Updates on data privacy in the national and international levels, March2024-June2024 (based on publicly available reports) curated and submitted as an initiative as part of administrative assignment on data privacy (reports available on the web) curated by marichu lambino
Arranged from most recent to least recent: June, May, April, March 2024 (Redacted) curated by marichu lambino
JUNE 2024 NEWS UPDATES ON DATA PRIVACY
ON THE UP CAMPUS LEVEL: (Redacted)
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ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL:
About eleven million food-delivery customers of Jollibee, Chowking, Burger King, Mang Inasal, Red Ribbon, Chowking, Greenwich, Yoshinoya and Panda Express, may be affected by data breach involving their addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, etc. The National Privacy Commission has found some of the data already posted in the dark web.
See: Ronda, Rainier Alan. “Jollibee data breach may affect almost 11 million customers”. The Philippine Star, 25 July 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/06/25/2365363/jollibee-data-breach-may-affect-almost-11-million-customers
In other news:
Manila Bulletin (MB) tech news editor Art Samaniego will be summoned by the NBI after he was implicated in suspected hacking incidents by an MB IT officer who was warrantlessly arrested with other suspects last June 21 for alleged hacking.
See: ABS-CBN News Editors. “Newspaper’s tech editor to be summoned on hacking allegations”. ABS-CBN News, 25 July 2024. Retrieved from: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/24/newspaper-s-tech-editor-to-be-summoned-on-hacking-allegations-2155
IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
TikTok and its parent company in China, ByteDance, will be facing a complaint in the US DOJ filed by the US Federal Trade Commission for violation of children’s privacy by allegedly collecting, using, and disclosing personal information of children under 13 years old.
See: De Silva, João. “TikTok faces fresh US pressure over child privacy”. British Broadcasting Corp., 19 June 2024. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgg7z9d8rxo
MAY 2024 NEWS UPDATES ON DATA PRIVACY
Here are some May2024 updates on data privacy (May 2024) Redacted
On the UP campus level:
——— Redacted: The UP System Information Technology Development Center Office of the Vice President for Development reminded all ———- Redacted
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On the national level:
Hacker explains in detail his process and method and why he broke into the electronic data base of the Philippine National Police logistics, personnel, and management offices a week ago and how it can improve its data security.
See Samaniego, Art. “Hacker claims Philippine National Police systems breach, cites human error”. Manila Bulletin, 15 May 2024. Retrieved from: https://mb.com.ph/2024/5/15/hacker-claims-philippine-national-police-systems-breach-cites-human-error
In international news:
Children’s virtual reality video games collect info on their homes, their room, sounds in their houses, physical movements, language, voice, and infer age, gender, location, ethnicity, disability status and other personal data.
See: “Parents Underestimate the Privacy Risks Kids Face in Virtual Reality”. Duke Today, 20 May 2024. Retrieved from: https://today.duke.edu/2024/05/parents-underestimate-privacy-risks-kids-face-virtual-reality
APRIL 2024 NEWS UPDATES ON DATA PRIVACY
Here are some April2024 updates on data privacy (April 2024) (Redacted)
On the UP campus level:
The UP System Information Technology Development Center Office of the Vice President for Development reminded all ———— to —– Redacted (See UP Group Email, “REMINDER – ——– Redacted.)
On the national level:
One hundred fourteen thousand (114,000) incidents of data breaches were perpetrated or took place in the Philippines in the last quarter of 2023, a rise from the previous quarter, according to the annual 2024 report of market data platform Statista released April 4, 2024.
Data, graph, image, and graphics from Statista, used here non-commercially for academic purposes
See Statista research department. “Number of data breaches Philippines 2020-2023, by quarter”. Statista Site, 4 April 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271333/philippines-number-of-data-breaches/
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In the international level:
Seventy-three million people in more than 200 countries were affected by the data breach against AT&T when their personal information was leaked in the dark web as confirmed by AT&T telco last April 2, 2024.
See Campisi, Natalie. “73 Million AT&T Customers’ Personal Info Found On Dark Web…” Forbes Media LLC, 2 Apr 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/att-data-breach-exposes-millions/
MARCH 2024 NEWS UPDATES ON DATA PRIVACY
Here are some March2024 updates on data privacy (March 2024) (Redacted)
On the UPD campus level:
The most recent news on data privacy from the UPD Privacy Website publicly available posted on Nov. 24, 2023, reports that: “The UP Diliman Data Protection Office proudly displays the NPC Seal of Registration on the homepage of our Diliman Privacy Portal.”
See: UPD Data Protection Office News Staff. “UP Diliman’s NPC Seal of Registration”. UPD Data Protection Office, 24 Nov. 2023. Retrieved from: https://privacy.upd.edu.ph/2023/11/24/npc-seal-of-registration/
On the national level:
The most recent news on data privacy on the national level is from a month ago, from the Reuters staff which reported that attempts to break into the firewall of the websites of the Philippine President, the National Coast Watch, and the mailboxes of the Department of Information and Communications Technology were discovered by the government and found to have reportedly originated from ISPs in China.
See: Reuters Editors. “Philippines wards off cyber attacks from China-based hackers”. Reuters, Feb. 6, 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-wards-off-cyber-attacks-china-based-hackers-2024-02-05/
In the international level:
The most recent news on data privacy is from a month ago from Al Jazeera which reported that majority of European Union legislators expressed approval of the EU AI (Artificial Intelligence) Act, a salient provision of which prohibits AI-enabled apps engaged in unregulated collection of facial images from the internet and from CCTV footage for the purpose of creating a universal facial recognition database.
See: See Al Jazeera Editors. “EU politicians back new rules on AI ahead of landmark vote”. Al Jazeera, 13 Feb 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/13/eu-politicians-back-new-rules-on-ai-ahead-of-landmark-vote
(END of MARCH-JUNE 2024 UPDATES ON DATA PRIVACY, REDACTED)
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