Tag: data privacy

Comeleak Part 2? What is known and what still needs to be done

February 21, 2017

After a computer at the Office of the Election Officer (OEO) in Wao, Lanao del Sur was stolen last January 11, 2017, the National Privacy...

NPC decision on ‘Comeleak’ finds COMELEC Chair Bautista criminally liable

January 6, 2017

Between March 20 and 27, 2016, the largest data breach on a government-held personal database (dubbed Comeleak), happened when personal information of voters were accessed...

Banks’ “Know Your Customer” Process: Does it even work? Is our information safe?

October 22, 2016

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is imposing stricter know-your-customer (KYC) protocols over financial institutions in light of the recent scandalous Bangladesh Bank heist where...

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BlogWatch receives the “Best Story” Award for the First Data Journalism PH 2015 from the Open Knowledge Foundation and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for their story on “Aid Monitoring: Citizens’ Initial Efforts in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda” . Forbes Philippines also received the same award.