Practice question
A business stores customer numbers in one table and a matching table linking each number to a named individual. It claims the numbered records cannot be personal information merely because the names are stored separately. Is that correct?
- Yes, separate tables always anonymize data.
- Yes, only records containing a photograph identify someone.
- Yes, numerical information can never identify a person.
- Yes, the business may define personal information as it wishes.
- No; information that combines to identify an individual directly and certainly can fall within the statutory definition.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 10173, section 3(g), (k), and (l), https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10173_2012.html
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