Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez learned about the incident from an angry complaint on Twitter by a certain Ynna, whose girlfriend received the text message from the male Comelec staff member on Thursday night. ADVERTISEMENTWithout giving his name, the man introduced himself as the Comelec employee with whom Ynna’s girlfriend had a conversation about fingerprints. 10173, or the Data Privacy Act of 2012, it is illegal to use personal information for unauthorized purposes and to process such information without the permission of the person concerned. Jimenez pointed out, however, that it was still unclear if the message sender was indeed a Comelec employee since he did not have additional information about the man and the city to which he was supposedly assigned. Our particular concern is that he claimed to be a Comelec employee,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 29, 2018 21:50 UTC