The Joint Foreign Chamber (JFC) exhorted the government to create a National Privacy Commission that could both implement and enforce the Data Privacy Law, the Visayan Daily Star reports. “The laudable potential impact of the law on the country … has been nullified because the government has not created the National Privacy Commission, which would draft and issue the vital Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) needed for the law's implementation,” the JFC said. The JFC is noted the IRR is required “to provide the clear guidelines on dealing with data breaches, establishing data breach policies and response protocols and crafting safety standards, among others.” The commission would serve to “monitor the implementation of the Data Privacy Law,” the report states.
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