I. Introduction
The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (“FPA”) adopts this Data Privacy Policies and Guidelines on the Implementation of Republic Act No. 10173, otherwise known as the “Data Privacy Act Of 2012”, to cultivate conscientiousness in respecting data privacy rights through adherence to the general principles of data privacy: transparency, proportionality, legitimate purpose as well as the enforcement of data security measures.


II. DEFINITION OF TERMS
“Commission” – refers to the National Privacy Commission.

“Consent of the Data Subject” – refers to any freely given, specific, informed indication of will, whereby the data subject agrees to the collection and processing of personal information about and/or relating to him/her. Consent shall be evidenced by written, electronic or recorded means. It may also be given on behalf of the data subject by an agent specifically authorized by the data subject to do so.

“Data Subject” – refers to an individual whose personal, sensitive personal or privileged information is processed by the FPA. It may refer to officers, employees, consultants, and clients/customers of the FPA.

“Personal Data” – refers to all types of personal information.

“Personal Data Breach” – refers to a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to personal data transmitted, stored, or otherwise processed.

“Personal Information” – refers to any information whether recorded in a material form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information, or when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify an individual.

“Personal Information Controller (PIC)” – refers to an official/personnel who controls the collection, holding, processing, use, transfer, or disclosure of personal information, including an official/personnel who instructs another official/personnel to collect, hold, process, use, transfer or disclose personal information on his/her behalf. There is control if the official/personnel decides on what information is collected, or the purpose or extent of its processing. The term excludes an official/personnel who performs such functions as instructed by another official/personnel, and an official/personnel who collects, holds, processes, uses, transfers, or discloses personal information in connection with the individual’s personal, family or household affairs.

“Personal Information Processor (PIP)” – refers to any natural or juridical person qualified to act as such under the Data Privacy Act (DPA) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) to whom a PIC outsources or instructs the processing of personal data pertaining to a data subject.

“Privileged Information” – refers to any and all forms of data which under the Rules of Court and other pertinent laws constitute privileged communication.

“Processing” – refers to any operation or any set of operations performed upon personal information including, but not limited to, the collection, recording, organization, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, consultation, use, consolidation, blocking, erasure, or destruction of data.

“Sensitive Personal Information” – refers to personal information:
 

1. about an individual’s race, ethnic origin, marital status, age, color, and religious, philosophical or political affiliations;
2. about an individual’s health, education, genetic or sexual life of a person, or to any proceeding for any offense committed or alleged to have been committed by such person, the disposal of such proceedings, or the sentence of any court in such proceedings;
3. issued by government agencies peculiar to an individual which includes, but not limited to, social security numbers, previous or current health records, licenses or its denials, suspension or revocation, and tax returns; and
4. specifically established by an executive order or an act of Congress to be kept classified.

VISION
Improved quality of life for all Filipinos through increased farm incomes, productivity and food production using safe and appropriate fertilizer and pesticide inputs.

MANDATE
Assuring the agricultural sector of adequate supplies of fertilizer and pesticide at reasonable prices, rationalizing the manufacture and marketing of fertilizer, protecting the public from the risks inherent in the use of pesticides, and educating the agricultural sector in the use of these inputs.

STRATEGIC THRUSTS

• Fertilizer and Pesticide Regulation
• Education/Product Stewardship
• Harmonizing with International Standards on Labeling
• Good Governance