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Practice question: Digital Platforms, Online Consumers and Merchants

Multiple Choice Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

An e-marketplace collects government ID documents for merchant verification. It argues Section 21(b) requires unrestricted public posting of every ID image and all merchant contact details. Which is correct?
  1. The paragraph expressly excepts those ID or registration documents and contact details from its stated publication requirement.
  2. Verification automatically authorizes unrestricted publication of all IDs.
  3. Consumer protection abolishes all data-privacy duties.
  4. Every merchant must publicly disclose an ID password.
  5. The statute prohibits collecting any merchant-identification information.

Legal references

  • RA 11967, Internet Transactions Act, Sections 3-5 and 21-23: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/96902

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