Topic 2 -Data Privacy Act

The Data Privacy Act of 2012

 …is a 21st century law to address 21st century crimes and concerns. It (1)
protects the privacy of individuals while ensuring free flow of information to
promote innovation and growth; (2) regulates the collection, recording,
organization, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, consultation, use,
consolidation, blocking, erasure or destruction of personal data; and (3)
ensures that the Philippines complies with international standards set for
data protection through National Privacy Commission (NPC).

Topic 3 - Electronic Commerce Act

 The State recognizes the vital role of information and communications
technology (ICT) in nation-building; the need to create an information-
friendly environment which supports and ensures the availability, diversity
and affordability of ICT products and services; the primary responsibility of
the private sector in contributing investments and services in
telecommunications and information technology; the need to develop, with
appropriate training programs and institutional policy changes, human
resources for the information technology age, a labor force skilled in the
use of ICT and a population capable of operating and utilizing electronic
appliances and computers; its obligation to facilitate the transfer and
promotion of adaptation technology, to ensure network security,
connectivity and neutrality of technology for the national benefit; and the
need to marshal, organize and deploy national information infrastructures,
comprising in both telecommunications network and strategic information
services, including their interconnection to the global information networks,
with the necessary and appropriate legal, financial, diplomatic and
technical framework, systems and facilities.

Topic 4 - Ease of Doing Business

Law
The Ease of Doing Business Law
 Republic Act 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient
Government Service Delivery Act of 2018 is an act that aims to
streamline the current systems and procedures of government
services. It is the landmark law of the Duterte administration that
addresses priority number 3 of its 0+10 Point Socio-economic
Agenda. This particular agenda pertains to improving the
competitiveness of and ease of doing business in the Philippines.
Signed into law on 28 May 2018, the law effectively amends Republic
Act 9485 or the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007.
The strengthened version of the law is poised to facilitate prompt
actions or resolution of all government transactions with efficiency. It
applies to all government offices and agencies in the Executive
Department including local government units (LGUs), government-
owned or -controlled corporations, and other government
instrumentalities, located in the Philippines or abroad, that provide
services covering business-related and non-business transactions as
defined in the IRR