THE Department of Social Welfare and Development’s National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) turned over and installed the latest data of “Listahanan 2” to the Cebu Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) last month.

The NHTS-PR is a database and an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are in the country.

NHTU chief Hillton John Edrial and Provincial Privacy Data Officer (PDO) Marivic Racho-Garces signed a memorandum of agreement in compliance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012.

NHTU information technology officer Donald Rey Dejacto installed the Listahanan Data to the PDO’s desktop computer.

The Data Privacy Act of 2012 protects individual personal information and upholds the right to privacy by regulating the processing of personal information.

The National Privacy Commission is tasked to administer and implement the law.