Practice question
A person demands that an agency release legally confidential personal information merely because it is stored in an official file. Which is best?
- Official custody eliminates every privacy interest
- RA 6713 requires release of every secret
- FOI abolishes all statutory exceptions
- The agency must publish it to everyone
- Official custody alone does not remove applicable confidentiality and privacy limits
Legal references
- Executive Order No. 2, July 23, 2016, Sections 2-6 and 9-13: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo2016/eo_2_2016.html
- Republic Act No. 6713, Sections 5(e) and 7(c): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6713_1989.html
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