ID Watch
ID Watch Special Issue (December 2022): SIM Card Registration
ID Watch is a monthly digest of news and updates about identification systems in the Philippines. View or download the latest issue of ID Watch by clicking on the image below.
ID Watch
PhilSys ends year behind target, cybercrime law amendments included use of PhilSys proposed: ID Watch December 2022
ID Watch is a monthly digest of news and updates about identification systems in the Philippines. View or download the latest issue of ID Watch by clicking on the image below.
ID Watch
Public consultation for SIM Card Registration rules scheduled, blockchain proposed for PhilSys security: ID Watch November 2022
ID Watch is a monthly digest of news and updates about identification systems in the Philippines. View or download the latest issue of ID Watch by clicking on the image below.
UPR Joint Submission
Human Rights and Philippine Digital Environment Joint Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Philippines
This submission focuses on the Philippines’ compliance under international human rights law on the promotion, protection and fulfillment of rights particularly in the Internet, and observes the following areas of concern: The previous UPR made no mention of the right to privacy, nor of any privacy related violations in the Read more…
Access
GenderScoop: Mandatory SIM Card Registration & Women
DECEMBER 2022 GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines Mandatory SIM Card Registration Republic Act No. 11934, or the SIM Card Registration Act, was signed into law on October 10, 2022 to help curb scams and other crimes and on December 12, National Telecommunications Commission Read more…
Business and Human Rights
#DigitalTradePH December Issue
Serafica and Oren underscored the importance of partnerships between the private and public sectors in reducing the digital divide, including the delivery of government plans and programs such as free WiFi projects.
Digital Rights Roundup
On media killings and digital safety: The FMA Digital Rights Roundup (October 15 to November 15, 2022)
VIETNAM, THAILAND LEAD IN ASEAN MOBILE EXPERIENCE WHILE PH LAGS: REPORT The Philippines ranked at the bottom in five measures and second to last in a further two categories. Vietnam’s Download Speed Experience score was 9.5 Mbps (57.1%) faster than the Philippines. Read more here. ROMUALDEZ ASSURES SWIFT PASSAGE OF Read more…
Business and Human Rights
#DigitalTradePH November Issue
DTI bats for mandatory gov’t local procurementDTI is set to launch in the next few months the still unnamed e-commerce platform for all local micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from which government agencies must source their supplies. New Philippine Export Development Plan ready by next monthThe next Philippine Export Read more…
Gender & ICT
GenderScoop: Tech for Good or Bad?
NOVEMBER 2022 GenderScoop is a monthly digest on gender & ICT in the Philippines CONCERTED EFFORTS OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS GBV PCW shares efforts toward child rights protection in PH dialogue with United NationsThe Philippine delegation expressed to the Committee its earnest commitment to ensure that children’s rights are Read more…
Human Rights
SIM Card Registration law passed, lawmakers call for accountability over PhilSys delays: ID Watch September-October 2022
ID Watch is a monthly digest of news and updates about identification systems in the Philippines. View or download the two latest issues of ID Watch by clicking on the links below: ID Watch September 2022 ID Watch October 2022