Customer protection must never come at the cost of a former employee’s basic privacy rights.
Cybersecurity experts have been hired to investigate the incident.
What the files contain — and whether migrant workers were affected — remains unclear.
Halt follows backlash from online businesses, content creators.
Commissioner suspends upload requirement in response to backlash.
They claim it violates right to data privacy.
Businesses can get caught in the middle as governments tighten rules on global digital platforms.
Agency works with DICT to assess security incident and improve digital security.
Australia’s proposed right to erasure could give consumers more control over personal data. Could the Philippines adopt a similar approach?
The BIR’s new tax AI assistant could change how government workers find, verify and apply tax rules, while raising new questions about human judgment, data security and accountability.
