SoNA reflections | Business | Daily Tribune

The NPC dedicated its earliest years in building a solid ground for data privacy through information campaigns, capacity-building, and empowering privacy professionals. A few days ago, President Roa Rodrigo Duterte gave his last State of the Nation Address (SoNA), which recounted the current administration's victories, priorities and plans going forward. Perhaps one of the most resounding statements made by the President in his SoNA is his drive to shape our government as a truly customer-centric and service-oriented institution: mapagmalasakit, makatao, maka-Pilipino. The value of sincere government service underpins higher national objectives. When the President assumed office five years ago, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) was tasked to build a culture of privacy that fosters trust in those trying to do it right, all while ensuring accountability against those blatantly viol...