30/07/2019 Republic Act No. 8792 | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines GOVPH (/) Republic Act No. 8792 June 14, 2000 (https://www.o cialgazette.gov.ph/2000/06/14/republic-act-no-8792-s-2000/) REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8792 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RECOGNITION AND USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS, PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL USE THEREOF, AND OTHER PURPOSES PART I Short Title and Declaration of Policy SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known and cited as the “Electronic Commerce Act.” SECTION 2(2). Declaration of Policy. — The State recognizes the vital role of information and communications technology (ICT) in nation-building; the need to create an information-friendly environment which supports and ensures the availability, diversity and affordability of ICT products and services; the primary responsibility of the private sector in contributing investments and services in ICT; the need to develop, with appropriate training programs and institutional policy changes, human resources for the information age, a labor force skilled in the use of ICT and a population capable of operating and utilizing electronic appliances and computers; its obligation to facilitate the transfer and promotion of technology; to ensure network security, connectivity and neutrality of technology for the national bene t; and the need to marshal, organize and deploy national information infrastructures, comprising in both communications network and strategic information services, including their interconnection to the global information networks, with the necessary and appropriate legal, nancial, diplomatic and technical framework, systems and facilities. PART II Electronic Commerce in General https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2000/06/14/republic-act-no-8792-s-2000/ 1/20