Rules on accountability

1. Accountability for Transfer of Personal Data

1) A personal information controller shall be responsible for any personal data under its control or custody, including information that have been outsourced or transferred to a personal information processor or a third party for processing, whether domestically or internationally, subject to cross-border arrangement and cooperation. (Section 50, Rule XII, IRR of the Data Privacy Act)

2) A personal information controller shall be accountable for complying with the requirements of the Act, these Rules, and other issuances of the Commission. It shall use contractual or other reasonable means to provide a comparable level of protection to the personal data while it is being processed by a personal information processor or third party. (Section 50[a], Rule XII, Ibid.)

3) A personal information controller shall designate an individual or individuals who are accountable for its compliance with the Act. The identity of the individual or individuals so designated shall be made known to a data subject upon request. (Section 50[b], Rule XII, Ibid.)

2. Accountability for Violation of the Act, these Rules and Other Issuances of the NPC

Any natural or juridical person, or other body involved in the processing of personal data, who fails to comply with the Act, these Rules, and other issuances of the Commission, shall be liable for such violation, and shall be subject to its corresponding sanction, penalty, or fine, without prejudice to any civil or criminal liability, as may be applicable. (Section 51[a], Rule XII, Ibid.)

a. Indemnity

In cases where a data subject files a complaint for violation of his or her rights as data subject, and for any injury suffered as a result of the processing of his or her personal data, the Commission may award indemnity on the basis of the applicable provisions of the New Civil Code. (Section 51[b], Rule XII, Ibid.)

b. Criminal prosecution

In case of criminal acts and their corresponding personal penalties, the person who committed the unlawful act or omission shall be recommended for prosecution by the Commission based on substantial evidence. If the offender is a corporation, partnership, or any juridical person, the responsible officers, as the case may be, who participated in, or by their gross negligence, allowed the commission of the crime, shall be recommended for prosecution by the Commission based on substantial evidence. (Section 50[c], Rule XII, Ibid.)

References

Republic Act No. 10173, Data Privacy Act of 2012

2016 IRR of the Data Privacy Act

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