In August 2015, the Departments of Justice, Interior and Local Government, and Science and Technology of the Philippines jointly issued the administrative rules and regulations (“Implementing Rules”) implementing the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (“Cybercrime Law”). The government completed the Implementing Rules nearly three years after the Cybercrime Law was passed by the Philippine Congress. The following is Part I of a two-part summary of the Implementing Rules.Creation of New OfficesThe Implementing Rules create the…