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Practice question: Rights of the Data Subject

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Practice question

A controller supplies a customer its contact details and stated storage period as required under Section 16(b). It then changes that declaration without prior notification. None of the statutory notification exceptions applies. Which rule is directly implicated?
  1. The controller may change every supplied declaration secretly
  2. Only a death certificate can trigger notification
  3. Notification is prohibited by the Act
  4. A controller’s ownership eliminates the information right
  5. Information supplied on the listed matters may not be amended without prior notification subject to the statutory exceptions

Legal references

  • RA 10173, Data Privacy Act of 2012: https://privacy.gov.ph/data-privacy-act/; Section 16(b), final paragraph.

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