Does anyone hate you? Is anyone threatening your life? Well
today is your lucky day. When your information is posted in the internet
its like showing to the whole world your crotch or your vagina. Such pa part is
so private, and so as the information about as that only our friends and
relatives may know. Pretty lucky for those who are the attention seekers
because everyone may know if they want to stalk him or her. Even the
celebreties doest want that to happen.. And pretty worse for the normal ones
who wants to live a peaceful life and those who have lots of enemies who are
recieving lots of death threats because the killer may know where they live and
where they work..
Just like the "amalayer kid" who confronted
scandalously the ladyguard at the lrt2 anonas station. Though she has her fault
by making a scandal but some asshole video recorded her while doing it and
exposed it in the internet... Where everybody can see it. And there is this
audition video on mix that she undergone a vtr for the new mix vj that is
supposed to be private and kept secret on the records of abscbn, but still
again another asshole posted it on the internet which caused her another
disgrace.. Another headline that the social media may talk about.. But we dont
know if she may be enjoying the attention or the popularity or the celebrety
feeling that everyone knows her. For a normal person with integrity, that is
one hell of trouble.
It seems that Information Technology and Business Process
Outsourcing industry by making it in line with International Standards of
Privacy protection will benefit the most maybe because they are the ones that
will act as the observer here and for it to prosper is that the government will
need a lot of sklls from the information technology field. They said that our
era is the technology era where computer specialist will be the in demand ones
rather than any other professionals. Yeah, maybe because of this. That our
world will not rotate if it were not for the computer experts and programmers.
For me they are like the police man and detectives of this law because they are
the only ones who can identify and track the culprits which are the computer
and internet hackers.
Now Republic Act No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012
is signed by the president, what will happen to all the computer users, well
almost everybody uses the computer nowadays. It says that the law 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
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.[1]
Its says there that the personal information controller must
implement reasonable and appropriate organizational, physical and technical
measures intended for the protection of personal information against any
accidental or unlawful destruction, alteration and disclosure, as well as
against any other unlawful processing. So we computer users must be
afforded with protection regarding our personal information against any
accidental or unlawful destruction, alteration and disclosure and also to any
other unlawful processing. The personal information controller shall
implement reasonable and appropriate measures to protect personal information
against natural dangers such as accidental loss or destruction, and human
dangers such as unlawful access, fraudulent misuse, unlawful destruction,
alteration and contamination. So we are also protected from all hackers
that may unlawfully access, fraudulently misuse, unlawfully destroy, alter or
contaminate our computer data with fatal viruses. Thus it will protect our
personal information against natural danger such as accidental loss or
destruction. The determination of the appropriate level of security under
this section must take into account the nature of the personal information to
be protected, the risks represented by the processing, the size of the organization
and complexity of its operations, current data privacy best practices and the
cost of security implementation. Subject to guidelines as the Commission may
issue from time to time, the measures implemented must include:
(1) Safeguards to protect its computer network against
accidental, unlawful or unauthorized usage or interference with or hindering of
their functioning or availability;
(2) A security policy with respect to the processing of
personal information;
(3) A process for identifying and accessing reasonably
foreseeable vulnerabilities in its computer networks, and for taking
preventive, corrective and mitigating action against security incidents that
can lead to a security breach; and
(4) Regular monitoring for security breaches and a process
for taking preventive, corrective and mitigating action against security
incidents that can lead to a security breach.
Just like the one who invented the ILOVEYOU, also known
as Love Letter, is a computer
worm that successfully attacked tens of millions of computers in 2000
when it was sent as an attachment to a user with the text "ILOVEYOU"
in the subject line. The worm arrived e-mail on and after May 4, 2000 with the
simple subject of "ILOVEYOU" and an attachment
"LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.". The final extension was hidden by default,
leading unsuspecting users to think it was a normal text file. Upon opening the
attachment, the worm sent a copy of itself to everyone in the Windows Address Book and
with the user's sender address. It also made a number of malicious changes to
the user's system. Now he works in the pentagon for his incredible skills in
programming that may be used by the united states of america. But isnt he
suppose to be in prison because of what he did? He invented a virus that
contaminated millions of internet users. Or if not, yes because he has
outstanding skills that can be used by the government, why not the philippine
government and instead the united states? It just reflects the fact that
filipinos are just supplier of their outstanding skilled citizens. And it also
relfects that there is no opportunity here in our country thats why many
filipinos choose to work for other countries and not their own because here in
the philippines a lot of filipinos say that "kahit gano ka katiyaga wala
kang mapapala" which is true except for those who already have an
stablished life. Also the personal information controller must further ensure
that third parties processing personal information on its behalf shall
implement the security measures required by this provision. So even
thirdpersons are responsible and may be held liable if they fail to implement
in behalf of the personal information controller the implementation of the
security measures required by the law. The employees, agents or
representatives of a personal information controller who are involved in the
processing of personal information shall operate and hold personal information
under strict confidentiality if the personal information are not intended for
public disclosure. This obligation shall continue even after leaving the public
service, transfer to another position or upon termination of employment or
contractual relations. So the employees, agents or representatives of the
personal information has a fiduciary relationship with the person owning the
information. They must not disclose the information they know by way of their
responsibility with their job as a personal information controller. Just like a
relationship between lawyers and their clients and confession between priest
and a catholic. And the sweet part is even after their term of service they
must still remain in concealing the information disclosed to them by the user
by the rest of their lives. The personal information controller shall
promptly notify the Commission and affected data subjects when sensitive
personal information or other information that may, under the circumstances[2], be used to enable
identity fraud are reasonably believed to have been acquired by an unauthorized
person, and the personal information controller or the Commission believes (bat
such unauthorized acquisition is likely to give rise to a real risk of serious
harm to any affected data subject. The notification shall at least describe the
nature of the breach, the sensitive personal information possibly involved, and
the measures taken by the entity to address the breach. Notification may be
delayed only to the extent necessary to determine the scope of the breach, to
prevent further disclosures, or to restore reasonable integrity to the
information and communications system. The information technology experts must
take responsibility for the preservation of the communication system. In
evaluating if notification is unwarranted, the Commission may take into account
compliance by the personal information controller with this section and
existence of good faith in the acquisition of personal information. and the
Commission may exempt a personal information controller from notification
where, in its reasonable judgment, such notification would not be in the public
interest or in the interests of the affected data subject. it also says that
the Commission may authorize postponement of notification where it may hinder
the progress of a criminal investigation related to a serious breach. I
dont like the part where the law gives the commission the power to postpone
notification where it may hinder the progress of criminal investigation. Yeah
the inaction of postponement will be a hindrance to the delivering of the
service but it is still violence against to the right of an individual.
However, it is correct that the right of the collective is greater than the right
of an individual
