Jam Jacob
Philippine ID system is set up for failure
The journey of the Philippines towards having its own national ID system dates back to the 1970s, when then President Ferdinand Marcos...
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Jam Jacob
- Sep 26
- 4 min
[OPINION] SIM card registration: The bill is dead, long live the bill!
'A group that stands to be affected negatively by a SIM card policy are journalists and their data-gathering practices' The Philippines...
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Jam Jacob
- Aug 30
- 5 min
Fine Time
Last January, I wrote here a list of items I felt deserved the attention of the National Privacy Commission (NPC), particularly in light...
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Jam Jacob
- Jul 4
- 5 min
The Cadajas case and data privacy
The Supreme Court recently made public a decision it had handed down late last year wherein it held that photos and other content taken...
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Jam Jacob
- Feb 9
- 6 min
SIM card registration: a perfect storm
In 2018, I utilized this space to outline five essential points that argued strongly against the adoption of a SIM card registration...
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Jam Jacob
- Jan 31
- 5 min
A new NPC and the future of data privacy
In the middle of December last year, the National Privacy Commission (NPC), the country’s data protection authority, finally found itself...
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Jam Jacob
- Nov 2, 2021
- 5 min
Elections and data privacy
The electoral process is a crucial pillar of any democratic country. It’s one of those things that sets a nation apart from peers that...
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Jam Jacob
- Sep 4, 2021
- 4 min
Are credit card details sensitive personal information?
Over the course of the week, I was asked these rather curious questions: are credit card details sensitive personal information? If they...
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Jam Jacob
- Aug 31, 2021
- 5 min
The enigma of consent
The surest and easiest way to process personal data in a lawful manner is to obtain first the consent of the person whose information you...
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Maris Miranda
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5 min
How social media is killing democracy
Social media has turned into this debilitating poison corrupting people’s behavior, and is now set to consume democracy unlike anything...
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Jam Jacob
- Jul 26, 2021
- 5 min
Checking on the PhilSys
The implementation of the country’s national ID system is only now starting to gain momentum. This is because, despite the passage of its...
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Jam Jacob
- Jul 22, 2021
- 4 min
A privacy nightmare
Any true privacy advocate would find the current pandemic a challenge that’s in a class of its own. Not only has it magnified existing...
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Jam Jacob
- May 11, 2021
- 5 min
Use photos responsibly
A couple of days ago, I was notified by some colleagues about an interesting Advisory Opinion (AdOp) issued recently by the Privacy...
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Jam Jacob
- May 3, 2021
- 5 min
The risky business of profiling
There is an ongoing debate regarding the legality (or at least propriety) of profiling. That practice loosely defined as the collection...
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Jam Jacob
- Apr 24, 2021
- 5 min
Data protection in humanitarian work
Protecting people’s personal data is an essential part of protecting their life, integrity, and dignity. This makes data protection a...
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Jam Jacob
- Mar 23, 2021
- 5 min
Data privacy for the departed
Do those who have passed on to the next life still get to enjoy privacy? It’s a question that has surfaced a couple of times this past...
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Jam Jacob
- Mar 18, 2021
- 4 min
A most unwelcome request
In my last two articles, I talked about the dangers surrounding government lists and the need for safeguards when it comes to the sharing...
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Jam Jacob
- Feb 28, 2021
- 4 min
Data sharing agreements: who needs them?
A couple of days before Christmas, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) managed to release one more policy for 2020: NPC Circular...
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Shari Datu Tambuyung
- Feb 15, 2021
- 5 min
Immunity passports: a discussion worth having today
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, accelerated efforts to produce a vaccine have now yielded results. Vaccines are now being distributed...
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Jam Jacob
- Jan 27, 2021
- 5 min
If lists could kill
Last week, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Information Exchange posted on its Facebook page a list of “some of the UP students...
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