Practice question
A business seeks its competitor’s pricing database solely for commercial advantage, alleging no effect on privacy in life, liberty or security. Is habeas data proper?
- Yes, all useful information is obtainable through the writ.
- No; the purely commercial objective lacks the required nexus.
- Yes, because a database exists.
- Yes, whenever ordinary discovery is slower.
- No; private entities can never be respondents.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/jan2008/am_08_1_16_sc_2008.html — A.M. 08-1-16-SC, January 22, 2008; Habeas Data Rule sections 1, 6, 10, 16 and 22.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/oct2014/gr_203254_2014.html — Lee v. Ilagan, G.R. 203254, October 8, 2014, main opinion: privacy nexus and substantial evidence.
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