@casedigestph: #AweSamBar2026 | EPISODE 10 📌 Syllabus Topic: Special Proceedings and Writs — Habeas Data ⚖️ Ponente: Associate Justice Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr. Two graduating students were barred from their commencement over photos their own Facebook friends showed a teacher. A schoolmate had uploaded the pictures. A computer teacher heard about them, and her students opened their own accounts on the school computers and showed her. The school found the photos broke six rules in its Student Handbook and kept the two out of the graduation rites. Their parents went to court for a writ of habeas data, the remedy for information someone else holds about you. They said the accounts were set to "Friends Only," which made the photos private and placed them beyond a school's reach. The school said nothing was taken from anyone: it was shown what people already entitled to see it chose to show. That left one question. Does a privacy setting on a social network mark off a space the law will protect? Vivares is where the Supreme Court worked out two things: whether that writ reaches a private school and not only the government, and how much a privacy setting on Facebook actually does. Later decisions weighing privacy in the digital age point back to it. 📖 Vivares and Sps. Margarita and Suzara v. St. Theresa's College, G.R. No. 202666, September 29, 2014 --- DISCLAIMER: This independently selected case relates to a topic in the 2026 Bar syllabus. It is NOT an officially designated Bar case. #CaseDigestPH #Bar2026 #HabeasData
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Thursday 20 August 2026 11:05:00 GMT
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Mr. Lemi Sakyu :
If the girls posted a pic of them drinking and smoking while in uniform, then the school can punish them, but if it was some private time then it should be a big NO! Since when dis the school get to tell you what to do on your own family time 🙄
2026-08-20 12:41:25
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Gyeoulie :
Sorry I can't get past the part of a bunch of adults holding onto the photos of minors in their undergarments. Like even if they go through with their ruling therr has got to be something they can do to ensure all copies are removed wth
2026-10-10 14:36:58
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🪬🆎️🧿 :
I agree with the school. There were rules to be followed. Catholic schools wanted them to embrace the Christian life, but they didn’t. They were smoking and drinking as if they were adults.
2026-08-21 09:39:02
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Alex Nakahara :
Nandyan na tayo sa batas. Pero grabe naman na parang taga pagmana ng school ang teacher na yan.
2026-08-28 13:01:46
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SmartLite2006 :
Nasa Ipaglaban Mo ito. Episode Groufie starring Ella Cruz and Kisses Delavin
2026-10-10 07:43:23
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Case Digest PH :
📌 Two days before commencement, the trial court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) allowing the students to attend. The school barred them anyway, arguing that on the day of the ceremony, its motion for reconsideration of that TRO was still unresolved.That was a separate case. This ruling never touches it.
2026-08-20 12:36:32
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It's That Catholic Guy :
While a student is enrolled in a particular school, a student is bound to follow the rules written in the Handbook. And that includes rules regulating their behavior outside the school. If the Handbook includes rules like students are not allowed to drink or smoke outside the school, then the student must abide.
2026-09-04 07:41:47
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jncrrn :
St. Scho ba to?
2026-08-20 22:18:02
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Keigo ! :
STC Cebu yan
2026-09-21 10:06:10
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Candice :
moral of the story: sa dump acc magpost
2026-09-26 18:33:18
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Mommy HoneyCo :
may mga ganyan talagang rules sa Catholic schools. even for teachers sa Catholic schools, minsan mas mahigpit kaysa DepEd. So if you choose to go there, you must abide by the rules
2026-09-16 09:59:35
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CakesNTreats :
Familiar.. hmmmm
2026-08-21 00:10:28
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lurknl :
They can't prove they used the only friends setting?
2026-08-23 03:56:59
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carriots_ :
i think I saw this news sa ABS CBN, if im not mistaken. they went to the graduation venue wearing toga but they were not allowed to march.
2026-09-29 18:56:40
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Swagger :
Minors smoking and drinking😭
2026-08-31 22:58:48
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AR17 :
eto yata yung sa cebu
2026-09-04 00:22:58
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Case Digest PH :
📌 To clarify: the penalty was being barred from the graduation ceremony. The ruling does not mention anything about diplomas or academic standing either way.
2026-08-21 02:43:29
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wakin :
once you post something on social media, it is no longer private. the digital footprint is there
2026-08-28 21:10:10
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Flower :
ok yang School nayan ahh Walang Freedom 😂😂😂😂
2026-10-10 00:38:42
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vldrn :
W school
2026-09-06 18:37:20
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Eriko ❤️ 英里子 :
Did they graduate?
2026-09-07 00:20:51
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Pinky :
snitch yung 1 sa fb friend niya 🙄
2026-09-13 06:36:34
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wekwek :
jologs ng school
2026-10-10 06:27:39
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🥬🥬🥬 ✅ :
If the students didn't do all this on the school campus, I don't see what the problem is. This school is crazy.
2026-10-10 08:01:24
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