SAMPLE JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT: of the respondent's witness in a Criminal Case for Violation of Data Privacy Act

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

             PASAY CITY, BRANCH ___

 

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Petitioner,

 

-          Versus -                     Criminal Case No. ________                                                                            For: Violation of Data Privacy Act of

   2012

 

JC COLLECTION AGENCY

Respondent,

 

x--------------------------------------------x

 

JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT

OF

KILLUA ZOLDYK

 

This Judicial Affidavit of Killua Zoldyk, who is the product owner/developer of the Penge Pera App, an online lending application business of the JC Collection Agency is executed to serve his direct testimony in the instant case.

 

PURPOSES: This Judicial Affidavit is being offered to prove the following:

1. That Killua Zoldyk is the Product Owner or Developer of the Penge Pera App;

2. That the scraping of data from complainants mobile phone cannot be made without prior consent based on the automated features and architecture of the Penge Pera App;

 

This Judicial Affidavit was taken at the office of Atty. MJ Go at #33 Winn Residences Bagong Silangan, Quezon City.

 

Questions are numbered consecutively and each question is followed by an answer of the witness.

1. Q: Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?

A: I do.

 

2. Q: Are you aware that you can face criminal liability for false testimony or perjury if you will not tell the truth?

A: I am.

 

3. Q: Please state your full name and other personal circumstances.

A: I am Killua Zoldyk, 33 years old, I live at San Roque Village, Sta. Ana Manila and I am currently working at JC Collection Agency.

 

4. Q: What is your position in JC Collection Agency? 

A: I am the Product Owner and developer of the Penge Pera App, an online lending application business of the company.

 

5. Q: Witness you said you are working as a developer in JC Collection Agency, how long you have been working there as a developer?

A: More than 3 years, since 2016.

 

6. Q: What can you show us to prove that you are working at JC Collection Agency?

A: I can show you my employment certificate from JC Collection Agency.

 

7. Q: You mentioned an employment certificate, if I show you a document, would you be able to identify the same?

A: Yes

 

8. Q: I have here a document, titled JC Collection Agency Employment Certificate with a name, Killua Zoldyk, signed by Gin Freecs, the CEO and Hisoka Joker, HR Manager, bearing the seal of the JC Collection Agency is this the certificate you are referring to?

A:Yes

 

9. Q: How did you obtain this document?

A: I personally obtained this document from the HR department of JC Collection Agency

 

Your honor, after having been identified and authenticated by the witness, may we move that the Employment Certificate previously marked at the pre-trial be permanently marked as exhibit 1

 

10. Q: What is your function or duties as a product owner or developer of the Penge Pera App?

A: I am the one who develops the framework and architecture as well as the data platform of the app but the contents seen within the app are made and composed by the lending institution. I only need to install the contents in the app. I am also the one who maintains the security of data stored in the platform for I have access to the same together with the company Manager Ms. Jennifer Garner, who’s the one approving loan applications.

 

11. Q:  Can you tell us more about the architecture of the Penge Pera App?

A: It is a loan automation system that enables processing of loans from application to final confirmation without the physical presence of both the applicant and the lending institution. The software of the App captures the required loan data elements only once, keep such information secure throughout the loan process in a data platform, where all data collected to the borrower in processing his loan are stored. The data collected are monitored and the App tracks the status of the loans given out to allow better workflow and enhance compliance to conditions, ensure security of information, reduce lending lifecycle times, apply appropriate interest to loans, indicate and penalize defaulters, and notify the concerned borrower on the progress of their loan.

 

12. Q: What can you show us to prove that what you just said is truly the design or architecture of the Penge Pera App?

A: I can show you the approved architecture design of the Penge Pera App.

 

13. Q: You mentioned the approved architecture of the Penge Pera App, I have here a document entitled the “Project Penge Pera Application Architecture Design” with the name Killua Zoldyk, the developer, signed by Mr. Gin Freecs the CEO, and bearing the seal of the JC Collection Agency, is this the architecture design you are referring to?

A: Yes.

 

Your honor, after having been identified and authenticated by the witness, may we move that the Approved Architecture of the Penge Pera App previously marked at the pre-trial be permanently marked as exhibit 2.

 

14. Q: Based on that architecture, you said that the software of the app captures the required loan data elements, how did the software captures such data?

A: The data is captured by clicking the YES button that appears on the App. The clicking of such icon automatically transmits the data to the App Platform.

 

15. Q: Why did the YES button appear on the App?

A: Because after installing the App, it made the borrower to answer for some questions and conditions prepared by the lending institution for the processing of his loan, which only needs his adherence or consent by clicking the YES button provided. The YES button serves as an adherence made by the borrower in the questions and conditions prepared by the company.

 

16. Q: What data or information is collected and stored in the platform of the app?

A: The data collected and stored were only those previously consented to by the borrower when he opted to choose the YES button.

 

17. Q: Why is it that only the data acquired with prior adherence to YES button is the one collected and stored in the app platform?

A: Because I made the architecture of the app to collect only those data that is consented to by clicking the YES button and the same will automatically be stored in the platform. It captures and collects only those data that is willing to be disclosed by the borrower.

 

Further Affiant Sayeth None.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this ____ day of ___________, 2020, Quezon City.

 

 

                                                                                      KILLUA ZOLDYK

                                                                                                                                                                                                 Affiant             

 

   

 

            SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to this _____ day of ___________, 2020, at the City of Quezon, Philippines.

 

 

CLARIDAD STA. MARIA

NOTARY PUBLIC

Until December 31, 2019

PTR No. 906760 - Jan. 3, 2019

IBP No. 918300

Roll No. 13466

 

 

SWORN ATTESTATION

 

            The undersigned hereby attests that, as counsel of the witness, he faithfully recorded the questions he asked and the corresponding answer of the witness and that he did not coached the witness’ answers to the questions propounded.

 

 

Atty. MJ Go

Counsel for the Defendant

Roll of Attorneys No. 512345

PTR No. 26-26-0-10, 04/23/2019

IBP No. 910205, 4/11/18, Quezon

Admitted to the Philippine Bar –

April 11, 2018

 

 

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to this _____ day of ___________, 2020, at the City of Quezon, Philippines.

 

                                                      CLARIDAD STA. MARIA 

Doc. No.            :                               NOTARY PUBLIC

Page No.           :                               Until December 31, 2019

Book No.           :                               PTR No. 906760 - Jan. 3, 2019

Series of 2020                                    IBP No. 918300

                                                      Roll No. 13466

 


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