SIM Card Registration Act

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs his first law, the SIM Card Registration Act. Here's a rundown of controversies surrounding the law.

The previous version included the mandatory registration of social media accounts. - Telecommunications entities are required to maintain a SIM card register of their subscribers. Duterte, much to his critics’ surprise, cited that the law would infringe on constitutionally protected rights. Failure to do so would result in deactivation of SIM cards. - The use of false or fictitious information, the use of fictitious identities, and the use of fraudulent documents or identifications to register a SIM Card will be dealt with by appropriate penalties. - The law directs telcos to disclose the full name and address of SIM card owners upon a subpoena or order of a court.

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday signed the SIM Card Registration Act, the first law he signed as the country's chief executive.

The SIM Registration Act and the bill postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls are the first two enrolled bills of the 19th Congress. According to Office of the Press Secretary officer-in-charge Cheloy Garafil, the SIM Card Registration Act aims to provide “accountability in the use of SIM cards and aid law enforcers to track perpetrators of crimes committed through phones.” Law enforcement agencies investigating crimes committed through mobile phones, meanwhile, may also write a request to the firms to obtain the information of the registered SIM card owner.

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is set to sign into law a measure that requires all SIM card users across the country to register with public ...

— DVM, GMA News [having difficulty determining the source of the information](https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/843858/house-panel-asks-privacy-commission-where-scammers-got-contact-details/story/). [approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate](https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/846325/senate-ratifies-bicam-report-on-sim-registration-bill/story/), which requires registration to go directly through PTE platforms before a sim is activated.

The SIM Card Registration Act, which was vetoed by former President Rodrigo Duterte, requires prepaid SIM card users to register and verify their phone ...

A signing ceremony was held at the Ceremonial Hall in Malacañang and was attended by several lawmakers led by House Speaker and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez.

Disclaimer: The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. [SIM card law may be first to be signed by Marcos](https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/468205/sim-card-law-may-be-first-to-be-signed-by-marcos) [House finally approves refiled SIM card registration bill](https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/464815/house-finally-approves-refiled-sim-card-registration-bill) According to Office of the Press Secretary officer-in-charge Cheloy Garafil, the SIM Card Registration Act aims to provide “accountability in the use of SIM cards and aid law enforcers to track perpetrators of crimes committed through phones.”

It's official. Filipinos must now register their SIM cards with their telcos after President Marcos signed Republic Act No. 11934, or the SIM Registration ...

An earlier version of the law prescribed 180 days. The law requires public telecommunications entities (PTEs) to maintain a SIM Card Register of their subscribers, containing the required information. - Voter’s ID

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday signed into law a measure seeking the registration of Subscriber Identity Module, which aims to promote ...

Kasi once you are able to verify now that these people are legitimate people and even if they're not registered with GCash, eventually maybe some other PayMaya or WeChat pay," Uy said. We will ensure that the fears and anxieties of some groups about this Act will not materialize." "Eventually, I think that can be used for digital banking and digital payments diba? Aside from deterring crimes, Uy believes that this could help in digital banking in the future. Nowadays, it's somehow scary because our names are being included in the text messages.) I hope it has desired effects," he said. (I think this will be easy... for instance, one way I'm thinking of approaching it is lahat tayo may cellphone na eh. So the telcos will just send you a notice na please go to this site and validate, put in your validation na kayo 'yun and then take a picture of your ID and then upload it and then they can verify whether that's correct or not," he added. "Crucially as well, included in this crucial piece of legislation are provisions that make paramount the protection of confidentiality and data privacy rights of subscribers, which shall begin to take effect at the point of sale," he added. "We will soon be able to provide law enforcement agencies with the tools needed to resolve crimes perpetrated with the use of these SIM cards, as well as providing a strong deterrence against the commission of wrongdoing," Marcos said. In his speech, Marcos said with the signing of the law, the government has achieved an effective means of regulating the issuance of SIMs to curb the spread of spam text messages and scams.

Telcos say that a 'fool-proof' National ID System is vital to the. Graphic representation of the national ID. INQUIRER.net. MANILA, Philippines — ...

It noted that if people can present falsified identification (ID) cards, the SIM Card Registration Act would become useless. Aside from our advanced cybersecurity capabilities, we welcome a new regulatory environment that has stronger safeguards against cyber threats and other crimes carried out using mobile phones,” Castelo said. Globe Telecom explained in a statement that a “verifiable and fool-proof identification system” is the “foundation” of the new SIM card registration law.

“The signed SIM Registration Law poses problems for privacy rights as the Philippine government is notorious for illegal surveillance and violations of data ...

That means they would need to show valid identification cards and a complete registration form. The data that will be collected may not be kept safe as the Philippine government has previous incidents of data leaks (especially those involving election data),” he added. The SIM registration can become a vast surveillance network used against the people. 28 — praised the signing. The law — Republic Act No. “We understand the recent concerns over online scams, but sacrificing privacy is a more problematic response.

On Monday, the SIM Card Registration Act, became the first law to be signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr..

In other countries where the same law is in effect, state surveillance has been a real concern. “We will soon be able to provide law enforcement agencies the tools needed to resolve crimes perpetrated with the use of these SIM cards as well as providing a strong deterrence against the commission of wrongdoing,” Mr. Doing so will unburden the telcos of the need to establish another database to store biometrics data, which would be time-consuming and resource-heavy,” DITO Telecommunity chief technology officer Rodolfo Santiago said. Offenses punishable under RA 11934 include the failure or refusal to register a SIM card; breach of confidentiality, may it be intentional or due to negligence; use of false or fictitious information or identity or fraudulent IDs in SIM card registration; spoofing a registered SIM card; sale of a stolen SIM card, and sale or transfer of a registered SIM card without complying with the required registration. general counsel Froilan Castelo said in a statement on Monday. The registration will be at the point of sale, which means that a SIM card will not be sold to a person who refuses to provide the required personal information. The law prohibits the disclosure of the personal information of a subscriber unless upon subpoena or lawful order from a competent court or written request from a law enforcement agency in relation to an ongoing investigation. Frederike Kaltheuner, Human Rights Watch director for Technology and Human Rights, noted that SIM card registration would allow the state to know the identity of the owner of a SIM card, and thus who is most likely making a call or sending a message at any given time. A SIM card may be registered for use by a minor but should be under the name of a parent or a guardian. also raised the need for telco players to be given more time to prepare for the measure’s implementation to “ensure the safety of the information that will be collected from prepaid subscribers.” “[It] will greatly help if both the national ID system and the passport system will be used as the validation of the identity of the subscriber. MANILA, Philippines — Text spam and scam messages may soon be a thing of the past once the law mandating the registration of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards takes effect.

The personal information of mobile phone users will remain protected under the newly-enacted Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Law, ...

She also added that Smart had blocked 167,000 unique mobile numbers used to send out smishing texts. 10, shortly after the measure was signed into law. [https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/10/marcos-signs-sim-registration-act/](https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/10/marcos-signs-sim-registration-act/)

Subscriber identity module (SIM) cards. The STAR/File. MANILA, Philippines — Yesterday, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. signed into law the SIM Card ...

— With reports from Kaycee Valmonte, Xave Gregorio, Ramon Royandoyan, and Angelica Yang After signing the SIM Card Registration act into law, Marcos Jr. Related: