{"id":262392,"date":"2020-07-21T08:14:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T12:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=262392"},"modified":"2020-07-21T08:14:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T12:14:41","slug":"data-privacy-not-applicable-to-inmates-who-died-of-covid-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/21\/data-privacy-not-applicable-to-inmates-who-died-of-covid-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Privacy not applicable to inmates who died of Covid: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: New Bilibid Prison (Photo By Jovie Naval via Bureau of Corrections\/Website)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Republic Act (RA) 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012 cannot be invoked to conceal information about high-profile inmates who died of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Malaca\u00f1ang said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In a virtual presser aired on state-run PTV-4, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the names of inmates who died of Covid-19 should be divulged.<\/p>\n

\u201cKinakailangan ma<\/em>-report\u00a0kung sino \u2018yung mga<\/em>\u00a0detainee\u00a0na namatay<\/em>\u00a0(The identities of detainees who died should be reported) and that I think is not covered by the Data Privacy Law because they died actually not only because of [Covid-19] but they also died while in the custody of the national penitentiary,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed that nine high-profile inmates from the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City died of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

One of the fatalities was Jaybee Sebastian, a convicted kidnapper and car thief who served as a witness and co-accused in one of the drug charges against detained Senator Leila de Lima before the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court.<\/p>\n

The eight other inmates who died of Covid-19 are Benjamin Marcelo, Jimmy Yang, Zhang Zhu Li, Jimmy Kinsing Hung, Eugene Chua, Ryan Ong, and Amin Imam Boratong, reports said.<\/p>\n

Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald Bantag earlier refused to reveal the identities of high-profile inmates who died of Covid-19, stressing that the Data Privacy prevents him from naming them in public.<\/p>\n

RA 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012 protects persons from unauthorized processing of their personal information.<\/p>\n

National Privacy Commission (NPC) Commissioner Raymund Enriquez Liboro on Monday said RA 10173 is not applicable to the case of Sebastian and other inmates who died of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Liboro said the Data Privacy law is \u201cnot a cloak for denying the public\u2019s right to know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018High-profile inmates like Jaybee Sebastian had become public figures on account of their previous association with particular national issues in the past,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Liboro said there is a \u201cjustified public interest\u201d to release information like details surrounding the deaths from Covid-19 of the nine high-profile inmates, \u201cespecially when the personal information being sought is linked to issues already on the minds of the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday said it will leave the investigation on the deaths of the nine high-profile inmates to the DOJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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