REP27 · EU representative · Philippines
Article 27 GDPR · Philippines
If your company is established in the Philippines and you offer goods or services to people in the European Union — or you monitor their behaviour — Article 27 of the GDPR requires you to designate, in writing, a representative inside the Union. We are that representative: named in your privacy notice, reachable by all 27 supervisory authorities, and verifiable by anyone holding the code on your certificate.
The Data Privacy Act of 2012 and the National Privacy Commission govern processing in the Philippines. Neither discharges Article 27 for companies serving European customers.
27 authorities, no shelterWithout an establishment in the Union you are outside the one-stop-shop. There is no lead authority to negotiate with: any of the 27 whose residents you reach can open a file on its own.
BPO and contact centres handling European client data, IT services, e-commerce, and outsourcing for EU healthcare and finance clients.
One sale might be occasional. A product that European customers can buy today, tomorrow and next month is not, and Article 27(2)(a) does not apply.
Many files start with a product built for a home market that quietly acquired European users. Intent is not the test; the presence of the users is.
European controllers are audited on their processors. That is why the designation appears in questionnaires before it appears in enforcement.
The Data Privacy Act of 2012 governs processing in the Philippines, with registration and DPO duties supervised by the NPC. Neither discharges Article 27.
the National Privacy Commission. None of them can receive a request under Article 27(4) on your behalf, and none of them appears in your privacy notice for European purposes.
Philippine companies reach the Union through BPO and contact centres handling European client data, IT services, e-commerce, and outsourcing for EU healthcare and finance clients.
One designation, published in your notice, verifiable by anyone with the code. Requests logged and forwarded within two business days, with the GDPR deadline already counted for you.
Article 27(4) asks for someone a regulator can address. You get an address in Prague, an inbox and a form, with a person behind them during European hours.
Enterprise procurement asks for evidence. A verifiable certificate answers it in one line instead of three rounds of email.
Represented company, legal basis, territory, effective date, the processing you declared, both signatures. No template language hiding what was agreed.
Yours as a processor, and separately your client's as controller. For a BPO the designation is often exactly what clears European vendor onboarding.
No. The DPO is internal and answers to the NPC in Manila. Article 27 wants a separate entity established in the Union, and the two roles cannot be held by the same body.
It might. Health data is a special category under Article 9 and sits on our excluded list. Tell us before you pay: we will say plainly whether we can act, and refund in full if we cannot.
The designation letter and certificate are issued within 24 working hours of the form and payment, after a person reviews the file. Higher-risk sectors take up to five business days.
From €290 a year, billed annually in advance and renewing automatically until you cancel before the renewal date. No fee per request from the Standard plan up.
No. Under EDPB guidance one entity cannot be both. We are the contact point under Article 27(4): we receive, log and forward, hold your Article 30 records, and never answer on the merits or give legal advice.
Philippine BPOs are the market where the designation most often changes a commercial outcome rather than a legal one.
Free check first: we read your public privacy notice and tell you in ten seconds whether a representative is named. If one is, we say so and you close the tab.
Run the free check