Jamael Jacob

As a privacy advocate, Jam is a prolific writer, regularly producing a diverse range of published works. His opinions on privacy- and data protection-related issues are frequently cited by various news organisations, both domestic and abroad.

You may find below the links to his op-eds, as well as news and feature articles citing his views and opinions.

Op-Eds

Data privacy: looking back, moving forward II

GMA News Online | 14 Feb 2023

Data privacy: looking back, moving forward

GMA News Online | 6 Feb 2023

Philippine ID system is set up for failure

Thomson Reuters Foundation | 21 Oct 2022

SIM card registration: The bill is dead, long live the bill!

Rappler | 25 Sep 2022

Spam and text-based scams

GMA News Online | 5 Sep 2022

Fine time

GMA News Online | 22 Aug 2022

The Cadajas case and data privacy

GMA News Online | 4 Jul 2022

SIM card registration: a perfect storm

GMA News Online | 6 Feb 2022

A new NPC and the future of data privacy

GMA News Online | 27 Jan 2022

Are credit card details sensitive personal information?

Newsbytes.PH | 3 Sep 2021

The enigma of consent

GMA News Online | 29 Aug 2021

Why EU standard contractual clauses matter for PH companies

Newsbytes.PH | 14 Aug 2021

Checking on the PhilSys

Newsbytes.PH | 25 Jul 2021

A privacy nightmare

GMA News Online | 20 Jul 2021

The risky business of profiling

GMA News Online | 21 Apr 2021

Data protection in humanitarian work

Newsbytes.PH | 19 Apr 2021

Data privacy for the departed

GMA News Online | 23 Mar 2021

A most unwelcome request

Newsbytes.PH | 18 Mar 2021

Data sharing agreements: who needs them?

Newsbytes.PH | 22 Feb 2021

If lists could kill

Newsbytes.PH | 26 Jan 2021

What's up with our contact tracing apps?

Nesbytes.PH | 28 Nov 2020

Maintaining CCTV Systems

GMA News Online | 23 Nov 2020

Privacy in the digital environment

Newsbytes.PH | 15 Nov 2020

A privacy regulation for lending applications

GMA News Online | 26 Oct 2020

Contact tracing for businesses and public transport

Newsbytes.PH | 17 Oct 2020

Saving eSalvar

GMA News Online | 10 Oct 2020

Why suspending the Data Privacy Act this pandemic is wrong

Newsbytes.PH | 27 Sep 2020

How to enjoy some privacy in social media

GMA News Online | 14 Sep 2020

Catching up with the Data Privacy Act

Newsbytes.PH | 9 Sep 2020

Intimate deaths, privacy, and public pressure

Newsbytes.PH | 23 Jul 2020

COVID-19 apps: In gov't we trust?

GMA News Online | 13 Jul 2020

Computers, privacy, and the workplace

GMA News Online | 3 Jul 2020

More data collection without data protection

Newsbytes.PH | 1 Jul 2020

OFW's privacy: Dead in the water?

GMA News Online | 25 May 2020

Privacy during public health emergencies

GMA News Online | 10 Mar 2020

Amending the Data Privacy Act, Part II

GMA News Online | 18 Feb 2020

Amending the Data Privacy Act, Part I

GMA News Online | 4 Feb 2020

A different diet for the New Year

GMA News Online | 6 Jan 2020

Are prison records publicly accessible?

GMA News Online | 28 Aug 2019

Be careful with lending apps

GMA News Online | 1 Jul 2019

Key concerns for a Data Protection Officer

GMA News Online | 3 May 2019

Data Privacy 101: How does one manage data breaches and security incidents?

GMA News Online | 8 Apr 2019

Is the SEC cracking down on NGOs?

GMA News Online | 19 Feb 2019

Drones: Boon or Bane?

GMA News Online | 11 Feb 2019

Data Privacy 101: What are Privacy Notices?

Rappler | 22 Jan 2019

Deweaponizing Data

GMA News Online | 25 Dec 2018

Data Privacy 101: What is a Privacy Impact Assessment?

Rappler | 30 Oct 2018

Why the rush to implement the national ID system?

GMA News Online | 1 Oct 2018

Freedom of Information and Data Protection

GMA News Online | 20 Aug 2018

Data Privacy 101: What businesses should know about systems registration

Rappler | 30 Jul 2018

Big Data: Big Responsibilities

GMA News Online | 5 Jul 2018

Data Privacy 101: What's a data protection officer?

Rappler | 3 Jul 2018

The problem with individual registration

GMA News Online | 11 Jun 2018

Revisiting Comeleak, by the numbers

GMA News Online | 9 May 2018

Rebellion by obfuscation

GMA News Online | 10 Apr 2018

Stop taking those Facebook quizzes

GMA News Online | 19 Mar 2018

Data intensive systems are upon us

GMA News Online | 13 Mar 2018

Pros and cons of national ID system

GMA News Online | 27 Feb 2018

Is research exempt from data protection?

GMA News Online | 19 Feb 2018

14 reasons to love privacy

GMA News Online | 13 Feb 2018

Five things about SIM card registration bill

GMA News Online | 6 Feb 2018

Right to be forgotten: right here, right now?

GMA News Online | 30 Jan 2018

Introducing data privacy

GMA News Online | 23 Jan 2018

Citations

Payo ng eksperto, i-delay ang social media access ng mga bata

Rappler | 28 Mar 2023

Jessica Bonifacio

Payo ng eksperto, i-delay ang social media access ng mga bata

GMA News Online | 23 Sep 2023

GMA Integrated News

AI seen as 'next major disruption' — ICT legal expert

GMA News Online | 8 Jun 2023

GMA Integrated News

Philippines’ crackdown on anonymous SIM cards prompts backlash

Al Jazeera | 29 May 2023

Raissa Robles

A dollar for your face: Meet the people behind Machine Learning models

Algorithmwatch | 23 Feb 2023

Josephine Lulamae

Philippines' new SIM card law could be abused by corrupt officials, critics say

South China Morning Post | 1 Jan 2023

Raissa Robles

Spate of regulatory changes signal it’s time to take data privacy seriously in Southeast Asia

mlex | 27 Oct 2022

Jet Damazo-Santos

GUIDE: What does the SIM Card Registration Act Mean for you?

8LIST.PH | 10 Oct 2022

Meryl Medel

Marcos signs SIM Card Registration Act. Will it really stop scammers?

Rappler | 10 Oct 2022

Ralf Rivas

Philippine privacy regulator gearing up to impose new fines despite challenges

mlex | 23 May 2022

Jet Damazo-Santos

Data privacy experts call for sanctions against CebuPac pilot

Newsbytes.PH | 17 May 2022

Newsbytes.PH

Duterte’s surprise veto of Philippines’ SIM card bill

Coda Story | 19 Apr 2022

Caitlin Thompson

Philippine privacy regulator, tech groups united against social-media name registration plan

mlex | 9 Mar 2022

Jet Damazo-Santos

Doing Business in Myanmar Is Tough, but one Company Finds That Leaving Isn’t Much Easier

The Wall Street Journal | 14 Feb 2022

Feliz Solomon

Congress ratifies mandatory SIM card registration

Manila Today | 7 Feb 2022

Franco de Leon

Is privacy a thing of the past?

Sanilac County News | 13 Oct 2021

Kelly Choate Palms

Free online course on privacy and data protection launched

Newsbytes.PH | 29 Jul 2021

Newsbytes.PH

Why loan apps are so popular in the Philippines… for better or for worse

Philstar.com | 13 May 2021

Halee Andrea Alcaraz

Despite ‘red-tagging,’ community pantries rise to 350, says advocate

Inquirer.net | 22 Apr 2021

Nikka G. Valenzuela

NPC: Police have no blanket power to access data of persons in custody of gov’t agency

Newsbytes.PH | 19 Mar 2021

Newsbytes.PH

Christine Dacera film? Filipinos’ response is to let her ‘rest in peace’

Philstar.com | 18 Feb 2021

Jeline Malasig

Do Gays Go Straight After a Few Drinks? Dacera Case Sparks Debate

Reportr World | 14 Jan 2021

Ara Eugenio

Privacy in Christine Dacera Case Matters, Here’s Why

Reportr World | 14 Jan 2021

Clara Rosales

Philippine privacy regime fails to live up to expectations

mlex | 14 Oct 2020

Jet Damazo-Santos

In the Name of COVID, How Far Can Police Go in Checking Your Facebook?

Reportr World | 9 Sep 2020

Ara Eugenio

Can a national ID database ease the burden of Covid-19 in the Philippines?

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Brussels | 30 Jul 2020

Jasmine Shewakramani

Here’s how social media users can protect their personal data online

GMA News Online | 18 Jul 2020

Kaela Malig

Contact tracing apps raise data privacy concerns

The Straits Times | 8 Jul 2020

Jestine Mendoza

Contact tracing apps: Public health vs data privacy

Inquirer.net | 8 Jul 2020

Jestine Mendoza

NPC to issue ‘Code of Conduct’ to guide schools on online learning

Newsbytes.PH | 28 Jun 2020

Newsbytes.PH

Data privacy expert urges netizens to weigh benefits, risks when using Faceapp

MSN News | 26 Jul 2020

Meg Externon Pamiloza

Data privacy expert urges netizens to weigh benefits, risks when using Faceapp

GMA News Online | 26 Jun 2020

Meg Externon Pamiloza

Things to know before sharing others' personal info amid coronavirus outbreak

Rappler | 23 Mar 2020

Jodesz Gavilan

Right to be Forgotten

Philippine Daily Inquirer | 23 Jun 2019

Artemio V. Panganiban

Increasing role of tech in data exposure underlined in privacy confab

Newsbytes.PH | 30 Jan 2019

Newsbytes.PH

Big brother Huawei kitted out this Philippine city. Is China watching?

South China Morning Post | 28 Jan 2019

Ben O’Rourke and Gigi Choy

The DFA Mess and Data Privacy, Explained

SPOT.PH | 24 Jan 2019

"Bette Meddler"

Dangerous Data Breach

Philippine Daily Inquirer | 2 Oct 2018

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Probe of missing DND papers urged

Philippine Daily Inquirer | 28 Sep 2018

Roy Stephen C. Canivel

Trillanes upon inviting Calida in court: ‘I’m not excited to see that face’

Philippine Daily Inquirer | 28 Sep 2018

Cahtrine Gonzales

'Record history' casts cloud of doubt on Philippine national ID system

Rappler | 12 Jun 2018

Jodesz Gavilan

What you need to know about the Philippine national ID system

Rappler | 7 Jun 2018

Jodesz Gavilan

Philippine Congress ratifies national ID law

The Straits Times | 31 May 2018

Raul Dancel

Weighing the national ID system for Filipinos: The good, the bad and the ugly

Interaksyon | 29 May 2018

Jeline Malasig

Prone to abuse: State surveillance as a tool to silence critics

Rappler | 18 Mar 2018

Jodesz Gavilan and Sofia Tomacruz

State surveillance: A necessary evil?

Rappler | 16 Mar 2018

Jodesz Gavilan and Sofia Tomacruz

What you need to know about state surveillance

Rappler | 10 Mar 2018

Sofia Tomacruz