What are the advantage and disadvantages of the Data Privacy Act of 2012?
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Answer:
Republic Act No. (RA 10173) or Data Privacy Act of 2012 was approved by PNOY last August 15, 2012. It is an act protecting individual personal information in Information and Communication System in the Government and Private Sector, creating for this purpose a National Privacy Commission and for other purposes.
The National Privacy Commission will administer and implement the provisions of this Act and to monitor and ensure compliance of the country with International Standard sets for data protection.
The rapidly growing business process outsourcing (BPO) sector of the Philippines is set to benefit from the Data Privacy Act or Republic Act 10173 as it aims to protect personal digital data of private and public entities, specifically those that are dealing with offshore businesses.
Benedict Hernandez, Director of the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and President of the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP), said the local BPO sector must and will abide by the new law’s provisions. It is also predicted to attract more investors as it is set to reinforce protection of private data.
In an interview, Hernandez also highlighted several uses and benefits of the law to the outsourcing industry and other sectors as well. He added that private information should be handled with outmost confidentiality.
Moreover, he said having reinforced data privacy processes will help pave the way for better business practices in companies and more opportunities in attracting potential investors. He reiterated that BPAP will strive to work with the government in implementing and establishing the provisions of the Data Privacy Law.
Approved: August 15, 2012
Scope: Applies to the processing of all types of personal information and to any natural or juridical person involved in personal information processing including those personal information controllers and processors who, although not found in the Philippines, use equipment that are located in the Philippines or those who maintain an office, branch or agency in the Philippines subject to succeeding paragraph; provided that the requirements of section 5 are complied with.
Answer:
There are so many advantages and disadvantage of the data privacy Act of 2012.
Explanation:
Advantage-
(1) protects the privacy of individuals while ensuring free flow of information to promote innovation and growth.
(2) regulates the collection, recording, organization, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, consultation, use, consolidation, blocking, erasure or destruction of personal data; and .
(3) ensures that the Philippines complies with international standards set for data protection through National Privacy Commission (NPC).
Disadvantage -
1) In the age of the Internet and integrated digital technologies, one cannot buy things or sign up for educational, medical, banking, telecommunication, entertainment, social media, or virtually any other services without giving up a lot of personal information.
2)Likewise, one can hardly visit a website on the internet without leaving a trail of cookie crumbs containing all sorts of insight about their consumer tastes and habits.
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