“PROVIDE and invest a platform for online buyers and sellers that is safe for their transactions,” said aspirant for Cagayan De Oro’s 2nd District Councilor Ronald Rufin Wednesday.
Rufin said selling on-line can’t be easily regulated because the government don’t own the platform (social media).
“How can the city’s DTI regulates this online selling?” asked Rufin.
He said the city government should first provide a platform exclusively for “e-commerce,” that is safe for both the buyers and sellers and just solely for their transactions.
“By doing so, all the transactions are documented because security registration are needed there. These platform can prevent fraudulent transactions,” said Rufin.
He also said that by strengthening the data protection and privacy law the government can now run after online scammers.
Rufin earlier implied for the government’s COVID-19 response centered on pushing the economy forward during the pandemic by utilizing digital policies to empower workers and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
“Amid pandemic, internet service is a necessity and yet it isn’t regulated and utilized by government as a utility the way services like water and electricity are,” said Rufin.
Rufin earlier laid out one of his plans of a ‘free wifi’ in city’s 80 barangays through digital technologies being the main drivers of the economy in the “new normal.”
Rufin said that while the government addressed developments in the e-commerce industry, a “borderless environment” calls for stricter regulatory controls.
He said that the government must always protect the country’s cyberspace and enforce online consumer and data protection and privacy laws.
He also said that If he was given a chance at the Council, he will run after those online scammers and those undermining the Cagay-anons trust in online transactions.
“I am committed to protect both the physical and digital lives of our law-abiding Cagay-anons,” said Rufin, adding that the government must continue to protect the consumers in the new normal. (Ben Balce)
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