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Huawei pinatawan ng ban ng United States

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 21 11:11 PM

Pinatawan ng ban ng United States ang China company na Huawei dahil sa paratang na ginagamit ito sa pag-espiya.  Read more »

'Pagsamantala' sa datos ng mga botante mula sa Comelec iniimbestigahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 07:33 PM

Pinabulaanan naman ng Comelec ang paratang at sinabing hindi kailanman nakompromiso ang impormasyon ng mga botante. 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 »

Data breach sa FOI website iniimbestigahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 07:53 PM

Iniimbestigahan na ng National Privacy Commission ang panibagong insidente ng data breach sa website ng gobyerno. Read more »

Privacy body probes 'gaps' in FOI website interface after data leak

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 07:38 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is looking into "gaps" in the interface of the government's Freedom of Information website that may have caused the leak of data on users who requested documents from the website, one of the agency's commissioners said Saturday. Read more »

Data leak? Personal info of FOI website users exposed

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 07:48 PM

The identification cards of those who accessed the Freedom of Information (FOI) website were exposed in an apparent data leak, a columnist said Thursday. Read more »

'Digital hygiene' urged after Facebook admits storing passwords in plain text

Dexter Ganibe, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 08:00 PM

Privacy Commissioner Raymund Liboro on Friday urged social media users to practice "digital hygiene" after Facebook admitted to storing password in readable format. Read more »

PH privacy watchdog probes Globe data breach

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 11:30 PM

The Philippines' privacy watchdog begins its probe into the data breach that hit thousands of Globe Telecom subscribers.  Read more »

Privacy watchdog says studying Globe 'data breach'

Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 03:54 PM

Affected users told ABS-CBN News that they registered their full name, complete address, mobile number and date of birth.  Read more »

Over 900,000 affected by Cebuana Lhuillier data breach

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 07:29 PM

Around 900,000 clients of Cebuana Lhuillier were affected by a data breach that may have compromised their personal data. Read more »

Passport data di tinangay, di lang ma-access: DFA secretary

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 08:52 PM

Sinabi ng DFA secretary na nilagdaan na niya ang kautusang nagsasabi na hindi na kailangang magsumite ng birth certificate ang mga magre-renew ng kanilang passport.  Read more »

NPC to hold fact-finding inquiry on passport 'data breach'

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 04:34 PM

MANILA - The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said Monday it would conduct a fact-finding investigation in the supposed data breach in the passport system. Read more »

NPC, wala pang nakikitang patunay ng passport data breach

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 08:18 PM

Wala pang nakikitang patunay ang National Privacy Commission na nagkaroon ng data leak o nakompromiso ang impormasyon ng mga passport holder. Read more »

No proof yet of passport data breach, says privacy watchdog

Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 04:51 PM

The agency's forensics team searched the so-called "dark web," accessible only through specialized software and there was "no proof yet" of a breach NPC Commissioner Mon Liboro said in response to a question.   Read more »

Ilang Pinoy nangangamba sa pagkakatangay sa passport data

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 09:37 PM

Nangangamba ang ilang passport holders na magamit sa identity theft ang kanilang personal na impormasyon.  Read more »

National Privacy Commission to probe DFA passport data mess

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 12 06:31 PM

DFA officials and the alleged passport contractor will be summoned by the NPC.   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 »

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 »

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 »