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Sexual harassment claims against Miss Earth pageant organizer attracts scrutiny of Philippine privacy regulator

( November 13, 2018, 07:53 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Philippines' National Privacy Commission has raised data-privacy issues related to a sexual-harassment controversy involving the organizers of the Miss Earth beauty pageant. In a letter sent today, the regulator asked the organizer, Carousel Productions, to explain within five days the alleged disclosure of a contestant's mobile phone number to a sponsor, and the confiscation of contestants' passports. The regulator also warned the company that it doesn't have a registered data-protection officer or data-processing system, which means it could be in breach of the Data Privacy Act.The commission's statement follows and the letter sent to the company is attached.  ...

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