ICT-RELATED LEGAL BASES

• Republic Act 10844, also known as the Department of Information and Communications Technology Act of 2015, aims to promote the use of new technologies and protect users from related challenges.
• The objectives of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) include understanding the different trends, opportunities, and challenges of new technology, identifying real-life problems involving technology and discussing solutions, and understanding that there are laws and institutions that can protect us when using these advancements in technology.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) was created by Republic Act 10844.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has the mandate to promote, develop, and administer ICT policies, plan, and programs.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is responsible for improving public access to ICT infrastructure, regulating the operations and maintenance of ICT structures, and establishing free internet service in government offices.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is also responsible for resource-sharing and capacity-building, harmonizing national ICT plans among government agencies, ensuring the development and protection of ICT-related infrastructures and designs, and assisting and providing technical assistance to government agencies in the enforcement of the laws.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is also responsible for assessing and reviewing researches related to ICT development programs, listing the qualifications of personnel of ICT for effective development and operation of ICT systems, and creating programs that will have impact for ICT advancements.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is also responsible for consumer protection and industry development, ensuring and protecting the rights of consumers and businesses to privacy, security, and confidentiality, and supporting promotion and trade investment in ICT, coordinating with DTI.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is also responsible for establishing guidelines for public-private partnerships about ICT projects, promoting local and international alliances to speed up ICT growth and advancements in the country.
• Republic Act 10844, also known as the "Department of Information and Communications Technology Act of 2015", was created to establish the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and define its mandate, power, and functions.
• The mandate of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) includes policy planning, formulating, recommending, and implementing policies with regards to ICT utilization.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is responsible for formulating policies and initiatives with coordination with DepEd.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) aims to improve public access to ICT structures and regulate their operations and maintenance.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is responsible for establishing free internet service in government offices.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is involved in resource sharing and capacity building, harmonizing national ICT plans among government agencies, and reviewing researches related to ICT development programs.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) assists in information dissemination related to disaster risk reduction using ICT.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) ensures and protects the rights of education and businesses to privacy, security, and confidentiality.
• The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) establishes guidelines for public private partnerships about ICT projects.
• Cyberbullying, as defined by Republic Act 10627, is the use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends.
• Cybercrime, as defined by Republic Act No. 10175, is the use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends.
• The Anti-Bullying Act, as defined by Republic Act 10627, is an anti-bullying law that aims to protect students from severe or repeated use of a written, verbal, or electronic expression, physical act, or gesture.
• Beyond the school, cyberbullying can be filed as a case and can be seen as slander, libel, or other acts against the revised penal code.
• Cybercrime is defined as the use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends by Republic Act No. 10175, the Anti-Cybercrime Law.
• The Anti-Cybercrime Law, Republic Act No. 10175, defines what cyber crimes are, how it is investigated and what are its penalties.
• Examples of cybercrime include offense against confidentiality, illegal access, data interference, and privacy act.
• Sensitive personal information, as defined by Republic Act No. 10173, includes race, ethan origin, maritstatus, age, color, religious, philosophical or political affiliations, and individual's current health, education, genetics.
• The National Privacy Commission is an independent body created to administer and implement the different provisions of the privacy act.
• The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) functions include examining applications for the grant of letters patent for inventions and register utility models and industrial designs, and examining applications for the registration of marks.
• The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) also functions as the e-Gazelle.