Cybercrime Prevention Act Law 2012 Starts Today
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
, Posted by JED at 10:50:00 AM
Cybercrime Prevention Act Law 2012 Starts Today
The much-questioned Cybercrime Prevention Act Law of 2012 will be implemented starting today as confirmed by Department of
Justice (DoJ) Secretary Leila De Lima unless it is declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court (SC).
De Lima said:
"Right now we have the law and it is our duty to implement it unless declared unconstitutional by the SC or amended by Congress."“Any power or authority granted by the law to Department of Justice and Secretary of Justice will be exercised judiciously and prudently, within the standards or parameters set forth in the law and with due regard to fundamental, human rights of individuals.”
De Lima further said that the DoJ will create a new office to prosecute
cybercrimes identified in the law to be manned by 100 state prosecutors
who have been trained on cyber forensics.
Under this law, the DoJ has the authority to restrict or block access
to computer data found to have prima facie violation of cybercrimes
defined in RA 10175.
A petition has been filed with the SC seeking to declare
unconstitutional certain provisions of RA 10175, as of the last count
there are six in total.