MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives approved Tuesday a bill providing protection to consumers and merchants engaged in internet transactions. With 232 affirmative and six negative votes, the lower chamber approved on final reading House Bill No. The bureau is mandated to coordinate with the Department of Information and Communications Technology to establish, manage and maintain a Registry of Online Business which shall provide consumers access to data and information of registered online business entities for purposes of verifying the validity, existence of and other relevant information pertaining to business entities. The measure also prescribes a code of conduct for all businesses engaged in eCommerce, stipulates the obligations of eCommerce platform operators, and specifies the responsibilities of online merchant of goods. RELATED STORIESRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 24, 2020 13:06 UTC