Regulating your online carts – BusinessWorld Online

During President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address on July 25, he requested Congress to enact a legislative measure to regulate internet commercial activities to ensure that the rights of consumers who engage in online transactions are protected.

Meanwhile, the Departments of Trade and Industry, Health, Agriculture, and Environment and Natural Resources, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, and the National Privacy Commission, issued Joint Administrative Order No. 22-01 (JAO 22-01) on March 4 as a stand-in while legislation is pending.

JAO 22-01 consolidated pertinent provisions relating to e-commerce…