NPC reacts to Miss Earth harassment issue.
MISS EARTH HARASSMENT ISSUE – The National Privacy Commission (NPC) ordered the organizers of Miss Earth 2018 to explain something regarding the controversy.
Just recently, three of the delegates from this year’s Miss Earth competition which was held in the country have these intriguing statements and accusations towards a sponsor who accordingly violated them.
Miss Guam pointed the sponsor named Amado S. Cruz for “grabbing her bare backside during the National Costume Competition of the pageant but she was able to push him away but he told her not to tell it to anyone.
Meanwhile, Miss Canada Jaime Yvonne has shared, “At an event at the Manila Yacht Club he took all of the delegates in my group to his yacht and had some girls take sultry photos. Again, I was disgusted.”
Also, Miss England Abbey-Anne Gyles-Brown had the same revelations and sentiments about a sponsor asking sexual favors in exchange for the crown. However, the Miss Earth sponsor has denied all the accusations and is also thinking of taking legal actions over those malicious accusations.
And now, after all the revelations of these delegates such as their number given to someone without their consent and for taking their passport away from them, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) demanded an explanation from the organizers of Miss Earth 2018 to explain their “data protection measures”.
“The NPC’s database shows no record of the organizer, its Data Protection Officer (DPO), nor details of its data processing system. This signifies potential non-compliance with the Data Privacy Act and implies possible negligence in adhering to data protection standards set by the commission,” the statement based on CNN’s report has indicated.
Moreover, NPC Chairman and Privacy Commissioner Raymund Enriquez Liboro added, “Every organization has to have someone whose job it is to ensure that the personal information they have been entrusted with remains private and safe from potential misuse.”
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