On April 21, 2022, the United States, Canada, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Chinese Taipei published a declaration establishing the Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum.
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Philippines NPC Investigating COVID-19 Related Breaches
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On April 25, 2020, the Philippines National Privacy Commission issued a statement that it is investigating several breach notifications it has received relating to the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal information of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients. …
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Philippines Joins the APEC CBPR System
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On March 9, 2020, the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules system Joint Oversight Panel approved the Philippines’ application to join the APEC CBPR system.
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Philippines Submits Notice of Intent to Join the APEC CBPR
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On September 20, 2019, the Philippines National Privacy Commission announced it has filed its notice of intent to join the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rule system.
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CIPL Supports APEC’s Privacy Work at Recent APEC Meetings in Chile with International Privacy Workshop
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During the week of February 25, 2019, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP participated in the meetings of the APEC Data Privacy Subgroup (“DPS”) and Electronic Commerce Steering Group (“ECSG”) in Santiago, Chile. CIPL enjoys formal guest status and a seat at the table at these bi-annual APEC privacy meetings.
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Final Rules for the Data Privacy Act Published in the Philippines
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Recently, the National Privacy Commission of the Philippines published the final text of its Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 10173, known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012. The IRR has a promulgation date of August 24, 2016, and went into effect 15 days after the publication in the official Gazette. …
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Draft Released in the Philippines Implementing Rules for the Data Privacy Act
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On June 17, 2016, the National Privacy Commission of the Philippines released draft guidelines entitled, Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Data Privacy Act of 2012, for public consultation. This blog entry provides a summary of the draft guidelines.
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APEC Privacy Recognition for Processors Ready for Implementation
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The APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules system for information controllers received a significant boost during the recent APEC privacy meetings in the Philippines when APEC finalized a corollary certification scheme for information processors, the APEC Privacy Recognition for Processors.
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CIPL to Host APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules Workshop in the Philippines
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On August 29, 2015, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams will host a half-day workshop on the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules and their role in enabling legal compliance and international data transfers.
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Article 29 Working Party and APEC Agree on Work Plan to Simplify Dual Certification under APEC CBPRs and EU BCRs
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On May 29, 2015, Article 29 Working Party Chairwoman Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin sent a letter to the APEC Data Privacy Subgroup Chair expressing the Working Party’s continued support for the collaboration between the two groups and summarizing future objectives for them.
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