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Privacy commission supports SIM registration bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 12:28 PM

This is 'to prevent the proliferation of various and evolving electronic communication-aided criminal activities,' the NPC said in a statement. Read more »

NPC: Text scammers shift to 'new modus' as probe continues

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 01 04:24 PM

Text aggregators can send messages through clients and have access to a list of telco companies where they can send those. Read more »

Online gambling, cryptocurrency posibleng konektado sa scam text: NPC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 07:47 PM

Posibleng may kinalaman ang mga cryptocurrency trading at online gambling site sa naglipanang scam text, ayon sa National Privacy Commission. Read more »

MODUS: 'Quishing' o scam na gumagamit ng QR code

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 08:13 PM

Ayon sa DICT, maaaring isang malaking sindikato ang nasa likod ng targeted smishing, o personalized scam text na nagkalat sa Pilipinas. Read more »

Sanhi ng personalized scam texts iniimbestigahan pa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 08:46 PM

Wala pang nakikitang ebidensiya ang National Privacy Commission na nagkaroon ng data breach sa mga telco, ahensiya ng gobyerno, o maging sa COVID-19 contact tracing forms kaugnay ng naglipanang personalized scam texts. Read more »

NPC wants SIM card registration bill future-proofed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 03:15 PM

The country's privacy watchdog on Wednesday urged Congress to future-proof a bill mandating the registration of SIM cards. Read more »

Pagkuha ng scammers sa pangalan, datos ng phone holders sinisilip

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 08:10 PM

Paano nga ba nakukuha ng mga scammer ang pangalan at iba pang detalye ng biktima? Read more »

Privacy body to meet PNP, NBI over 'personalized' text scams

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 02:37 PM

The National Privacy Commission will meet with the PNP and NBI this week as part of its probe into "personalized text scams." Read more »

Here's how text scammers likely got your name and number

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 12:40 PM

The former head of the Philippines’ data privacy watchdog suspects that data brokers and SMS casters are the likely sources of a growing text scam. Read more »

NTC: Text scammers may have used contact-tracing data

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 02 05:22 PM

Data from COVID-19 contact-tracing could have been used in the recent surge of personalized spam text messages, an NTC official said. Read more »

NTC ang dapat tumutok sa text scams, ayon sa isang grupo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 02:05 AM

Maraming tao ang madaling maloko sa nilalaman ng text scams, lalo na ang mga taong gipit. Read more »

Solon seeks ban on unwanted calls, texts, e-mails

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 04:54 PM

Tarlac Rep. Christian Tell Yap has filed a bill seeking to ban unwanted calls, text messages and emails. Read more »

Privacy watchdog to summon BDO, UnionBank over hacking

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 02:29 PM

The Philippines’ privacy watchdog on Wednesday said it has ordered BDO and Unionbank to a meeting on Jan. 4 next year on the BDO hacking incident. Read more »

Privacy watchdog gets new chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 03:54 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new head for the National Privacy Commission. Read more »

How to protect yourself from SMS-based phishing scams

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Nov 28 06:16 PM

NPC commissioner Raymund Liboro said a globally organized syndicate could be behind the recent surge in SMS-based phishing scams Read more »

NPC, telco firms ramp up efforts vs text scams

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 10:40 PM

Filipinos can expect to receive fewer spam test messages as Philippine telco players pledge to intensify their crackdown against smishing. Read more »

NPC, telcos gumawa ng mga hakbang vs text scam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 07:42 PM

Nagpulong na ang National Privacy Commission at telecommunication companies para solusyonan ang isyu sa text scam. Read more »

Businesses urged to invest in cybersecurity

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 11:18 AM

Businesses handling data of Filipinos were urged to invest in their cybersecurity measures commensurate to the size of data they acquire, authorities said. Read more »

S&R hit by ransomware attack: Privacy watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 07:48 PM

The National Privacy Commission said S&R Membership Shopping has informed it of the extent of the data compromised in the recent cyber-attack on the company. Read more »

'Data privacy law can't be invoked in refusing to submit subpoenaed docs'

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 05:39 PM

The Data Privacy law cannot be invoked in refusing to submit subpoenaed documents during government investigations, a Senate panel and the National Privacy Commission have said, as the probe on the government's transactions with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. continues. Read more »