Practice question
A rescue team needs a person’s sensitive allergy information to protect that person’s life during an emergency. The person is physically unable to express consent, and the proposed processing is limited to what is necessary for the rescue. Assume the Act applies and its other requirements are met. Which Section 13 exception directly addresses these facts?
- Any commercial interest automatically permits every sensitive-data disclosure.
- Necessary protection of life and health where the data subject cannot legally or physically express consent before processing.
- Consent is conclusively presumed for every future unrelated use.
- Sensitive information is never processable in any emergency.
- A rescuer may publish the entire record for entertainment.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 10173, Sections 3(b), 3(j), 11, 12, 13 and 14: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10173_2012.html
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