Privacy commissioner Allan Chiang Yam-wang has expressed his disappointment in the government's decision to shelve a controversial law restricting public access to company directors' personal...
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- May 19, 2013
- Updated: 9:23am
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16 Feb 2013
Corporate governance advocate David Webb last night withdrew his short-lived database listing identity card numbers of 1,100 company directors, just hours after the privacy watchdog launched an...
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18 Jan 2013
Legal concerns have been raised that award-winning German photographer Michael Wolf violated the privacy of Hong Kong residents with his new series, "Window Watching", in which he used a telephoto...
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A former St Paul's Hospital employee has applied for permission to take her former employer to court for intruding on her privacy, after she was filmed sleeping at her workplace.
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The privacy watchdog has expressed concerns that a 10-month grace period the banking industry is seeking to prepare for tighter laws on direct sales tactics will be exploited.
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2 Apr 2012
Striking a balance between freedom of the press and the right to privacy is a notion universally accepted. But the experience in Hong Kong shows this is easier said than done.
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There has been a lot of news about the unauthorised building work on a senior official's home recently. But I am more concerned by the 10 cranes outside his house. I'm not going to discuss whether...
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A proposed revision of the privacy law fails to meet public expectations, according to the Privacy Commissioner and a lawmaker.
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It is as if the Octopus Card scandal last year never happened. Octopus owned up to selling the personal details of more than a million customers to business partners and tried to make amends by...
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Privacy Commissioner Allan Chiang Yam-wang is under fire for spending up to HK$250,000 to hire a public relations firm three months after taking office.
The unusual move of hiring a...
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Existing criminal offences under the privacy law
1. Continued use of personal data for direct marketing after a request by the person concerned for it not to be used
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The revelation that various companies in a number of industries have been sharing and selling personal data might well lead the government to propose making such unauthorised activities an offence...
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