{"id":189074,"date":"2018-11-10T06:12:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T11:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=189074"},"modified":"2018-11-10T06:12:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T11:12:57","slug":"npc-calls-baguio-college-requiring-pregnancy-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/10\/npc-calls-baguio-college-requiring-pregnancy-test\/","title":{"rendered":"NPC calls out Baguio college for requiring pregnancy test"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_189075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189075\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13419167_995283860557417_6602040189964115601_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189075\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13419167_995283860557417_6602040189964115601_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13419167_995283860557417_6602040189964115601_n.jpg 635w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13419167_995283860557417_6602040189964115601_n-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cFailure to meet these conditions or the failure to adhere by fundamental data privacy principles may result in civil, administrative, and criminal liability,\u201d the NPC added. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pccbaguio\/photos\/a.995283797224090\/995283860557417\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pccbaguio\/?tn-str=k*F\">Pines City Colleges\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has summoned administration officials of Baguio City\u2019s Pines City Colleges to explain why it is requiring its female students to undergo pregnancy testing.<\/p>\n<p>In its letter to Pines City Colleges President Rocio Prats-Baltao, Vice President for Administration Regina Prats, and school physician Aurelia Navarro, the commission sought an explanation as to how the school&#8217;s processing of personal information under a new memorandum meets the obligations of transparency, legitimate purpose, and proportionality.<\/p>\n<p>The NPC also asked the officials to prove their compliance with data privacy and protection laws on sensitive personal information.<\/p>\n<p>The commission said it is launching a sua sponte investigation on the data privacy implications of the memorandum released on Oct. 25 by the Pines City Colleges, subjecting its female students to mandatory pregnancy testing.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that this kind of data collection must only be for a specified and legitimate purpose.<\/p>\n<p>The NPC also noted that the processing of information about an individual\u2019s health and sexual history is prohibited unless it meets certain conditions, such as giving one\u2019s consent; if it is necessary to protect the subject\u2019s life and health; and if it is for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFailure to meet these conditions or the failure to adhere by fundamental data privacy principles may result in civil, administrative, and criminal liability,\u201d the NPC added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has summoned administration officials of Baguio City\u2019s Pines City Colleges to explain why it &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":189075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}