NPC
Identity
NamePhilippines National Privacy Commission
TypeDPA
AcronymNPC
DomainPrivacy · AI
VerifiedVerified
Verified date4 May 2026
Source
LatestApril 2026: NPC issued Advisory 2026-01 on data scraping of publicly available personal data
Mandate
Independent body administering and implementing the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173). Issues binding circulars and advisories shaping AI compliance, including NPC Circular No. 2022-04 (registration of automated decision-making and profiling, with mandatory notification of decisions significantly affecting data subjects) and NPC Advisory No. 2024-04 (deployer accountability for AI systems under the DPA). Co-authored the NPC–IC Joint Advisory on Privacy Enhancing Technologies in the insurance industry.
Practical guidance
Per-authority guidance topic tiles indexing pending. Until wired, see the authority's website.
Use the authority's website (top-right) for current guidance and circulars. The full Philippines instrument list is on the jurisdiction page.
Recent activity from NPC
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