Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, spokesperson for the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, said mandatory disclosure of the personal information of COVID-19 patients did not mean the government would share their data with the public. The DOH will issue guidelines on contact tracing and data sharing, taking into account data privacy as well, he said. COVID-19 patients must also disclose accurate and truthful information to the DOH, and doing otherwise would land them in trouble, as truthful disclosure is required by law, Nograles said. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012. Mechanisms should also be in place to deal with reports of discrimination against confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients, she added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 13, 2020 20:55 UTC