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View all search resultsA company can no longer negligently process – by among other methods collecting, storing and disclosing – personal data. Further, the company must ensure that the subject of the data can exercise their rights pertaining to their personal data.
Lawmakers passed into law on Tuesday a long-awaited privacy bill that grants citizens more control over their personal information online and seeks to spur cybersecurity improvements amid a recent string of digital attacks in the country.
Policymakers have agreed to give the President the authority to establish a data protection oversight agency, but many questions remain about the draft privacy bill, with critics believing public institutions found in violation of privacy will still enjoy impunity.
In a Twitter post on Wednesday, user @son1x777 claimed to have hacked into the National Police system and stolen the personal data of thousands of police officers, from their dates of birth to badge numbers.
Established banks have pledged to maintain strong digital security systems and encouraged consumers to take precautions against cyberthreats, but the passage of the stalled bill is deemed crucial, as personal information is increasingly shared in the industry.
Cyber experts have called the discontinuation of the police investigation into the alleged e-HAC data leak "premature" while lamenting the absence of a data protection law, with the bill languishing in the deliberation stage between legislators and the government.
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