tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44032699525958856582024-02-08T07:42:45.306-08:00Ron Ron RonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08580599172482732066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4403269952595885658.post-20127774628511147732014-05-27T21:50:00.001-07:002014-05-27T21:50:42.943-07:00ASEAN INTEGRATION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">ASEAN
INTEGRATION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Having
been born in a third world country has its advantages and also numerous
disadvantages. One thing I can say that is advantageous to me is that I learned
to live my life to its fullest, making possibilities with everything that
surrounds you. However, one of the biggest disadvantages of being a third world
country is the lack of better opportunities for the citizens caused by
insufficiency of wealth. The majority of the people living in our country are
below average, unlike western countries that they almost have no real problems
regarding how to survive our everyday struggle. I was raised in a province way
up north, a very populated poor province. Life is simple there; we wake up
really early, and sleep early too. I think it’s just that way how living in the
province works. We don’t have hangout places, clubs or bars the people go to
after a hard days work. People just go to stores, have a quick snack and then
go straight back to their families. My ascendants lived in the same province
since my great grandfather who migrated from Mainland China during the war;
therefore I can say that our family knew a lot of people living in the same
area. I as well, met and grew up with plenty of my kids there my age. Many of
them are bright and talented, and if given enough support, may someday make a
contribution that this country will appreciate. However, one of the biggest
problems in our province is the lack support needed to continue to nurture and
develop our skills and potentials. As I grew up, I realized that not everybody
are born equal, some blessed with riches and good families, and unfortunately,
many are born with only the blessing of a family. I saw a lot of my friends
struggled with their family to try and support to maintain their lives. Some
get the chance to study and improve, while others accept the fact that they
cannot be supported by their parents financially. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span> Our world has now entered a modern era where
learning how to use a computer or an electronic device is no longer for those
who are interested but a must for everybody. Everything that we do now is
closely related to electronic devices. From your everyday grind to the luxury
of vacation and leisure comes with along something that was brought by innovative
technologies. However, this new educational need for us also comes with a
price. To learn, you have to have the device, and to have to that device, you
have to pay for it. With what being said, let us look again into the lives of
those poor people living in the suburbs. If learning these things is now a must
for everybody, how can they cope up with no money to fund their needs? These
are the questions pondering me when people talks about how the evolution for
the need of technology drastically increases. How about the little guys? Are we
just going to let them be ignorant about these things? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span> And now comes the integration of the Association
of Southeast Asian Nation or ASEAN. It was created as a group of countries
cooperating for the fast growth and development of each. It also enhances the
peace and unity of the members of the association. This act mainly synchronizes
the norms of the members to a single system. The question now is “upon the
integration of the ASEAN to the Philippines, would it help those who are really
in need, the little guys, or would it only take advantage of their ignorance
and crush them into ground? And in relation to Intellectual property rights of
the citizen, upon the ASEAN integration, citizens from the association’s members
are permitted to practices their profession with the any member country. One
example here is the profession of being a lawyer, a lawyer is only entitled to
practice inside the jurisdiction of the state where such lawyer is a member of
the bar, however, upon this integration, the lawyers of a member nation are
permitted to practice within another member nation’s jurisdiction without the
need to be member of their bar. In this case, the situation is both
advantageous and at the same time, disadvantageous. In one aspect, a person is
permitted to practice his profession on a wider scale and is given more
opportunity, on the other hand, a person who lacks the ability expand and
merely wants to maintain obtains more competition, not only with his fellow
citizens, but also with the citizens of the member nations of the association.
Is this act of will eventually help with our economic growth and development,
or will it be just another way for other nations to get ahead of us?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> The Association of Southeast Asian Nation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Forty-seven years ago,
five foreign ministers of 5 countries met together and sat down in the hall of
the Department of Foreign Affairs building located in Bangkok, Thailand. They
talk about the differences and similarities of their respective countries and
come up with a great idea to unite and develop each Nation side by side with
the other. They organized and devised a system where the establishment and
continuance of great and innovative plans and ideas which will enhance and
develop the economical status of one country will greatly benefit the other,
hence the ASEAN was created. On August 8, 1967, The Association of Southeast
Asian Nation, or ASEAN, a document signed by the 5 Foreign Ministers of
Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. This well thought
plan signed by Narciso Ramos of the Philippines, Adam Malik of Indonesia,
Thanat Khoman of Thailand, Tun Abdul Razak of Malasia, and Rajaratnam of
Singapore has been building a reputation of probably the most booming and
successful inter-country governmental organization in twentieth century. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The ASEAN Declaration,
a simple and short document, having only a few articles attached to it. The
declaration discusses about the establishment of a collaboration of its members
to an inter-nation cooperation to promote economical, social, cultural,
technical, educational and other fields enhancement and stability. Another
aspect is to promote peace and unity of its members, respect and abide the
rules of law and principles of the signatories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Association of
Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok,
Thailand, with the signing of the <a href="http://www.asean.org/news/item/the-asean-declaration-bangkok-declaration"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ASEAN
Declaration </span></a>(Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of
ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei
Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984, Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and
Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today
the ten Member States of ASEAN.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn1" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">The document containing
the articles declared the establishment and creation of an Association for
Regional Cooperation among the Countries of Southeast Asia to be known as the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and indicated the aims and
purposes of that Association. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
set out in the ASEAN Declaration, the aims and purposes of ASEAN are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1) To accelerate the
economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through
joint endeavors in the spirit of equality and partnership in order to
strengthen the foundation for a prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast
Asian Nations;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2) To promote regional
peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in
the relationship among countries of the region and adherence to the principles
of the United Nations Charter;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3) To promote active
collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest in the
economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and administrative fields;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">4) To provide
assistance to each other in the form of training and research facilities in the
educational, professional, technical and administrative spheres;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">5) To collaborate more
effectively for the greater utilization of their agriculture and industries,
the expansion of their trade, including the study of the problems of
international commodity trade, the improvement of their transportation and
communications facilities and the raising of the living standards of their
peoples;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">6)
To promote Southeast Asian studies; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">7) To maintain close
and beneficial cooperation with existing international and regional organizations
with similar aims and purposes, and explore all avenues for even closer
cooperation among themselves.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn2" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[2]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In their relations
with one another, the ASEAN Member States have adopted the following
fundamental principles, as contained in the <a href="http://www.asean.org/news/item/treaty-of-amity-and-cooperation-in-southeast-asia-indonesia-24-february-1976-3"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Treaty of
Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC)</span></a> of 1976:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1) Mutual respect for
the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, and national
identity of all nations;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2) The right of every
State to lead its national existence free from external interference,
subversion or coercion;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3) Non-interference in
the internal affairs of one another;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">4) Settlement of
differences or disputes by peaceful manner;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">5) Renunciation of the
threat or use of force; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">6) Effective
cooperation among themselves<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn3" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[3]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The integration of the
ASEAN declaration to our country has its own advantages and also its disadvantages;
one of the issues involved with such integration is the protection of the
people regarding their intellectual property rights. Many are concerned that
with this incorporation, its effect would lessen the constitutional protection
for their intellectual property. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Under
the Philippines Constitution of 1987, Article XIV:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Section
12.“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">T</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;">he State shall regulate the transfer and
promote the adaptation of technology from all sources for the national benefit.
It shall encourage the widest participation of private groups, local
governments, and community-based organizations in the generation and
utilization of science and technology”,</span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;">Section 13. “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The State
shall protect and secure the exclusive rights of scientists, inventors,
artists, and other gifted citizens to their intellectual property and
creations, particularly when beneficial to the people, for such period as may
be provided by law</i>” ;and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 72.0pt;">Section
14. “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The State shall foster the
preservation, enrichment, and dynamic evolution of a Filipino national culture
based on the principle of unity in diversity in a climate of free artistic and
intellectual expression.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn4" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[4]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 72.0pt;">In
addition to the Constitutional provisions regarding the protection of
intellectual property of every individual, the Philippine government also
enacted Republic Act 8292, also know as the Intellectual Property Code. This
code is made for the protection and assertion of the rights of people regarding
their ideas, inventions and creations. It focuses mainly on the right of the
citizens to have exclusive use of their creation for a specified number of
years, may it a copyright, trademark or patent protection. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 72.0pt;">The
right of the people to their exclusive use and ownership of their creation not
only protects them from future appropriation of the idea by another, but also
encourage individuals to strive to develop and create new and innovative ideas.
In the same way, the ideas brought by the people will eventually assist for the
improvement and development of the country. In that sense, it may also further
attract future foreign investments that will increase the economic status of
the country. This is accordance to the declaration of policies written under the
Intellectual Property Code or Republic Art 8293:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Section 2. Declaration of State Policy – </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;">The State recognizes that an effective
intellectual and industrial property system is vital to the development of
domestic and creative activity, facilitates transfer of technology, attracts
foreign investments, and ensures market access for our products. It shall
protect and secure the exclusive rights of scientists, inventors, artists and
other gifted citizens to their intellectual property and creations, particularly
when beneficial to the people, for such periods as provided in this Act.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;">The use of intellectual property bears a
social function. To this end, the State shall promote the diffusion of
knowledge and information for the promotion of national development and
progress and the common good.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;">It is also the policy of the State to
streamline administrative procedures of registering patents, trademarks and
copyright, to liberalize the registration on the transfer of technology, and to
enhance the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the Philippines.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn5" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[5]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Upon the creation of
ASEAN, the consideration on the how to maintain the Intellectual property
rights of the citizens of the members raised a lot of questions. Question about
the protection of such rights and questions on how to take advantage of this
act to increase the opportunity regarding given to the people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Intellectual property
and Intellectual Property Rights creation, commercialization, and protection
have been a significant source of comparative advantage of enterprises and
economies and a major driver of their competitive strategies. Indeed, ASEAN is
fully aware of the pressing need for a long-term policy commitment to
collectively transform the region into one, which is largely based on knowledge,
driven by innovation and sustained by life-long learning. Member Countries have
pledged to work together to help accelerate the pace and scope of IP asset
creation, commercialization and protection; to improve the regional framework
of policies and institutions relating to IP and IPRs, including the development
and harmonization of enabling IPR registration systems; to promote IP
cooperation and dialogues within the region as well with the region’s Dialogue
Partners and organizations; to strengthen IP-related human and institutional
capabilities in the region, including fostering greater public awareness of
issues and implications, relating to IP and IPRs. The new action plan on IPRs
for 2004-2010 would cover all these aspects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Experts Group on
Trademark has finalized the ASEAN Filing Form for Trademarks and the Notes for
the Completion of the Application. These achievements, together with the
completed ASEAN Common Form and the consolidated ASEAN list of ethnic goods and
services, represent important steps forward in the regional cooperation in IP.
Despite its inherent complexities, Member Countries have continued their
efforts in the harmonization of the trademark filing requirements. This is a
process of significant importance towards the establishment of a regional
filing system.Meanwhile, the Experts Group on Patents continues to examine the
many substantive differences in design laws and procedures that need harmonization
in ASEAN. The deliberations of the Expert Group have been greatly assisted by
various detailed consultations with private-sector organizations as well as the
experiences of the European Community Design (CD) system in the EU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Collaboration among
Member Countries is now extended to copyright and related rights and
preparatory work on a cooperation program in this regard has been initiated.
Member Countries have also made substantive progress in ensuring the
conformance of their IP legislations to the Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. Concerted efforts have also
been made to better monitor, enforce and prosecute IPR infringements. Of
considerable assistance in this connection are the regular exchanges of IP
policy experiences and developments among Member Countries and promotion of
greater public awareness of issues and implications relating to IP and IPRs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">ASEAN continues its
active cooperation in the IP sector with the Dialogue Partners, donor countries
and agencies and private sector organizations – including the ASEAN
Intellectual Property Association, the International Trademark Association,
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO), Australia, EU, and Japan Patent Office. A medium-term
cooperation program in the field of IPRs for 2004-2006 between ASEAN and the
United States Patent and Trademark Office has been adopted.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn6" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[6]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;">The Republic Act 10173, the Data Privacy Act of 2012, signed by
President Benigno S. Aquino III on August 15, 2012, protects the integrity and
confidentiality of individual personal information in information and
communication systems in the government and the private sector. The new law
penalizes the unauthorized disclosure of personal information. It protects
journalists and publishers, as they will not be compelled to reveal the source
of a news report.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;">Republic Act 10173 was patterned on standards set by Directive
95/46/EC of the European Parliament and aligned with Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Information Privacy Framework, that protect the integrity of
personal data. It provides for the creation of a National Privacy Commission
that will monitor and ensure compliance of the country with international
standards for data protection. The commission will implement the law, receive
complaints, issue cease-and-desist orders, compel entities to abide by its
orders and monitor compliance, and enforce policies that balance the right of
the private person to privacy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;">The passage of RA 10173 is expected to boost investment in the
fast-growing information technology and business process outsourcing (IT-BPO)
industries. Hailing its enactment, the Business Processing Association of the
Philippines said the new law brings the Philippines to international standards
of privacy protection as much of IT-BPO work involves confidential personal and
company information of local and foreign clients.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;">Excluded in the scope of RA 10173 are, among
others, personal information processed for journalistic, artistic, literary or
research purposes, information about government officials and other civil
servants, information necessary for banks and financial institutions as part of
anti-money laundering efforts, and personal data processed by central monetary
authorities and law enforcement and regulatory agencies.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn1" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt;">DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Personal Information is
defined in the Act as "any information whether recorded in a material form
or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be
reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information, or
when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify
an individual."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Act, in addition to defining
"Personal Information" that is covered by the law, also expressly
excludes certain information from its coverage. These are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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any individual who is or was an officer or employee of a government
institution that relates to the position or functions of the individual,
including:<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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individual is or was an officer or employee of the government
institution;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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business address and office telephone number of the individual;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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classification, salary range and responsibilities of the position held by
the individual; and<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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individual on a document prepared by the individual in the course of
employment with the government;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-top: .1pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Information about
an individual who is or was performing services under contract for a
government institution that relates to the services performed, including
the terms of the contract, and the name of the individual given in the
course of the performance of those services;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-top: .1pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Information
relating to any discretionary benefit of a financial nature such as the
granting of a license or permit given by the government to an individual,
including the name of the individual and the exact nature of the benefit;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-top: .1pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Personal
information processed for journalistic, artistic, literary or research
purposes;<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-top: .1pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Information
necessary in order to carry out the functions of a public authority which
includes the processing of personal data for the performance by the
independent, central monetary authority and law enforcement and regulatory
agencies of their constitutionally and statutorily mandated functions.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as to have amended or repealed
Republic Act No. 1405, otherwise known as the Secrecy of Bank Deposits
Act; Republic Act No. 6426, otherwise known as the Foreign Currency
Deposit Act; and Republic Act No. 9510, otherwise known as the Credit
Information System Act (CISA);<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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necessary for banks and other financial institutions under the
jurisdiction of the independent, central monetary authority or Bangko
Sentral ng Philipinas to comply with Republic Act No. 9510, and Republic
Act No. 9160, as amended, otherwise known as the Anti-Money Laundering Act
and other applicable laws; and<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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information originally collected from residents of foreign jurisdictions
in accordance with the laws of those foreign jurisdictions, including any
applicable data privacy laws, which is being processed in the Philippines.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn2" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[2]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Right
to Privacy <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The right to privacy, as an inherent concept of liberty, has long
been recognized as a constitutional right. This Court, in Morfe v. Mutuc, thus
enunciated: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The due process question touching on an alleged deprivation of
liberty as thus resolved goes a long way in disposing of the objections raised
by plaintiff that the provision on the periodical submission of a sworn
statement of assets and liabilities is violative of the constitutional right to
privacy. There is much to be said for this view of Justice Douglas: “Liberty in
the constitutional sense must mean more than freedom from unlawful governmental
restraint; it must include privacy as well, if it is to be a repository of
freedom. The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.” As
a matter of fact, this right to be let alone is, to quote from Mr. Justice
Brandeis “the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by
civilized men.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The concept of liberty would be emasculated if it does not
likewise compel respect for his personality as a unique individual whose claim
to privacy and interference demands respect. xxx. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">x x x x x
x x x x<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">x x x [I]n
the leading case of Griswold v. Connecticut, Justice Douglas, speaking for five
members of the Court, stated: “Various guarantees create zones of privacy. The
right of association contained in the penumbra of the First Amendment is one,
as we have seen. The Third Amendment in its prohibition against the quartering
of soldiers ‘in any house’ in time of peace without the consent of the owner is
another facet of that privacy. The Fourth Amendment explicitly affirms the
‘right of thepeople to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures.’ x x x [I]n the leading case of
Griswold v. Connecticut, Justice Douglas, speaking for five members of the Court,
stated: “Various guarantees create zones of privacy. The right of association
contained in the penumbra of the First Amendment is one, as we have seen. The
Third Amendment in its prohibition against the quartering of soldiers ‘in any
house’ in time of peace without the consent of the owner is another facet of
that privacy. The Fourth Amendment explicitly affirms the ‘right of the people
to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">So it is
likewise in our jurisdiction. The right to privacy as such is accorded
recognition independently of its identification with liberty; in itself, it is
fully deserving of constitutional protection. The language of Prof. Emerson is
particularly apt: “The concept of limited government has always included the
idea that governmental powers stop short of certain intrusions into the
personal life of the citizen. This is indeed one of the basic distinctions
between absolute and limited government. Ultimate and pervasive control of the
individual, in all aspects of his life, is the hallmark of the absolute state.
In contrast, a system of limited government, safeguards a private sector, which
belongs to the individual, firmly distinguishing it from the public sector,
which the state can control. Protection of this private sector — protection, in
other words, of the dignity and integrity of the individual — has become
increasingly important as modern society has developed. All the forces of a
technological age — industrialization, urbanization, and organization — operate
to narrow the area of privacy and facilitate intrusion into it. In modern
terms, the capacity to maintain and support this enclave of private life marks
the difference between a democratic and a totalitarian society.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">In Ople v. Torres<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn3" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[3]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a>,
this Court traced the constitutional and statutory bases of the right to
privacy in Philippine jurisdiction, to wit: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Indeed, if
we extend our judicial gaze we will find that the right of privacy is recognized
and enshrined in several provisions of our Constitution. It is expressly
recognized in section 3 (1) of the Bill of Rights: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sec. 3. (1) The privacy of communication and correspondence
shall be inviolable except upon lawful order of the court, or when public
safety or order requires otherwise as prescribed by law. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Other facets of the right to privacy are protected in various
provisions of the Bill of Rights, viz: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sec. 1. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or
property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal
protection of the laws. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sec. 2. The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures of
whatever nature and for any purpose shall be inviolable, and no search warrant
or warrant of arrest shall issue except upon probable cause to be determined
personally by the judge after examination under oath or affirmation of the
complainant and the witnesses he may produce, and particularly describing the
place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sec. 6. The liberty of abode and of changing the same within the
limits prescribed by law shall not be impaired except upon lawful order of the
court. Neither shall the right to travel be impaired except in the interest of
national security, public safety, or public health as may be provided by law. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sec. 8. The right of the people, including those employed in the
public and private sectors, to form unions, associations, or societies for
purposes not contrary to law shall not be abridged. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sec. 17. No person shall be compelled to be a witness against
himself. Zones of privacy are likewise recognized and protected in our laws.
The Civil Code provides that “[e]very person shall respect the dignity,
personality, privacy and peace of mind of his neighbors and other persons” and
punishes as actionable torts several acts by a person of meddling and prying
into the privacy of another. It also holds a public officer or employee or any
private individual liable for damages for any violation of the rights and
liberties of another person, and recognizes the privacy of letters and other
private communications. The Revised Penal Code makes a crime the violation of
secrets by an officer, the revelation of trade and industrial secrets, and
trespass to dwelling. Invasion of privacy is an offense in special laws like
the Anti-Wiretapping Law, the Secrecy of Bank Deposits Act and the Intellectual
Property Code. The Rules of Court on privileged communication likewise
recognize the privacy of certain information. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Unlike the dissenters, we rescind from the premise that the
right to privacy is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution, hence,
it is the burden of government to show that A.O. No. 308 are justified by some
compelling state interest and that it is narrowly drawn.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn4" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[4]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Data Privacy Act<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Republic
Act No. 10173 or the “Data Privacy Act of 2012” is the tool which legislators
assert to become the solution of the disturbance of the constitutional guaranty
of life, liberty and property in relation ones own privacy provides that: </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It is the policy of the State to protect the fundamental human right of
privacy, of communication while ensuring free flow of information to promote
innovation and growth. The State recognizes the vital role of information and
communications technology in nation-building and its inherent obligation to
ensure that personal information in information and communications systems in
the government and in the private sector are secured and protected. It further
provides that: </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This Act applies to the processing of all types of personal
information and to any natural and juridical person involved in personal
information processing including those personal information controllers and
processors who, although not found or established 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 the immediately succeeding
paragraph:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Provided,</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span>That the requirements of
Section 5 are complied with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This Act does not apply to the
following:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(a) Information about any
individual who is or was an officer or employee of a government institution
that relates to the position or functions of the individual, including:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(1) The fact that the individual
is or was an officer or employee of the government institution;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(2) The title, business address
and office telephone number of the individual;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(3) The classification, salary
range and responsibilities of the position held by the individual; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(4) The name of the individual on
a document prepared by the individual in the course of employment with the
government;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(b) Information about an
individual who is or was performing service under contract for a government
institution that relates to the services performed, including the terms of the
contract, and the name of the individual given in the course of the performance
of those services;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(c) Information relating to any
discretionary benefit of a financial nature such as the granting of a license
or permit given by the government to an individual, including the name of the
individual and the exact nature of the benefit;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(d) Personal information processed
for journalistic, artistic, literary or research purposes;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(e) Information necessary in order
to carry out the functions of public authority which includes the processing of
personal data for the performance by the independent, central monetary
authority and law enforcement and regulatory agencies of their constitutionally
and statutorily mandated functions. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
to have amended or repealed Republic Act No. 1405, otherwise known as the
Secrecy of Bank Deposits Act; Republic Act No. 6426, otherwise known as the
Foreign Currency Deposit Act; and Republic Act No. 9510, otherwise known as the
Credit Information System Act (CISA);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(f) Information necessary for
banks and other financial institutions under the jurisdiction of the
independent, central monetary authority or Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to
comply with Republic Act No. 9510, and Republic Act No. 9160, as amended,
otherwise known as the Anti-Money Laundering Act and other applicable laws; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(g) Personal information
originally collected from residents of foreign jurisdictions in accordance with
the laws of those foreign jurisdictions, including any applicable data privacy
laws, which is being processed in the Philippines.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftn5" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[5]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">With this in mind, one may be able to assert that in enacting
the “Data Privacy Act” the guaranty of privacy is not absolutely guarded by
such a mandate. For instance, in a situation where by an owner of a company
gives out his employees’ data and information to another company or person
which is not in any way connected to the employees, who uses such information
and data to sell and advertise the company’s products to the employees. And at
the same time, the company or person who gives out the employee data receives
commission from every sale, which the second company acquires.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Under the Republic Act 10173 “Data Privacy Act” - A personal
information controller, refers to a person or organization who controls the
collection, holding, processing or use of personal information, including a
person or organization who instructs another person or organization to collect,
hold, process, use, transfer or disclose personal information on his or her
behalf. This exlucudes: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(1) A person or organization who performs such functions as
instructed by another person or organization; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(2) An individual who collects, holds, processes or uses
personal information in connection with the individual’s personal, family or
household affairs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Under SEC
21.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Principle of Accountability. –</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span>Each personal information
controller is responsible for personal information under its control or
custody, including information that have been transferred to a third party for
processing, whether domestically or internationally, subject to cross-border
arrangement and cooperation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(a) The
personal information controller is accountable for complying with the
requirements of this Act and shall use contractual or other reasonable means to
provide a comparable level of protection while the information are being
processed by a third party.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">(b) The
personal information controller shall designate an individual or individuals
who are accountable for the organization’s compliance with this Act. The
identity of the individual(s) so designated shall be made known to any data
subject upon request. However, uander Article 1167 of The New Civil Code, If a
person obliged to do something fails to do it, the same shall be executed at
his cost. This same rule shall be observed if he does it in contravention of
the tenor of the obligation. Furthermore, it may be decreed that what has been
poorly done be undone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">In this
regard, we must be mindful that in such situation, both laws may be applicable.
Now, while it is obvious that both laws operate differently, the question is
for this law is that, can a person be penalized under both or if not why? RA
10173 doesn’t purport clearly the rules applicable in a case like this. To my
view, a law which doesn’t perfectly provide for the specific, in line with the
importance of a person’s life, liberty, or property and in accordance with a
persons privacy must be given solution, because, ones privacy in put to peril,
an individual is only given a chance to be on earth once, the importance of
protecting once person is a duty that our leaders need to attend to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ron
Mikhail Uy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Tech and
The Law TTH 5:30-8:30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftnref" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://ph.news.yahoo.com/data-privacy-act-2012-102336873.html">https://ph.news.yahoo.com/data-privacy-act-2012-102336873.html</a>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftnref" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[2]<!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a href="http://www.mondaq.com/x/231590/data+protection/Data+Protection+Laws+of+the+World+Handbook+Second+Edition+Philippines">http://www.mondaq.com/x/231590/data+protection/Data+Protection+Laws+of+the+World+Handbook+Second+Edition+Philippines</a>
accessed on May 7, 14.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftnref" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[3]<!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">
Opel vs Torres 354 Phil. 948 (1998)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftnref" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[5]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Ibid,
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4403269952595885658#_ftnref" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[6]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a> Republic Act
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