DATA PRIVACY COMMITTEE and PRIVACY FOCAL PERSON

The University of the Philippines has designated Privacy Focal Persons for each major academic unit. For the UP Asian Center, the Privacy Focal Person is Mr. Janus Nolasco, University Researcher I, Privacy Focal Person. The UP Asian Center also has a Committee on Data Privacy, whose members include:

• Maria Cecilia T. Medina, PhD, Assistant Professor (Chair)
• Janus Nolasco, University Researcher I
• Avelino Golondrina, Administrative Assistant
• Jerebeth Mojado, Supply Officer
• Alessandra Gumba, Librarian

SCOPE of the DATA PRIVACY ACT

The functions of the UP Asian Center are subject to the provisions of the Data Privacy Act. These functions include the collection, storage, retrieval, editing, transmission, and disposal of the following:

• Personnel records and transactions (staff and faculty)
• Student records
• Student applicants' records
• Applicants for positions
• Mailing lists on graduate program application, job opportunities, lectures and conferences

Under the law, the UP Asian Center is mandated to protect regulate unauthorized (including third-party) access to, and disclosure of, personal and sensitive personal information. The Data Privacy Act also stipulates Data Subject Rights and Responsibilities. Data subject refers to a person from whom data is collected. One of these rights is the right to access, which mandates that data subjects have the right to know where and how information is stored by the UP Asian Center.

To learn more about the University's privacy policies, kindly visit UP's Data Privacy Portal.