THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
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INTRODUCED BY HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
There is no law which prohibits government surveys from obtaining incriminatory 
infomiation from minors on matters concerning the minor's family. 
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This bill protects family privacy on matters such as political affiliations or beliefs, 
psychological problems, sexual behavior, religious beliefs and privileged communications. 
However, it does not prevent investigations pursuant to law or applications for membership or 
eligibility in organizations or programs. 
MANUEL B. ILLAR, JR. 
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session. 
SENATE 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR JR. 
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR PROTECTION OF FAMILY PRIVACY 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assem bled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title - This Act shall be known as the “Family Privacy Protection 
Act.” 
SEC. 2. Definition of Minor - A child less than eighteen (8) years of age. 
SEC. 3. Fainily Privacy Protection. - (a) Restriction on Seeking Information from 
Minors. - Notwithstanding any other provision of the law 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 an emancipated minor, the 
prior consent of the minor, require or otheiwise 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) . Parental political affiliations or beliefs; 
(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 familial 
relationship; 
(6) Relationships that are legally recognized as privileged, including those 
with lawyers, physicians and members of the clergy; and 


(7) Religious affiliations or beliefs. 
(b) 
following: 
General Exceptions - Subsection (1) shall not apply to any of the 
(1) information for the purpose of a criminal investigation or adjudication; 
(2) inquiry made pursuant to a good faith concern for the health, safety, or 
welfare of an individual minor; 
(3) administration of the immigration, internal revenue or customs laws of the 
Philippines; 
(4) information required by law to determine eligibility for participation in an 
organization, program or for receiving financial assistance; and 
(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 or agency of the 
government which provides fLinds for any program or activity involving the gathering of 
information from a minor o 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 
survey to which a response from a minor is sought. 
SEC. 5. Compliance. - The ahead 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 provision 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 and regulation contrary to or inconsistent with, the 
provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 


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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,