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Philippines flags potential record privacy fine in first access-request case

By James Konstantin Galvez ( January 28, 2026, 08:34 GMT | Insight) -- The Philippine National Privacy Commission has ordered Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. to release complete CCTV footage and imposed a fine equal to 0.75 percent of its annual gross income, capped at 5 million pesos. The case marks the regulator’s first enforcement action involving a denied data access request and could result in its largest administrative penalty to date.The Philippines’ privacy regulator has imposed what could be its biggest administrative penalty to date on Metro Retail Stores Group Inc., in what it said was its first case involving a denied data access request....

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