MANILA - The National Privacy Commission on Wednesday said it has "reservations" on the proposed SIM card registration bills as it may lead to "heightened risk" of personal data breaches and has yet to be proven effective in reducing crimes.
"There may be 155 countries with mandatory SIM card registration but it was also reported there is really no empirical evidence yet that proves that mandatory SIM card registration directly leads to reduction of crime," she added. "In countries where SIM registration was implemented primarily for purposes of law enforcement, SIM registration has proved ineffective and has created new and additional criminal activities related to circumventing SIM registration," he said.
"Yes there is a data privacy issue here but we can find ways because we have a law that will protect our privacy and our data. We have a stringent law and powers to Data Privacy Commission to impose mechanisms and safeguards in order to protect our data privacy in light of this SIM card registration."
"Prepaid is a tool to enable our constituents to afford telecommunication and data consumption. Unscrupulous people have been using the prepaid to retrieve [data] illegally and also create crimes. It’s now become a tool for criminals," Gatchalian said. "Some might be digitally, socially, and financially excluded kung 'di sila makapagregister. We understand that if you're not able to register your existing prepaid ika-cut po ang service," she said.
Wouldnt sim registration b better to catch criminals n scammers
Lol Really So what are u afraid of? U certainly didnt complain when u received texts selling this n that Isnt that not a breach of data privacy
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