
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS: Effectivity Clause
Section 45: This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation......
Section 45: This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation......
Section 44: The provision of Section 7 of Republic Act No. 9372, otherwise known as the "Human Security Act of 2007″, is hereby amended.....
Section 43: If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting....
Section 42: Existing industries, businesses and offices affected by the implementation of this Act shall be given one (1) year...
Section 41: The Commission shall be provided with an initial appropriation of Twenty million pesos (Php20,000,000.00) to be drawn from the national government...
Section 40: The Commission shall annually report to the President and Congress on its activities in carrying out the provisions of this Act....
Section 39: Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate the rules and regulations to effectively implement the provisions of this Act....
Section 38: Any doubt in the interpretation of any provision of this Act shall be liberally interpreted in a manner mindful of the rights and interests of the individual about whom personal information is processed...
Section 37: Restitution for any aggrieved party shall be governed by the provisions of the New Civil Code....
Section 36: When the offender or the person responsible for the offense is a public officer...
Section 35: The maximum penalty in the scale of penalties respectively provided for the preceding offenses...
Section 34: If the offender is a corporation, partnership or any juridical person...
Section 33: Any combination or series of acts as defined in Sections 25 to 32 shall make the person subject to imprisonment...
Section 32: Any personal information controller or personal information processor or any of its officials, employees or agents...
Section 31: Any personal information controller or personal information processor or any of its officials, employees or agents...
Section 30: The penalty of imprisonment of one (1) year and six (6) months to five (5) years and a fine of...
Section 29: The penalty of imprisonment ranging from one (1) year to three (3) years and a fine of...
Section 28: The processing of personal information for unauthorized purposes shall be penalized by imprisonment ranging from one (1) year and six (6) months to five (5) years...
Section 27: The improper disposal of personal information shall be penalized by imprisonment ranging from six (6) months to two (2) years and a fine of...
Section 26: Accessing personal information due to negligence shall be penalized by imprisonment ranging from one (1) year to three (3) years and a fine of...
Section 25: The unauthorized processing of personal information shall be penalized by imprisonment ranging from one (1) year to three (3) years...
Section 24: In entering into any contract that may involve accessing or requiring sensitive personal information from one thousand (1,000) or more individuals...
Section 23: On-site and Online Access – Except as may be allowed through guidelines to be issued by the Commission...
Section 22: All sensitive personal information maintained by the government, its agencies and instrumentalities shall be secured...
Section 21: Each personal information controller is responsible for personal information under its control or custody...
Section 20: The personal information controller must implement reasonable and appropriate organizational, physical and technical measures intended...
Section 19: The immediately preceding sections are not applicable if the processed personal information are used only for the needs of scientific and statistical research...
Section 18: The data subject shall have the right, where personal information is processed by electronic means...
Section 17: The lawful heirs and assigns of the data subject may invoke the rights of the data subject for...
Section 15: Personal information controllers may invoke the principle of privileged communication over privileged information that they lawfully control or process...
Section 14: A personal information controller may subcontract the processing of personal information...
Section 13: The processing of sensitive personal information and privileged information shall be prohibited, except in the following cases...
Section 12: The processing of personal information shall be permitted only if not otherwise prohibited by law, and when at least one of the following conditions exists...
Section 11: The processing of personal information shall be allowed, subject to compliance with the requirements of this Act....
Section 10: The Commission is hereby authorized to establish a Secretariat....
Section 9: The Commission shall be attached to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and shall be headed by a Privacy Commissioner...
Section 8: The Commission shall ensure at all times the confidentiality of any personal information that comes to its knowledge and possession...
Section 7: To administer and implement the provisions of this Act, and to monitor and ensure compliance of the country with international standards set for data protection...
Section 6: This Act applies to an act done or practice engaged in and outside of the Philippines by an entity if...
Section 5: Nothing in this Act shall be construed as to have amended or repealed the provisions of Republic Act No. 53...
Section 4: This Act applies to the processing of all types of personal information and to any natural and juridical person...
Section 3: Whenever used in this Act, the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereafter set forth...
Section 2: 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...
Section 1: This Act shall be known as the "Data Privacy Act of 2012″...