Philippines: Guidelines on data scraping of publicly available personal data (No. 2026 - 01)
Progress
Current status
adopted
13 Apr 2026 adopted
Scope
Implementers
Philippines
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
National Privacy Commission adopted guidelines on data scraping of publicly available personal data
On 13 April 2026, the Philippine National Privacy Commission (NPC) adopted guidelines on data scraping of publicly available personal data under the Data Privacy Act of 2012. The guidelines apply to organisations that conduct scraping activities as …
Event type
order
Action type
adoption
Government branch
executive
Government body
data protection authority