Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) Magazine, an online publication

owned by Data Privacy Asia, featured an article by SyCipLaw partner Rose

Marie M. King-Dominguez. Entitled “Philippines: To Be or Not To Be a

Data Protection Officer (DPO)”, the article discusses the qualifications

and responsibilities of a DPO as outlined in the Philippine Data Privacy Act of

2012. It also outlines difficulties companies may experience in the appointment

of a DPO.

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the article online at the CPO Magazine website.

Rose Marie M.

King-Dominguez  regularly advises clients in various industries on

privacy and data protection issues (e.g., employee data policies, BYOD,

cloud regulation, use of data in customer agreements, and privacy policies on

sites). Clients include those in manufacturing and trading, outsourcing,

e-money and payment systems, gaming, cloud and data services, financial

services, and retail. Ms. King-Dominguez and her team had helped provide

comments on the Philippine Data Privacy Law enacted in 2012, and had engaged

with members of the House of Representatives technical team on aspects of the

legislation.