The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has launched a partnership with Globe to promote digital responsibility and data privacy among the Filipino youth. NPC’s program, “Kabataang Digital”, aims to provide age-appropriate support for children to help them understand the nature of privacy and the digital environment’s implications on their privacy rights. The “Kabataang Digital” program was introduced by the NPC last December 2019 in front of over 500 students and educators during the 52nd Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) Forum in Cebu City.
Part of the partnership between Globe and NPC was to create a book for children to better understand the concept of data privacy and security. Kabataang Digital is simply an avenue in educating and propagating the ideas that we in the National Privacy Commission upholds to further our fight in protecting our young users from all the power they have with every click. With all the possibilities on the Internet, data security, amongst others, is very vital in creating a safer online environment for everyone – most especially the youth,” shared Privacy Commissioner Raymund Liboro.
Prior to the launch, Globe enabled project and program heads of the NPC with all five (5) Digital Thumbprint Program (DTP) modules: Digital Insight, Digital Impact, Digital Ambition, and Digital Discernment, and the Parent Module, through a train-the-trainer workshop.
The award-winning DTP is a series of workshops designed to educate learners, parents, and educators alike on digital citizenship, online safety, and the responsible use of the internet. The modules were designed to increase participant knowledge of the following:
- The current and constantly changing landscape of life online in the Philippines
- The various online threats, abuses, and predatorial and abusive behavior that netizens in the Philippines may fall victim to; and how to protect one’s self and others from these.
- The essential principles and practices around cyber safety and security
- Online etiquette and how to help create a responsible online community
- How to identify what information online is credible or questionable
- How as parents and educators can we can keep children safe online
Digital versions of the modules are also available on Globe’s website, Youtube, and the Kabataang Digital microsite of the NPC. The Digital Thumbprint Program as linked closely to the objectives of Kabataan Digital by the NPC generates content as tools in upbringing more responsible digital citizens. I take part as an ambassador of the program by always putting first the security of users online and continuing the cause that the Commission is mandated to – and that is to protect their data as their own,” Mr. Liboro added.
“We congratulate the National Privacy Commission on the successful launch of the Kabataang Digital Program and are grateful for the opportunity to collaborate and contribute through our Digital Thumbprint Program. We are hopeful that, through the NPC’s Kabataang Digital Program and Globe’s Digital Thumbprint Program, we can make the internet a safer space for our children to learn, explore, communicate, and create,” said Atty.
