Practice question
A private employer keeps a named employee’s marital-status record. The employer says it cannot be sensitive because it contains no illness or diagnosis. Assess only classification under Section 3(l).
- Health is the only sensitive category in the Act.
- Marital status becomes sensitive only if handwritten.
- The employer may choose the statutory category by preference.
- Marital status is expressly sensitive personal information even without medical content.
- Every employment record is necessarily nonpersonal.
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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