Section 5Sec./Art. 5

Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act:

(a) Authentication refers to the process of verifying whether online or offline, the identity of an individual against the registry information in the PhilSys or PhilID.

(b) Biometric exceptions refer to instances whereby a citizen or resident alien is not able to give complete set of biometrics as required by PhilSys but is nevertheless admitted into the PhilSys.

(c) Biometric information refers to front facing photograph, fingerprint, iris scan and/or such other identifiable features of an individual.

(d) Cardholder refers to a citizen or resident alien who has been registered under the PhilSys and who has been issued and thus, in possession of the Philippine Identification Card.

(e) Citizen refers to a Filipino citizen, as defined in the Constitution, including those with dual or multiple citizenships in accordance with Republic Act No. 9225, otherwise known as the "Citizenship Retention and Re-acquisition Act of 2003".

(f) Mobile Registration refers to transportable registration centers.

(g) Personal information refers to any information whether recorder in a material form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information, or when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify an individual as defined in Republic Act No. 10173, otherwise known as the "Data Privacy Act of 2012".

(h) Philippine Embassy or Philippine Foreign Service post refers to a diplomatic mission or consular office of the Republic of the Philippines in a foreign country, including the economic and cultural office of the Philippines, or the like , in a foreign territory.

(i) Record history refers to an entry in the PhilSys consisting of the information regarding a registered person in connection with his or her entries in the system and his or her PhilID, as follows:

(1) Date of filing of the application for registration and the particular thereof;

(2) Date of filing of every application for modification and the particular thereof;

(3) Modification of entry made, the date such modification was made and the document/s or other proof submitted in support thereof;

(4) Reason for the omission of any entry;

(5) Dates of issuance, reissuance, and cancellation of the PhilID, and including the reasons therefor;

(6) Details of authentication request processed by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), including the date the request was made and processed, the requesting entity, and the response provided by PhilSys;

(7) Disclosure, conveyance, dissemination, publication and use of information by third parties; and

(8) Other relevant information regarding the registration, modification, and authentication of personal information of a citizen or resident alien under this Act.

(j) Registered information refers to any personal information regarding a citizen or resident alien recorded in the PhilSys, including biometric information and information about a citizen or resident alien under this Act to be recorded under the PhilSys.

(k) Registered person refers to a person who has been registered under the PhilSys.

(l) Registration refers to the person of entering demographic and biometric information of citizens or resident aliens in the Philippines to the system.

(m) Registration centers refer to necessary facilities to capture both demographic and biometrics information required for PhilSys as enumerated in Section 9 of this Act.

(n) Resident alien refers to an individual who is not a citizen of the Philippines but has established residence in the Philippines for an aggregate period of more that one hundred eighty (180) days.