A proposed law requiring the registration of SIM cards could help address scams and other crimes using mobile phones, but legal experts warned against accompanying threats to privacy, including those coming from the government. READ:
he said.However, for a normal citizen, this could be seen more as intrusive to the privacy rights of the individual.Mr. Hernandez noted that the government is considered the biggest information controller of citizens’ personal data, yet not all government agencies and instrumentalities are up-to-date with their compliance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and strong cyber security practices.
Petrache, a lawyer and data protection officer, said in a Facebook Messenger chat, that although the billAlthough crimes involving telecommunication should be given the utmost attention, the regulation of modern technology should also be met with modern solutions, not another layer of government regulation that purely relies on human intervention,The bill can also result in data privacy violations since the registration process itself will be the gateway for these violations, Mr. Petrache added.