The National Privacy Commission, or NPC, is an independent government body in the Philippines created under Republic Act No.

[3] While attached to the Philippines' Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) for purposes of policy coordination, it remains independent in the performance of its functions.

The commission also reviews organizational actions in relation to data protection rules and issue decisions or directions for compliance where necessary.

It was an initiative of the Information Security and Privacy Sub-Committee chaired by Albert Dela Cruz who was the President of PHCERT together with then Anti-Computer Crime and Fraud Division Chief, Atty.

After consultation with various private organizations, civil societies and a series of public hearings in Manila, Cebu and Davao, the Implementing Rules and Regulations[2] of the Data Privacy Act was signed on August 24, 2016.

[10] On February 21, 2017, NPC announced that the Commission on Elections was being investigated for another security breach due to alleged theft of a computer containing personal data of voters.