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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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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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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Jam Jacob
- Dec 3, 2020
- 5 min
What’s up with our contact tracing apps?
Last November 26, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases mandated the use of the Staysafe.ph...
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Jam Jacob
- Oct 12, 2020
- 5 min
Saving eSalvar
Late last month, I gave a brief lecture on the country’s Data Privacy Act (DPA), juxtaposed with the law on mandatory reporting of...
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Jam Jacob
- Sep 28, 2020
- 5 min
Why suspending the Data Privacy Act during this pandemic is wrong
The suggestion is wrong in so many ways, ill-conceived, shortsighted, and ultimately irresponsible. Here are a few reasons:
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Jam Jacob
- Sep 17, 2020
- 5 min
Catching up with the Data Privacy Act
Enforcement has to be a key priority, too. Without it, what good are the policies for?
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Jam Jacob
- Jul 23, 2020
- 4 min
Inmate deaths, privacy, and public pressure
In other words, for public interest to justify the disclosure of prison records, a specific ground must still be identified.
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Jam Jacob
- Jul 13, 2020
- 5 min
COVID-19 apps: In gov’t we trust?
Why is no one willing to be accountable for the government’s regulatory framework (if one can call it that)?
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Jam Jacob
- Jul 4, 2020
- 4 min
Computers, privacy, and the workplace
...locating and enforcing that critical boundary between work from home has become a priority for many.
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Jam Jacob
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
More data collection without data protection
Tying these two incidents together is the fact that the data collection in both cases is required by no less than the government.
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Jam Jacob
- May 25, 2020
- 6 min
OFWs' privacy: Dead in the water
The unreasonable delay in the release of COVID-19 test results for repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) has been in the news of...
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