The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued Memorandum Circular No. 001-01-2026, requiring the covered public service entities to undergo an annual performance audit conducted by an independent evaluation team. The rules and regulations of the NTC are to monitor cost, the quality of services provided to the public, and the

On 13 April 2026, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) issued NPC Advisory No. 2026-01 entitled Guidelines on Data Scraping of Publicly Available Personal Data. The guidelines apply to Personal Information Controllers (PICs) and Personal Information Processors (PIPs) that engage in data scraping practices and technologies and PICs that host publicly

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has issued Circular No. 1232, series of 2026, introducing the Cybersecurity Maturity Framework (CMF) and the Cybersecurity Control Self-Assessment (CCSA) requirement to strengthen information and cybersecurity off-site surveillance and risk assessment among banks and other BSP-supervised financial institutions (BSFIs). The circular amends the Manual