Practice question
A database links a named person to a pending criminal complaint and the scheduled proceedings. No guilt finding exists. Its controller argues that the offense-proceeding information cannot be sensitive until conviction because the presumption of innocence remains. Assess only data classification, not guilt or permission to process.
- Presumption of innocence removes every privacy classification.
- Only a final conviction is mentioned in the definition.
- Section 3(l) expressly includes proceedings for an offense alleged to have been committed; classification does not adjudicate guilt.
- The controller may declare guilt to create a lawful basis.
- A pending case is never information about the named person.
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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