{"id":70428,"date":"2025-07-09T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=70428"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T03:11:56","slug":"converge-named-finalist-for-npcs-privacy-initiative-of-the-year-award-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/07\/09\/converge-named-finalist-for-npcs-privacy-initiative-of-the-year-award-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Converge named finalist for NPC\u2019s Privacy Initiative of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Converge ICT Solutions Inc. was listed among the finalists for the 2025 Privacy Initiative of the Year at the National Privacy Commission\u2019s (NPC) Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) Awards, in recognition of its innovative program, Project PIGLET (Privacy Integration through Guided Learning of Emerging Technologies).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program aims to enhance digital literacy and privacy awareness among primary school students, emphasizing the critical importance of safeguarding personal information in today\u2019s increasingly digital world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn a world where people are always online, Project PIGLET is important for teaching kids about privacy and data protection. We are proud that the NPC sees our work in helping build a safer and smarter digital community from the ground up. We remain committed to continuing this movement so that protecting privacy becomes a lifelong habit for all,\u201d said Converge Corporate Compliance and Data Protection Officer Atty. Laurice Esteban-Tuason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, the NPC recognizes stakeholders for their compliance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA) through the PAW Awards and inspires privacy advocates to deepen their commitment to data protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under Project PIGLET, Converge \u2013 with the help of its Corporate Governance and Data Privacy (CGDP) Group \u2013 hosts engaging storytelling sessions in primary schools, where students, teachers, and parents learn about data protection through the adventures of \u2018Astro Kids\u2019 in the \u2018Internet Universe.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The narrative highlights the dangers of sharing personal information with deceptive online entities in the guise of friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the guidance of Captain Conrad, the Astro Kids impart crucial lessons on vigilance in cyberspace and encourage young participants to report suspected incidents to their guardians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, the company visited Francisco Legaspi Memorial School in Pasig and Anunas Elementary School in Angeles, Pampanga for Project PIGLET, inviting pupils in Grades 2 to 6 in age-appropriate discussions on digital literacy, and responsible online behavior. Converge intends to expand the information drive by introducing new approaches and engaging more students across all academic levels in an effort to broaden the campaign\u2019s reach throughout the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under Project PIGLET, Converge \u2013 with the help of its Corporate Governance and Data Privacy (CGDP) Group \u2013 hosts engaging storytelling sessions in primary schools, where students, teachers, and parents learn about data protection through the adventures of \u2018Astro Kids\u2019 in the \u2018Internet Universe.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":70429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[368,7703,4837],"class_list":["post-70428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-award","tag-converge","tag-converge-ict-solutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70430,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70428\/revisions\/70430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}