The NPC Circular 2023-06, issued on April 1, 2024, strengthens the Philippines’ data protection framework under the Data Privacy Act of 2012 by establishing updated requirements for securing personal data in government and private sectors. It mandates privacy impact assessments, control frameworks, privacy-by-design principles, secure data storage, access, and disposal procedures. Noncompliance can lead to penalties, fines, or criminal liability. Thales aids compliance through encryption, tokenization, key management, data discovery, and identity solutions that enhance data security, threat monitoring, and privacy-by-default practices.

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