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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) held an Awards Presentation Ceremony (Awards Presentation Ceremony) of a Short Video Competition for Primary School Students on “Respecting Privacy Begins with Me” (Competition) on 12 May to recognise the efforts of 23 outstanding primary school teams in promoting the respect for and protection of personal data privacy.
 
The Awards Presentation Ceremony, which was officiated by the Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Clement WOO Kin-man, MH, JP, was held at the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Building in Quarry Bay. Other guests included members of the Personal Data (Privacy) Advisory Committee and the Standing Committee on Technology Development of the PCPD, Mr Addy WONG Wai-hung, MH, JP, the Honourable Carmen KAN Wai-mun, Ms Terese AU-YEUNG Kar-wa, Mr Joseph LIN Ho-man and Professor Jason LAU.
 
The judging panel of the Competition included the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, the representative of the Hong Kong Aided Primary School Heads Association, Mr WAN Chi-yeung, and the Creative Director of WAW Creation, Mr Tao YING. The panel adopted the criteria of expression of theme, filming techniques, creative content and acting performance in selecting 23 outstanding primary school teams for a total of seven categories of awards, including Best Privacy Protection – Champion, First Runner-up, Second Runner-up, Outstanding Privacy Captain (Merit Award), Best Acting Performance Privacy Captain (Performance Award), Most Creative Privacy Captain (Creative Award) and Most Active Participating School Award.
 
In his speech, Mr Woo said, “The online world is not unregulated. The laws that apply to the real world also apply to the online world. Therefore, students must be careful about their online behaviour, and should not act inappropriately out of impulse, playfulness, or under the influence of their peers. We should also remain vigilant at all times and protect our personal data to guard against online crimes. We must be careful when we make friends online to avoid physical and psychological harm.”
 
In her welcome address, the Privacy Commissioner said, “As the online world becomes part of the daily lives of students, the PCPD is dedicated to educating students in this area so as to help students understand how to protect their personal data privacy online.” “Promoting and safeguarding children’s privacy is not something that can be achieved overnight. The PCPD will spare no effort in protecting the personal data privacy of every student.”
 
Over 320 Primary 3 to Primary 6 students from 41 schools participated in the Competition and altogether 74 entries were submitted. The Competition was held in teams. Participating teams could choose one of the three themes for their videos: “Respect Others’ Personal Data Privacy”, “Say ‘No’ to Cyberbullying” or “Stay Vigilant Online: Be Careful while Disclosing Personal Data”, and produce a short video clip that lasted for less than two minutes.
 
In addition to the Competition, the PCPD distributed a set of educational pamphlets to all primary schools in Hong Kong on protecting and respecting personal data privacy. The PCPD also launched a series of school talks on “Stay Vigilant Online: Say ‘No’ to Cyberbullying” to over 8,000 students from 30 primary schools. In collaboration with the Education Bureau and other education bodies, the PCPD has  been organising seminars on the prevention and handling of cyberbullying and doxxing acts among students. Furthermore, a one-stop “Children Privacy” thematic website has been set up to provide parents, teachers and students with the latest information on protecting children’s privacy.
 
For more information about the Competition and the winning videos, please visit the website at:
https://www.pcpd.org.hk/childrenprivacy/en/primary_school_campaign/primary-school-campaign-2022.html
 
The list of awardees is in the Appendix.

The Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Clement WOO Kin-man, MH, JP officiated at the Ceremony and delivered opening remarks.


The Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Clement WOO Kin-man, MH, JP (first right) and the Privacy Commissioner Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling (first left) with the Champion team.


Guests and judges took a group photo on stage.


Guests, judges and PCPD representatives with parents, teachers and students.
 
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List of Awardees of Short Video Competition for Primary School Students on
“Respecting Privacy Begins with Me”