True or False: Personal information controllers may invoke the principle of privileged communication over privileged information that they control.

The statement is false because the principle of privileged communication generally applies to specific relationships that are designed to protect the confidentiality of communications between parties, such as those between lawyers and clients or doctors and patients. Personal information controllers, while responsible for the data they manage, do not automatically have the right to invoke privileged communication over the personal information they control simply because they possess that data.

In the context of the Data Privacy Act, personal information controllers must adhere to specific guidelines regarding the handling of personal information and cannot claim privileged communication for the data that they manage unless there is a clear legal foundation or explicit context that allows for such invocation. Therefore, the statement does not hold true under the general principles of data protection and privilege, as the controllers are expected to handle personal information transparently and in accordance with established regulations, rather than under a veil of privilege.