{"id":198594,"date":"2019-01-21T03:19:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T08:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=198594"},"modified":"2025-03-09T22:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T02:29:31","slug":"all-passport-data-safe-dfa-tells-npc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/21\/all-passport-data-safe-dfa-tells-npc\/","title":{"rendered":"All passport data safe, DFA tells NPC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_198595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198595\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img7814.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198595\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img7814.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img7814.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img7814-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DFA Photos by Mark Santos via PNA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday assured the National Privacy Commission (NPC) that all passport data are safe in the agency&#8217;s custody.<\/p>\n<p>Data Protection Officer and Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Medardo Macaraig, Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Neil Frank Ferrer, and other DFA officials made a full presentation on the passport process and told the privacy commission &#8220;that measures are in place to protect the personal data of passport applicants&#8221; in its entire ISO-certified process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Department assured the Commission that it takes extremely seriously the protection of the personal information of the public and that all passport data is safe,&#8221; DFA Spokesperson Elmer Cato said in a statement sent to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Department remains in custody and control of passport data and that this has not been shared with or accessed by any unauthorized party,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting between the NPC and DFA comes following the remarks of DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy arimidex online <a href=\"https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/arimidex.html\">care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/arimidex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> on an alleged passport data loss within the agency.<\/p>\n<p>In view of the clarification that no breach occurred, Cato said the DFA &#8220;is hoping that it was able to address the concerns of the Commission.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy retin a online <a href=\"https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/retin-a.html\">care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/retin-a.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cato said the DFA remains ready to cooperate with the NPC, as well as with Congress, in an inquiry to be conducted on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Department is also hoping that it was able to assuage the concerns of the public on this issue that has also resulted in improvements in the passport application process,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vibramycin online <a href=\"https:\/\/care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/vibramycin.html\">care.aanviihearing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/vibramycin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The DFA on Tuesday last week issued Department Order 03-2019 removing the submission of birth certificates as a requirement for passport renewals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday assured the National Privacy Commission (NPC) that all passport data are &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":198595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198594","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=198594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287941,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198594\/revisions\/287941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}