Under Republic Act No. 10173 or the Philippine Data Privacy Act, companies which control or process (i.e. collect, record, organize, store, consolidate, modify) personal information (i.e. 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 individu

Executive Order No. 26 (EO 26) providing for the establishment of smoke-free environments in public and enclosed places became effective on July 23, 2017. Among others, EO 26 imposes the following prohibitions: 1. Smoking within enclosed public places and public conveyances, whether stationary or in motion, except in DSAs fully compliant with the standards provided by law; 2. For persons-in-charge to allow, abet, or tolerate smoking in places where it is not allowed (DSAs not