As part of the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) Data Privacy Forum in Singapore on February 7, 2018, the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore (MTI) and the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) organized a seminar on “Trending Regulatory Constructs on Data Protection for...
Atty. JJ Disini legal counsel for Rappler, represented its CEO Maria Ressa in a hearing before the NBI last January 22, 2018 over the cyber-libel complaint filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng last October 2017. The case arose from the report by Rappler on the use of...
Disini & Disini Law Office receives the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year from the Asian Legal Business (ALB) during the ALB Philippine Law Awards 2017 held on October 6, 2017 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. The firm was also shortlisted with seven...
In a move to help organizations implement appropriate security and privacy practices, legal governance and technology experts, as well as officials of the National Privacy Commission (NPC) discussed the compliance aspects of the Data Privacy Act (DPA) and its recently released implementing rules and regulations...
After a series of public consultations, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) released the final version of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Data Privacy Act (DPA). Passed into law in 2012, the DPA seeks to protect personal information collected by the government and...
The second public consultation for the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 10844 or the law creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is set on August 18 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Audio Visual Room of the DICT Building at C.P....
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will hold a public consultation on the proposed Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 10844 or the “Department of Information And Communications Technology Act of 2015” on August 5, from 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. The...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is set to hold its second public consultation on the draft of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Data Privacy Act on July 13. The forum will be held at the College of Mass Communication Auditorium, University of...
Four years after the law was passed, the Data Privacy Act of 2012's Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) has been finally released for comments. Following its release, the Philippine Computer Society (PCS) will hold a discussion about it for IT professionals and stakeholders in the industry....