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Disini & Disini Law Office receives the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year from the Asian Legal Business (ALB) during the ALB Philippine Law Awards 2017 held on October 6, 2017 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. The firm was also shortlisted with seven other prominent firms for the Philippine Law Firm of […]

    In a move to help organizations implement appropriate security and privacy practices, legal governance and technology experts, as well as officials of the National Privacy Commission (NPC) discussed the compliance aspects of the Data Privacy Act (DPA) and its recently released implementing rules and regulations (IRR) in a one day event organized by […]

After a series of public consultations, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) released the final version of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Data Privacy Act (DPA). Passed into law in 2012, the DPA seeks to protect personal information collected by the government and private sectors. According to NPC Commissioner Raymund Liboro, the rules […]

The second public consultation for the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 10844 or the law creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is set on August 18 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Audio Visual Room of the DICT Building at C.P. Garcia Avenue in Quezon City. The first public consultation was […]

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will hold a public consultation on the proposed Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 10844 or the “Department of Information And Communications Technology Act of 2015” on August 5, from 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. The event will be held at the Audio Visual Room […]

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is set to hold its second public consultation on the draft of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Data Privacy Act on July 13. The forum will be held at the College of Mass Communication Auditorium, University of the Philippines-Diliman (UPD) in Quezon City from 8 A.M. to […]

Four years after the law was passed, the Data Privacy Act of 2012’s Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) has been finally released for comments. Following its release, the Philippine Computer Society (PCS) will hold a discussion about it for IT professionals and stakeholders in the industry. The discussion will also help attendees conduct separate meetings […]

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) is set to probe the P70 billion buy out of telecommunications giants Philippine Long Distance Company (PLDT) and Globe Telecom of San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) telecommunications assets. In an official statement, the Commission said that they have a keen interest in the proposed transaction because of the strong public clamor […]

Amid the growing clamor for faster Internet services, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) sold its telecommunications assets to industry giants, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and Globe Telecom for about P70 billion. Among the assets include the 700 megahertz spectrum, a type of low-band frequency which is more cost-efficient, has wider coverage, and penetrates indoor […]

The new Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) would be important for coordination among different sectors affected by information and technology to encourage economic growth, Atty. JJ Disini said. In an interview with BloombergTV, he said, “If you don’t have somebody like the DICT to step in, and sort of create coordination among all […]