{"id":264203,"date":"2020-08-05T07:40:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T11:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=264203"},"modified":"2020-08-05T07:40:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T11:40:28","slug":"privacy-commission-allows-online-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/05\/privacy-commission-allows-online-hearings\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy commission allows online hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_129247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129247\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/shutterstock_565490518.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129247 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/shutterstock_565490518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/shutterstock_565490518.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/shutterstock_565490518-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/shutterstock_565490518-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He said e-hearings will be conducted through a \u201csecure and reliable videoconferencing platform\u201d in addition to adhering to standard practices on the collection, storage, and disposal of personal data. (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has allowed videoconferencing as a means to conduct hearings online to alleviate the challenges and dangers posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic,<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, NPC Commissioner Raymund Liboro said online hearings and videoconferencing were adopted to help maintain safety and health in the NPC\u2019s workplace while continually providing service to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis can also provide stakeholders convenience and cut down on their travel cost,\u201d Liboro said.<\/p>\n<p>He said e-hearings will be conducted through a \u201csecure and reliable videoconferencing platform\u201d in addition to adhering to standard practices on the collection, storage, and disposal of personal data.<\/p>\n<p>According to NPC Advisory 2020 \u2013 02 that was signed on Monday, online hearings may be held for all quasi-judicial proceedings such as discovery conferences, summary hearings, mediation conferences, investigations, and clarificatory hearings.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory, entitled \u201cGuidelines on the use of videoconferencing technology for the remote appearance and testimony of parties before the NPC,\u201d took effect on Monday and will remain so until \u201cthe lifting of the State of Public Health Emergency,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Those who wish to avail of e-hearings are required to give written consent as prescribed in the new guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has allowed videoconferencing as a means to conduct hearings online to alleviate the challenges and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":129247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-raymond-carl-dela-cruz","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264203","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=264203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264204,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264203\/revisions\/264204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}