(i) Personal information processor refers to any natural or juridical person
qualified to act as such under this Act to whom a personal information
controller may outsource the processing of personal data pertaining to a
data subject.
(j) Processing refers to any operation or any set of operations performed
upon personal information including, but not limited to, the collection,
recording, organization, storage, updating or modification, retrieval,
consultation, use, consolidation, blocking, erasure or destruction of data.
(k) Privileged information refers to any and all forms of data which under the
Rules of Court and other pertinent laws constitute privileged communication.
(l) Sensitive personal information refers to personal information:
(1) About an individual’s race, ethnic origin, marital status, age, color, and
religious, philosophical or political affiliations;
(2) About an individual’s health, education, genetic or sexual life of a person,
or to any proceeding for any offense committed or alleged to have been
committed by such person, the disposal of such proceedings, or the sentence
of any court in such proceedings;
(3) Issued by government agencies peculiar to an individual which includes,
but not limited to, social security numbers, previous or current health
records, licenses or its denials, suspension or revocation, and tax returns;
and
(4) Specifically established by an executive order or an act of Congress to be
kept classified.
SEC. 4. Scope. – This Act applies to the processing of all types of personal
information and to any natural and juridical person involved in personal
information processing including those personal information controllers and
processors who, although not found or established in the Philippines, use
equipment that are located in the Philippines, or those who maintain an
office, branch or agency in the Philippines subject to the immediately
succeeding paragraph: Provided, That the requirements of Section 5 are
complied with.
This Act does not apply to the following:
(a) Information about any individual who is or was an officer or employee of
a government institution that relates to the position or functions of the
individual, including:
(1) The fact that the individual is or was an officer or employee of the
government institution;
(2) The title, business address and office telephone number of the individual;
(3) The classification, salary range and responsibilities of the position held by
the individual; and
(4) The name of the individual on a document prepared by the individual in
the course of employment with the government;
(b) Information about an individual who is or was performing service under
contract for a government institution that relates to the services performed,
including the terms of the contract, and the name of the individual given in
the course of the performance of those services;
(c) Information relating to any discretionary benefit of a financial nature such
as the granting of a license or permit given by the government to an
individual, including the name of the individual and the exact nature of the
benefit;
(d) Personal information processed for journalistic, artistic, literary or
research purposes;
(e) Information necessary in order to carry out the functions of public
authority which includes the processing of personal data for the performance
by the independent, central monetary authority and law enforcement and
regulatory agencies of their constitutionally and statutorily mandated
functions. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as to have amended or
repealed Republic Act No. 1405, otherwise known as the Secrecy of Bank
Deposits Act; Republic Act No. 6426, otherwise known as the Foreign
Currency Deposit Act; and Republic Act No. 9510, otherwise known as the
Credit Information System Act (CISA);
Source: https://privacy.gov.ph/data-privacy-act/#w1
