Private domains ‘endanger’ OFWs’ data

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and an attached agency, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), are using privately-owned Internet domains to provide services to millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), putting at risk the private data of workers and in violation of the government’s Internet domain policy, according to a public interest group.

The Lilac Center for Public Interest (Lilac Center) on Wednesday called on the DoLE to be transparent by making public the individual/s under whose name/s the “bmonline.ph” and “idole.ph” are registered.