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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The family and its members, just like any individual, should enjoy the right 
to privacy. Although certain surveys and studies being conducted by the 
government and private entities require family members to answer delicate or 
offensive questions, it should be emphasized that they have the choice of 
refusing to answer such. 
This bill intends to institutionalize the measures that will restrict certain 
information from being divulged if doing so is against the will of the source. It 
gives special concern to minors, taking into consideration their relatively limited 
and innocent understandings of things and events. 
This bill shall be enforced especially in cases wherein the information to 
be revealed will cause undesirable results to the minors, as well as to the other 
members of the family, and to their relationship as a whole. 
For these reasons, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
JH~GGOA~JERCITO 
ESTRADA 
-Senator 


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S E N A T E  
Senate Bill No. 37 3 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
INSTITUTING 
FAMILY 
PRIVACY 
PROTECTION AND 
FOR 
OTHER 
PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION I. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Family 
Privacy Protection Act". 
SEC. 2. Definition of Minor. - Any child who is less than eighteen (18) 
years of age shall be considered a minor. 
SEC. 3. Family Privacy Protection 
(a) Restriction on Seeking Information from Minors- Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law and subject to Section 6, in conducting a 
program or activity funded by the government, a person may not, 
without the prior written consent of at least one parent or guardian of a 
minor or, in the case of emancipated minor, the prior consent of the 
minor, require or otherwise seek the response of the minor to a survey 
or questionnaire which is intended to elicit, or has the effect of eliciting, 
information about the minor's family concerning any of the following: 
1) 
2) 
Mental or psychological problems 
3) 
Sexual behavior or attitudes 
4) 
Illegal, antisocial or self-incriminating behavior 
5) 
Appraisals of other individuals with whom the minor has a 
filial relationship 
6) 
Relationships that are legally recognized as privileged, 
including those with lawyers, physicians and members of the 
clergy 
Parental political affiliations or beliefs 
7) 
Religious affiliations or beliefs 
(b) General Exceptions- Subsection (1) shall not apply to any of the 
following: 


I) 
information for the purpose of a criminal investigation or 
adjudication 
2) Inquiry made in pursuant to a good faith concern for the health, 
safety, or welfare of an individual minor 
3) Administration of the immigration, internal revenue or custom 
laws of the Philippines 
4) Information required by law to determine eligibility for 
participation in an organization, program or for receiving 
financial assistance 
5) Academic performance tests except to the extent that questions 
in such tests would require a minor to reveal information listed 
under subsection (a) 
SEC. 4. Notification Procedures. - The head of any department of 
agency of the government which provides funds for any program or activity 
involving the gathering of information from a minor to any survey or questionnaire 
shall establish procedures by which the department or agency shall notify minors 
and their parents of protections provided under this Act. The procedures shall 
also provide for advance public availability of each questionnaire or surveys to 
which a response from a minor is sought. 
SEC. 5. Compliance. - The head of each government department or 
agency shall establish such procedures necessary to ensure compliance with this 
Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to foreclose any individual from 
obtaining judicial relief. 
SEC. 6. Separability Clause. - If any provision, or part hereof, is invalid 
or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provisions not otherwise 
affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree, or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation 
contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of the Act is hereby repealed, 
modified, or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 8. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,