Privacy commissioner Raymund Liboro says the Bureau of Corrections cannot invoke the Data Privacy Act to withhold information on the alleged deaths of high-profile inmates. Full story:
The Bureau of Corrections cannot invoke the Data Privacy Act to withhold information on the alleged deaths of high-profile inmates at the New Bilibid Prison"The Data Privacy Act is not a cloak for denying the public's right to know. High-profile inmates like Sebastian had become public figures on account of their previous association with particular national issues in the past," Privacy Commissioner Raymund Liboro told reporters in a message Tuesday, July 21.
Up until Monday afternoon, after a closed-door meeting with Guevarra, BuCor chief Gerald Bantag was still invoking the data privacy law in his refusal to disclose details of the reported deaths. As to the 8 other deaths of high-profile inmates, Guevarra said"it may be prudent to await the results of the NBI investigation first."
"The Data Privacy Law should not be misused to blur the accountability of public officers, thwart the constitutional right to information on matters of public concern, or disregard the personal interest of the victims and all those who labored to hold the guilty liable," Cayosa said in a statement Tuesday.
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