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Meralco Vs Lim GR NO. 184769 Facts

MERALCO employee Rosario Lim filed a writ of habeas data against MERALCO claiming her right to privacy was violated. MERALCO ordered Lim's transfer to another office due to an anonymous letter threatening Lim. Lim requested to defer the transfer. The court ruled against Lim, finding no unlawful violation of her privacy rights by MERALCO. The refusal to disclose the report's contents regarding threats was speculative and not a privacy violation. The writ of habeas data is meant to protect privacy and information, which Lim did not show was unjustifiably violated by MERALCO in this case.

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Meralco Vs Lim GR NO. 184769 Facts

MERALCO employee Rosario Lim filed a writ of habeas data against MERALCO claiming her right to privacy was violated. MERALCO ordered Lim's transfer to another office due to an anonymous letter threatening Lim. Lim requested to defer the transfer. The court ruled against Lim, finding no unlawful violation of her privacy rights by MERALCO. The refusal to disclose the report's contents regarding threats was speculative and not a privacy violation. The writ of habeas data is meant to protect privacy and information, which Lim did not show was unjustifiably violated by MERALCO in this case.

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MERALCO vs LIM

GR NO. 184769

FACTS:

Rosario Lim aka Cherry Lim is an administrative clerk at MERALCO. An


anonymous letter was posted at the door of the Metering O ce of the
Administration building condemning herein respondent. Copies of the letter were
also inserted in the lockers of MERALCO linesmen. Lim reported the matter to
the PNP. An o cer of MERALCO issued a memorandum ordering the transfer of
Lim to another o ce. The reason for the transfer is said to protect Lim from
threats given by unknown person and MERALCO is preventing any threats
against the former’s security and safety. Respondent requested for the
deferment of her transfer and further alleging that MERALCO’s unlawful act and
omission consisting of their continued failure to refusal to provide her details of
information about the alleged report which petitioner purportedly received
concerning threats to her safety and security amount to a violation of her right to
privacy in life, liberty and security, correctible by habeas data. However,
MERALCO contended that Lim is sensationalizing the alleged threat to her
safety and security wherein her real issue is her transfer to another o cer, to
which Lim totally disagrees.

ISSUE:
Whether or not Lim’s ling of writ of habeas data?

RULING OF THE COURT:

No. The ling of writ of habeas data is invalid. The court held that writ of
habeas data is a remedy available to any person whose right to privacy in life,
liberty, or security is violated or threatened by an unlawful act or omission of a
public o cial or employee or of a private individual or entity engaged in the
gathering, collecting or storing of data or information regarding the person,
family, home and correspondence of the aggrieved party. In general, it is
designed to protect by means of judicial compliant the image, privacy, honor,
information, and freedom of information of an individual. It is meant to provide a
forum to enforce one’s right to the truth and to informational privacy, thus
safeguarding the constitutional guarantees of a person’s right to life, liberty, and
security against abuse in this age of information technology. There is no showing
from the facts presented that MERALCO committed any unjusti able or unlawful
violation of Lim’s right to privacy vis-a-vis the right to life, liberty or security. The
refusal of MERALCO to disclose contents of the report regarding the alleged
threat to her safety and security is at best a speculative.
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