Law Governing Computer Use

E-Commerce Act of the Philippines

The E-Commerce Act of the Philippines is an act created to promote the integrity of electronic documents as if they are in their paper form.  Contracts, agreements, receipts, and correspondences that are transmitted electronically and preserved in their original forms are considered legal documents as if they were drafted in hard copies. This law is underpinned under the 4 non-jural laws; 

• Divine law that protects the rights of people whose using technology in sending legal documents.
• Natural law is having the capacity of justice and fairness which in the E-Commerce Act is legalizing of electronic documents in the same way as their hard copies. 
• Moral law since  transmission of messages and communications are now legalizes through electronic or technology.
• Physical law by means of transmission of documents become immaterial with the passage of this act. Electronic documents required to be printed in a hard copy.