Practice question
A WDCD validly requires only the identity, verification ID and contact information of an account holder for a cybercrime investigation. A bank officer invokes EastWest Rural Bank to add unrelated balance histories to a public press release, without any separate authority. Which answer best identifies the limit?
- The decision sustains defined lawful identifying-information disclosure; it does not authorize unrelated public release of financial histories
- The decision abolished every deposit-information restriction
- Any valid warrant permits disclosure of every account to every audience
- A press release necessarily has the same scope as the warrant
- Bank officers decide privately which protected details become public
Legal references
- EastWest Rural Bank v. PNP-ACG, GR273720, July29 2025, Hernando MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jul2025/gr_273720_2025.html MAIN WDCD scope and preservation of financial-detail protection.
- RA1405: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1955/ra_1405_1955.html Sections2–3.
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