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Philippines Replaces Blanket PIA Rule: AI, Biometric Processing Faces New Scrutiny
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Fusion42 · 24 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
The Philippines' National Privacy Commission released a draft circular revising its Privacy Impact Assessment rules, introducing risk-tiered mandatory assessments focused on AI, biometric data, children's data, cross-border transfers, and other high-risk processing, while exempting routine data handling from mandatory assessment requirements.
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The Philippines has shifted from a one-size-fits-all privacy assessment to targeted scrutiny of AI and biometric data, signalling a tighter gate on high-risk data processing. You must update your compliance processes to focus on these new risk triggers or lose market access.
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