REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10175- The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10175- The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

"AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR THE PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, SUPPRESSION AND THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

- approved on September 12, 2012
-Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand eleven.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ACT

It aims to address legal issues concerning online interactions and the Internet in the Philippines. Its original goal was to penalize acts like cybersex, child pornography, identity theft and unsolicited electronic communication in the country.
Among the crimes punishable under RA 10175 are libel, cybersex, child pornography, and offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data and systems like illegal access, illegal interception, data interference, system interference, misuse of devices, cyber-squatting, computer related.

THE PUNISHMENT

The maximum penalty for computer abuse crimes under the federal anti-hacking law — known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or CFAA — is 10 years for first offenders and 20 years for repeat offenders.

Source: What is Republic Act 10175 of the Philippines? (findanyanswer.com)



ARTICLES RELATED TO THE ACT

16 Cybercrimes covered under Cybercrime Prevention Act – Republic Act 10175
It is a law considered to be 11 years in the making as various groups, organizations, and personalities lobbied for its passage. It took awhile for the law to be passed as legislators and various stakeholders need to understand the magnitude of cybercrime and whether the penalty provisions indicated in the E-Commerce Law – Republic Act 8792 is sufficient or not.


                              Cybercrimes ‘prevalent’ during quarantine

Phishing, online scams and “fake news” about the pandemic have emerged as the most prevalent crimes in the country while it is under quarantine, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).






SC sets rules on issuance of warrants for Cybercrime law


The Supreme Court (SC) has laid the rules in the issuance of warrants and related orders in connection with the enforcement of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.

In a 28-page resolution dated July 3 unanimously approved by the SC magistrates, the High Court stated that the rules on warrants and orders involve “the preservation, disclosure, interception, search, seizure, and/or examination, as well as the custody, and destruction of computer data” under RA 10175.

Full Article: SC sets rules on issuance of warrants for Cybercrime law | Philippine News Agency (pna.gov.ph)




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