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    Date: 2020-03-23 19:44:01.851777

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Covid-19 Live Database Records/ Access

Requested from DOH by J. Broñoso at 07:44 PM on Mar 23, 2020.
Purpose: Research
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2020 - 03/23/2020
Tracking no: #DOH-398253735191

Broñoso 07:44 PM, Mar 23, 2020 

Good day.

I would like to request for database access (read-only) of the Covid-19 tracker as a source environment for my simplified and customized application and for research purposes.

Thank you.

Receiving Officer 08:56 AM, Dec 22, 2020 

December 22, 2020

Dear Julius,

Thank you for your request dated Mar 23, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Covid-19 Live Database Records/ Access.

We received your request on Mar 23, 2020 and will respond on or before Apr 13, 2020 07:44:01 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0zOTgyNTM3MzUxOTEM, for request with ticket number #DOH-398253735191.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer


December 22, 2020

Dear Julius Broñoso,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Mar 23, 2020 07:44:01 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Covid-19 Live Database Records/ Access.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have [some of]* the information you have requested. In response to your request, we would like to inform you that we are denying your request for direct access to COVID-19 database is a violation of data privacy. 

We also would like to ask you to elaborate your request and the purpose of your research? We could only provide you aggregated  data on the number of cases.

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://pcoomaster02162017181000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/help.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Chair of Data Governance Oversight Committee/ DOH Central Appeals and Review Committee, at foi@doh.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
FOI Officer

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