National Policies that Address the

Ethical and Moral Concerns in the

Technological Era
Senrabil L. Delfinado AB – Economics 1 Year
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Republic Act No. 10844 - Department of
Information and Communications Technology
Act of 2015
An act creating the department of information and communications technology,
defining its powers and functions appropriating funds therefor, and for other
purposes.

In accordance to the law, the Department of Information and Communications

Technology (DICT) shall be the primary policy, planning, coordinating,
implementing, and administrative entity of the Executive Branch of the
government that will plan, develop, and promote the national ICT development
agenda.
The Republic Act No. 10844 is focusing the areas on policy and planning,
improved public access, resource sharing and capacity building, industry
development and most importantly consumer protection.

This law addresses safeguarding of information of the people in the

Philippines as well as nation building and advancement of ICT. It states
that information and communication have vital roles in nation building
and that it is the state’s policy to ensure universal access to quality,
affordable, reliable and secure ICT services.
Republic Act No. 10173 – Data Privacy Act of 2012

RA 10173, or the Data Privacy Act, protects individuals from

unauthorized processing of personal information that is (1) private, not
publicly available; and (2) identifiable, where the identity of the
individual is apparent either through direct attribution or when put
together with other available information.
The Republic Act No. 10173 is a necessary and important precaution in
the Philippine economy that is going digital. Billion bytes of data are
created in every single day and this includes unprecedented knowledge
about what real individuals are doing, watching, thinking and feeling.

Companies, on the other hand, must be held accountable not only for
whatever they do with customer data but how they protect that data from
third parties. The past few years of security breaches, system errors and
ethical scandals within some of the country’s major banks have reminded
us that there is still work to be done.
This law addresses on the collection of personal information that are
specified, legitimate and reasonable which must be handled properly.
Information must be kept accurate and confidential. It also ensures that
those unauthorized parties do not have access to their customer’s
information and data. It aims to promote and protect the privacy of the
individuals and to regulate how organizations handle personal
information with the insurance that there are no security breaches.

This breach may involve sensitive personal information or any other

information that may be used to enable identity fraud, information has
been acquired by an unauthorized person and the acquisition is likely to
give rise to a real risk of serious harm to the affected data subject.