keeping high-privacy standard amid the surge of customer subscription is “very easy” for video streaming platform Netflix since it doesn’t mine, collect or sell users data, its CEO and co-founder Reed Hastings said Friday.  Read more »

Some gov't websites seen as still inadequate in data privacy safeguards

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 11:29 PM

Cybersecurity and safeguards to data privacy remain inadequate on the websites of some Philippine government agencies.    Read more »

Your health app could be sharing your medical data

Linda Carroll, Reuters
Posted at Mar 23 07:12 PM

That nifty new health app you downloaded to your phone to keep track of your meds might be sharing your information with a host of unrelated companies, some of which have nothing to do with healthcare, a new study finds. Read more »

Facebook admits storing passwords in plain text

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 02:50 AM

Facebook on Thursday admitted that millions of passwords were stored in plain text on its internal servers, a security slip that left them readable by the social networking platform's employees. Read more »

Finland to investigate suspected Nokia Chinese data breach

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 21 11:45 PM

Finnish authorities will launch an investigation into claims that Nokia phones have been transmitting users' personal data to China, the country's data protection ombudsman announced on Thursday.   Read more »

Healthcare organizations are battling phishing

Linda Carroll, Reuters
Posted at Mar 09 04:33 PM

Many healthcare organizations remain vulnerable to phishing attacks, a new study finds.   Read more »