| Year |
Event
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| 1995 | The Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO) was enacted on 3 August 1995 |
| 1996 | The PCPD was established on 1 August 1996 |
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Mr Stephen LAU Ka-men, JP, took office as the first Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| The PDPO came into force on 20 December 1996 | |
| 1999 |
Hosted the 21st International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection and Meeting of the Data Protection Commissioners
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| 2001 |
Mr Raymond TANG Yee-bong took office as Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| 2005 |
Mr Roderick WOO Bun, JP, took office as Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| 2006 |
Hosted the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) Forum for the first time in Hong Kong
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| 2009 | The PCPD submitted to the Government the consultation document on Review of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance |
| 2010 |
Mr Allan CHIANG Yam-wang, SBS, took office as Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| The PCPD published an investigation report on the Octopus Incident | |
| 2012 | Passage of the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Bill 2011 by the Legislative Council on 27 June 2012 |
| Most provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance (“the Amendment Ordinance”) came into effect on 1 October 2012 | |
| 2013 | The new provisions on regulation of direct marketing activities and the provision of legal assistance under the Amendment Ordinance came into force on 1 April 2013 |
| 2014 |
Issued the “Best Practice Guide on Privacy Management Programme” to encourage organisations to embrace personal data protection as part of their corporate governance
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| 2015 |
Mr Stephen Kai-yi WONG took office as Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| 2016 |
Hosted the 39th International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection and Meeting of the Data Protection Commissioners
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| 2019 |
Submitted the PCPD’s recommendations to amend the PDPO to the Government
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Published investigation reports on two data breach incidents: unauthorised online access to
credit reports at TransUnion Limited and unauthorised access to personal data of approximately 9.4 million passengers of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited and Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited
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| 2020 |
Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling took office as Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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Organised the inaugural “Privacy-Friendly Awards”
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| 2021 |
25th anniversary of the PCPD
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Passage of the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Bill 2021 by the Legislative Council on 29 September 2021 to combat doxxing
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| Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 came into effect on 8 October 2021 | |
| 2022 | Hosted the 57th Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities Forum which gathered over 110 representatives from different data protection authorities across the Asia Pacific region |
| 2023 |
Published a new Chinese book entitled 《私隱法．保 — 了解你的個人資料私隱》(The Treasure-trove of Privacy – Understanding Your Personal Data Privacy)
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Organised the 2nd “Privacy-Friendly Awards”
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