Legislative Council Meetings
Legislative Council Meetings
Date: 17 February 2025
Reporting to Legislative Council – Privacy Commissioner Attends Meeting of Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs to Brief Members on PCPD’s Work in 2024
The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, attended the Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs on 17 February to brief Members on the work of her Office (PCPD) in 2024 and its strategic focus this year.
The Privacy Commissioner reported that in 2024, the PCPD handled 442 doxxing cases. The figure significantly dropped by 42% when compared with 756 cases in 2023. In 2024, the number of doxxing cases uncovered by the PCPD’s proactive online patrols was 87, representing a significant drop of over 90% when compared to 1,134 cases in 2022 (i.e. the first year after the commencement of the anti-doxxing provisions).
In response to the rising trend of personal data breach incidents in recent years, the PCPD stepped up its efforts in different aspects to assist organisations in strengthening data security. This included launching a thematic webpage on “Data Security”, establishing the “Data Security Scanner” and “Data Security Hotline”, as well as publishing guidelines relating to data security.
Regarding the international discussions on artificial intelligence (AI), the Privacy Commissioner pointed out that the PCPD, as a co-chair of the Global Privacy Assembly’s Ethics and Data Protection in AI Working Group, would contribute to the priorities and approaches of data protection authorities worldwide in addressing the risks brought by AI.
Please click here for the Privacy Commissioner’s opening remarks (Chinese only).
Please click here for the paper submitted by the PCPD to the Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs.
The Privacy Commissioner reported that in 2024, the PCPD handled 442 doxxing cases. The figure significantly dropped by 42% when compared with 756 cases in 2023. In 2024, the number of doxxing cases uncovered by the PCPD’s proactive online patrols was 87, representing a significant drop of over 90% when compared to 1,134 cases in 2022 (i.e. the first year after the commencement of the anti-doxxing provisions).
In response to the rising trend of personal data breach incidents in recent years, the PCPD stepped up its efforts in different aspects to assist organisations in strengthening data security. This included launching a thematic webpage on “Data Security”, establishing the “Data Security Scanner” and “Data Security Hotline”, as well as publishing guidelines relating to data security.
Regarding the international discussions on artificial intelligence (AI), the Privacy Commissioner pointed out that the PCPD, as a co-chair of the Global Privacy Assembly’s Ethics and Data Protection in AI Working Group, would contribute to the priorities and approaches of data protection authorities worldwide in addressing the risks brought by AI.
Please click here for the Privacy Commissioner’s opening remarks (Chinese only).
Please click here for the paper submitted by the PCPD to the Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs.
The Privacy Commissioner, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling (front row, left), Assistant Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Corporate Communications and Operations), Ms Joyce LAI Chi-man (front row, right), Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Clement WOO Kin-man, MH, JP (back row, left) and Principal Assistant Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Jacky LUM Kwok-keung (back row, right), attended the meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs.
The Privacy Commissioner, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, attended the meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs to report on the work of the PCPD in 2024.