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CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINESFIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
S E N A T ES. No. 2796
P
REPARED
 
AND SUBMITTED
 
JOINTLY BY THE
C
OMMITTEES ON
S
CIENCE
 
AND
T
ECHNOLOGY
; C
ONSTITUTIONAL
A
MENDMENTS
,R
EVISION
 
OF
C
ODES
 
AND
L
AWS
; E
DUCATION
, A
RTS
 
AND
 C
ULTURE
; J
USTICE
 
AND
H
UMAN
R
IGHTS;
T
RADE AND
 C
OMMERCE;
P
UBLIC
I
NFORMATION
 
AND
M
ASS
M
EDIA AND
F
INANCE WITH
S
ENATORS
T
RILLANES,
A
NGARA,
E
NRILE,
E
STRADA,
L
APID,
V
ILLAR,
D
EFENSOR
S
ANTIAGO,
M
ARCOS,
R
EVILLA JR. AND
L
EGARDA AS AUTHORS
AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FORPREVENTION, INVESTIGATION AND IMPOSITION OFPENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of thePhilippines in Congress assembled:
CHAPTER I
 – 
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
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S
ECTION
1.
Title
.
 – 
This Act shall be known as the
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“C
ybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
”.
 
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}
 
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S
EC
. 2.
 Declaration of Policy
.
 – 
The State recognizes the vital
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role of information and communications industries such as content
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production, telecommunications, broadcasting, electronic commerce,
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and data processing, in the nation‟s overall social and economic
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development. The State also recognizes the importance of providing an
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environment conducive to the development, acceleration, and rational
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application and exploitation of information and communications
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technology to attain free, easy, and intelligible access to exchange
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and/or delivery of information; and the need to protect and safeguard
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the integrity of computer, computer and communications systems,
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networks, and databases, and the confidentiality, integrity, and
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availability of information and data stored therein, from all forms of 
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misuse, abuse, and illegal access by making punishable under the law
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such conduct or conducts. In this light, the State shall adopt sufficient
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powers to effectively prevent and combat such offenses by facilitating
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their detection, investigation, and prosecution at both the domestic and
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international levels, and by providing arrangements for fast and reliable
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international cooperation.
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S
EC
. 3.
 Definition of Terms
.
 
 – 
For purposes of this Act, the
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following terms are hereby defined as follows:
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a)
 
Access
 – 
refers to the instruction, communication
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with, storing data in, retrieving data from, or otherwise making use of 
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any resources of a computer system or communication network;
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b)
 
Alteration
 – 
refers to the modification or change, in
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form or substance, of an existing computer data or program;
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c)
 
Communication
 – 
refers to the transmission of 
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information including voice and non-voice data;
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d)
 
Computer
 – 
an electronic, magnetic, optical,
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electrochemical, or other data processing or communications device, or
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grouping of such devices, capable of performing logical, arithmetic,
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routing, or storage functions and which includes any storage facility or
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equipment or communications facility or equipment directly related to
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or operating in conjunction with such device. It covers any type of 
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computer device including devices with data processing capabilities
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like mobile phones and also computer networks;
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e)
 
Computer system
 – 
means any device or a group of 
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interconnected or related devices, one or more of which, pursuant to a
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program, performs automatic processing of data. It covers any type of 
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computer device including devices with data processing capabilities
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like mobile phones and also computer networks. The device consisting
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