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Lawful Access and Confidentiality

Explore Lawful Access and Confidentiality in Electronic Commerce Act (RA 8792) for the Philippine Bar. Browse subtopics and published practice questions, then…

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  1. Under section 31, in whose favor may access to an electronic file be authorized and enforced?
  2. What purpose limitation does section 31 state?
  3. Under section 31, whose consent is required before an electronic key for identity or integrity is made available?
  4. A technician is lawfully given access to a file solely to repair a specified system fault. He later uses it for unrelat…
  5. A person obtains an electronic document under powers conferred by RA 8792 and proposes sharing it with a friend for gos…
  6. An investigator obtains a confidential electronic register under RA 8792 powers. A private firm offers payment for a co…
  7. A project manager has a legal right to read a business file but no consent from the entity lawfully possessing its iden…
  8. State the two principal access safeguards in section 31.
  9. Explain section 32’s confidentiality obligation and its statutory setting.
  10. Distinguish legal access, purpose-limited use, and onward disclosure in an authorized electronic investigation.
  11. Does RA 8792 Section 31 confine lawful file access solely to persons who own the file, excluding every person with a le…
  12. What items besides electronic files are expressly within Section 32's confidentiality list when accessed through powers…