Jam is a recognised authority in data protection in the Philippines. An IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy, he is currently the Data Protection Officer of the Ateneo de Manila University, and acts as Policy and Legal Advisor of the Foundation for Media Alternatives. He is also the Executive Director of the Law, ICT, and Human Rights (LIGHTS) Institute, an advisory and research firm specialising in data protection.

He is a regular resource person at various forums and to news organisations, both domestic and foreign. He maintains a column at GMA News Online and has also contributed to Rappler Philippines and Newsbytes.PH.

He has degrees in Sociology and Law from the University of the Philippines, an LLM from the University of Auckland, and he has taken the Summer Course on US-EU Privacy Law and Policy at the University of Amsterdam.