Civil Code · Data Privacy Act · PPSR · E-Commerce Act

License your data. Keep every right to it.

A data license is a contract you grant, on your terms, for a stated purpose and time. You stay the owner. The royalty is yours. Philippine law already gives you every piece needed to do it — FIDNT only makes it one signature.

The legal basis

No single law — a stack that already works

Each provision below is enacted Philippine law. Together they make a data license valid, enforceable, and yours.

RA
386

A license is a valid contractFreedom to contract, innominate contracts, and the lease of rights make a data license enforceable like any other agreement.

Civil Code · Arts. 1306 · 1307 · 1643

RA
386

You own it, so you take its fruitsOwnership is the right to enjoy and dispose. Royalties from a licensed asset are its civil fruits — they belong to the owner.

Civil Code · Arts. 428 · 441–442

RA
386

FIDNT acts as your agent — never your custodianThe license is granted through agency. You are the principal; FIDNT acts on your instruction and holds nothing for itself.

Civil Code · Art. 1868

RA
10173

Your lawful control makes it yours to grantConsent as a basis for processing, your data-subject rights, and data portability put the decision to license in your hands.

Data Privacy Act · §§12(a) · 16 · 18

RA
11057

Data registered as a personal-property assetIntangible personal property is registrable on the Personal Property Security Registry — the basis for treating your data as an asset you can license.

Personal Property Security Act · §3 + PPSR

RA
8792

Signed electronically · admissible in courtElectronic contracts, e-signatures, and signed receipts carry legal effect and are admissible as evidence.

E-Commerce Act · §§7–8

RA
8293

The co-op licenses the compilationWhere data is personal, what is licensed is the anonymized, aggregated compilation — protectable by its original selection and arrangement.

IP Code · voluntary licensing

The foundational claim — that your data is your property — is asserted at the protocol root (Layer 0). The provisions above are how that claim operates inside enacted Philippine law.

How a FIDNT data license works

Three parties, one direct payment, a sealed record

You grant the license

You choose the scope, purpose, duration, and whether it's revocable. Nothing is licensed that you did not grant.

Civil Code Art. 1306 · DPA §12(a)

The licensee pays you directly

Consideration flows from the licensee straight to you. FIDNT does not pool, hold, or move the money — it is not in the payment path.

Civil Code Art. 1868 · agency

FIDNT seals the license & receipt

An ML-DSA-65 (FIPS 204) signed license and receipt are written to a tamper-evident ledger — proof of terms, payment, and consent.

RA 8792 §7 · court-admissible

The admin fee for issuing and sealing the license is invoiced separately. FIDNT issues proofs — it does not disburse.

The instrument

What a data license actually says

Every FIDNT data license carries the same parameters — set by you, recorded on the ledger, revocable where you chose.

FIDNT Data License · parameters

Licensor

You · the data owner (principal)

Subject

A defined dataset — personal data is licensed only as an anonymized, aggregated compilation

Purpose

Stated and limited — the licensee may use the data for this purpose only

Scope

Fields, territory, and channels named explicitly — nothing beyond is granted

Duration

A fixed term, after which rights revert and copies are securely disposed

Revocability

Revocable by default — withdraw consent and the license ends

Exclusivity

Non-exclusive unless you grant otherwise — you may license to others

Consideration

Royalty paid directly to you — 80% to the owner

Evidence

ML-DSA-65 (FIPS 204) signed · hash-chained · admissible under RA 8792 §7

The split & your protections

Yours by right, not by favor

Where the value goes

Royalties are civil fruits of your asset (Civil Code Art. 442)
Paid through agency, not custody (Civil Code Art. 1868)
Royalties to resident individuals: 20% final tax (NIRC §24(B))

What protects you

Revoke any license at any time — the revocation is itself recorded
Purpose-limited — use outside the grant is a breach of contract
Every term, payment, and consent sealed on a tamper-evident ledger
Signed proof you can take to the NPC or a court (RA 8792 §7)
Personal data licensed only as an anonymized compilation

This page explains FIDNT's legal model in plain language. It is not legal or tax advice. The classification of data-license income and the exact tax treatment should be confirmed with your counsel or tax adviser.