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Adhering to Data Privacy Act of 2012: Is it too late now? IN today’s age of data overload, organizations are now urged to take on valuable steps in taking good care of their client’s private data. This directive is integral, especially for businesses here in the Philippines, since the National Privacy Commission (NPC) recently launched its campaign to penalize all the violators of the Republic Act 10173, otherwise known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012. Since it took effect on September 9, 2016, the comprehensive and strict privacy legislation mandates the “protection of the fundamental human right of privacy and communication while ensuring the free-flow of information to promote innovation and growth.” While it applies to individuals and legal entities that process personal information in the country, it should also be implemented by global businesses with equipment based in the Philippines. The act further applies to the processing of personal information of any Filipino regardless of where they reside. For those who are not yet compliant, the question now is: Is it too late for them to adhere to it? As of this writing, preparations for the Data Privacy Act is past crunch time. In fact, the NPC’s campaign to inspect and check the compliance of companies across industries is now in full blast. Thus, a hasty action is necessary—or else, a noncomplaint may face a sanction of up to three years in jail (for officials) and fines amounting to P2 million. To ensure compliance and avoid compromising the personal data of their clients, the NPC noted five pillars that organizations should consider. Reviewing these points are crucial, especially for those who are not yet compliant, as a guide to monitor and know their status of amenableness. ■ COMMIT TO COMPLY. Companies that deal with client’s personal information are required to designate a data protection officer who will be accountable for compliance with the rules and regulations related to data protection and privacy. ■ KNOW YOUR RISKS. A privacy impact assessment is mandated so that businesses can institute proper organizational and technical security measures. This evaluation should identify the company’s processes, as well as the risks and threats associated with them. ■ BE ACCOUNTABLE. Organizations should create their privacy management program by writing a security manual that will align everyone in the same direction in facilitating compliance with the Data Privacy Act. This manual will also be useful in mitigating the impacts in case of a data breach. ■ DEMONSTRATE YOUR COMPLIANCE. Upon the creation of the data privacy program, it must be implemented. As it necessitates, it should be assessed, reviewed and even revised continuously. Of course, training for security officers must also be conducted. ■ BE PREPARED FOR A BREACH. All personal information controllers and processors should implement a security incident management policy. This policy is for managing security incidents, including data breaches. This rule also says that upon the discovery of the breach, organizations must conduct an initial assessment, mitigate its impact and notify the affected parties, as well as the NPC, within 72 hours of discovery. As a way of speeding up compliance, it will be beneficial to integrate security solutions and services to your organization. While there are many systems integrators present in the country, it pays to hire someone that uses a methodology that works based on the five basic principles of information security. It includes confidentiality, availability, accessibility, authentication/authorization and accountability/ nonrepudiation. Fujitsu Philippines (www.fujitsu.com) is dedicated to assist organizations to comply with the standards. With over four decades of experience, it is committed to working with all stakeholders in protecting personal data and privacy, which, in turn, can contribute to shaping a better and safer tomorrow.
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Asian stars meet with Filipino fans PRIMETIME
DINNA CHAN VASQUEZ @dinnachanvasquez luckydinna@gmail.com
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HESE days, it’s not impossible to see our favorite foreign stars visiting the Philippines. Sometimes, all it takes is to trend a hashtag on Twitter for it to happen. If a promoter/organizer is interested, then they could bring the celebrity here. Two popular Asian stars were recently in the country to meet with their fans. Both stars, incidentally, are products of reality/variety shows. Kare-kare was Korean singer and actor Jung Joon-young’s reply when asked about what Filipino food he missed the most. Kare-kare is a stew of ox tail and tripe in a peanut sauce and served with vegetables like eggplant and string beans. Jung Joon-young lived in the Philippines when he was 17 years old, teaching taekwondo and music to Filipino children. He returned to Philippines for the second time this year for his fan meeting, dubbed “Fiancee,” at the ABS-CBN Vertis tent. The fan meet gave Jung Joon-young and his Filipino fans the chance to interact with each other. He played games with
fans including “Know JJY Best,” wherein contestants had to answer questions about him. The Korean star revealed that he was born in South Korea and then moved to Malaysia. His favorite color is black and he can speak Korean, English and Chinese fluently. Oh, his English name is Andrew. In another game, Jung Joon-young sang lines from Filipino songs and the contestants had to guess the title of each song. The winners received autographed albums and had a selfie with the singer. During the event, Jung Joon-young also performed his songs “Spotless Mind,” “Becoming Dust,” “Sympathy” and “Fiancee.” Jung Joon-young’s fans made a video for him, which was shown on the screen. They also presented him with a cake. “It’s my first time in Manila to meet you guys here. I can’t promise you but I hope to come back next year. Just keep watching my shows every night.” It was Jung Joon-young’s second visit to Manila this year after he graced the launch of the Viu original Hello K-Idol in July. Jung Joon-young joined the Superstar K TV program in 2012 where he finished in the top 3. These days he is very popular as a mainstay of the Korean variety TV show 2 Days 1 Night. But singing is his first love. “My dream was to become a singer and my dream came true. I just focus on the music always,” said Jung Joon-young. Jung Joon-young’s “Fiancee” fan meeting in Manila was made possible by Viu, Globe and Ayala Malls Vertis North. Another recent Manila visitor was Thai actor and singer
Sattaphong “Tao” Phiangphor, who is very popular in the Philippines right now because of the Thai remake of the Korean drama Princess Hours, which aired on GMA Network. The 28-year-old star met with his Pinoy fans in “Prince Tao: The Royal Fan Convention” at Cinema 6 of SM City North Edsa. He also talked to members of the press at Novotel Manila Araneta Center the night before his fan meet. Present during the press conference were Royal Thai Embassy in Manila’s Chargé d’Affaires Urawadee Sriphiromya and First Secretary Thassarany Noivong. The Thai star revealed that he didn’t know about the airing of Princess Hours here. “At first I didn’t expect that it would catch on. I was tagged on Instagram by fans. I followed the tags and I started to see that the ratings in the Philippines started to rise. That was when it dawned on me and I said, ‘Oh my goodness.’ I felt proud.” He said Prince Ian in Princess Hours is the exact opposite of Tao. To study for the role, he watched the original Korean version but interpreted the role in his own way. The actor also said he was willing to do a project in the Philippines if there is an offer. He was asked what he wanted to do here and he replied that it was to see a jeepney. Tao started his career via a reality show. He also starred in the Thai remake of the popular Korean drama Coffee Prince in 2012. He is a popular singer and actor in Thailand. “Acting in lakorn [Thai soap opera] is also hard. I also had to study,” he said. “Prince Tao: The Royal Fan Convention” was presented by CDM Entertainment and Star Hunter Studios. ■
Chelsea Clinton fights cyberbullying by answering trolls NEW YORK—Chelsea Clinton says she’s naturally an optimist and despite enduring name-calling from the time she was a child, she chooses to answer insults—even on Twitter—with kindness and respect. “Cyberbullying is a huge challenge across our country. I think we need those of us with platforms to not ignore the trolls, not to become consumed by them, but to shine a light and say here’s how you can respond where you’re calmly defending yourself but you’re also showing it’s not OK and you’re not degrading your own humanity in doing that,” the 38-year-old mother of two said in an interview on Tuesday with The Associated Press. It’s one of several messages in her new book, Start Now! You Can Make a Difference, released this week. In it, Clinton encourages children to make a positive change in the world by educating themselves and taking action. The book focuses on preserving the environment, helping save animals, staying healthy and putting an end to bullying. Start Now! is Clinton’s fourth children’s book. Her role as an author is one of several that Clinton juggles, including motherhood, being vice chairman of the Clinton Foundation and teaching at Columbia University. Her latest book was inspired by the notion that age doesn’t matter when it comes to activism. “I’ve always believed that you’re never too young or too old to make a difference. And then when I became a mom, I think I felt that even more keenly because all of a sudden I had, you know, first Charlotte and then Aidan, these little
people in the world, I wanted the world to be a healthier, more equitable, more just safer place for them than previous generations,” she said. Making the world a safer place, in Clinton’s eyes, also means abolishing bullying. It’s a topic Clinton knows only too well, enduring brutal criticism of her looks when she was growing up in the White House (Saturday Night Live did a skit poking fun at her at the time). There were also those who targeted her because she was the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton. “So when I was confronted directly—even as a child—and people would say awful things to me, I would say, ‘I’m sorry you feel that way. I don’t feel that way. I don’t think I’m ugly or born in sin or the family dog or that my parents should have aborted me or you know that like we all should be dead,’” she recalled. “I mean these are all things that people said to me when I was a kid, and they were always said by much older people.” Decades later, the taunts still come—these days via social media. At first Clinton ignored them, but recently she started to speak up. “I started to worry that by ignoring it, it wasn’t depriving the trolls of oxygen, it was maybe taken as kind of implicit—not endorsement—but that I was somehow OK with that language and that behavior,” she said. “And I think particularly being a parent now, I never want my kids or any kid to think that that’s OK.” She added: “And I do think even if you don’t agree with me politically it’s never OK to attack me personally in the same way, like if I don’t agree with you politically it’s never OK for
me to attack you personally, and so I want my children to see their mom standing up for respect and kindness and to know that that is not a sign of weakness.” Clinton pointed to a recent mention of her family that came from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he defended himself against-sexual assault allegations in a combative hearing on Capitol Hill. He said allegations against him came from Democrats seeking revenge over the Clintons; Kavanaugh was an investigator for Kenneth Starr, who led the probe of then-President Bill Clinton that led to his impeachment. While Clinton had already opposed Kavanaugh—in part over concerns about abortion rights—when he mentioned her family, her feelings were cemented. “I thought, ‘Oh goodness like judge Kavanaugh, I don’t even think I knew who you were until you were nominated.’ So clearly we were looming larger in your mind than at least you were looming in mine,” she said. “But even if he’d gone after a former Republican president or a current Republican senator or politician I would feel the same way: that that kind of blatant partisanship should be disqualifying.” While Clinton worked for her mother during the 2016 presidential campaign, she’s hoping the people who pick up Start Now! will be Democrats and Republicans. “And I hope that children whose families come from across the political spectrum would read this book and then think about how to channel whatever kind of their political values are...into issues that they care about.” AP