Philippines antitrust regulator weighs privacy factors in digital-market enforcement
By James Konstantin Galvez ( September 1, 2026, 05:40 GMT | Insight) -- The Philippine Competition Commission is considering whether data privacy should play a more explicit role in competition-law assessments of digital markets, Chairman Michael Aguinaldo said Tuesday. The PCC is weighing how to incorporate privacy concerns without discouraging innovation after a study found the country's social media and search markets highly concentrated, with closer coordination with the National Privacy Commission likely.The Philippine antitrust regulator is considering making data privacy a more explicit part of competition-law analysis as major digital platforms amass increasing volumes of user data, its chairman said Tuesday....
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