Surveys/ Study Reports

Survey

General Awareness on Privacy

1. Hong Kong Enterprise Cyber Security Readiness Index and AI Security Survey 2024 (2024) NEW!
2. Hong Kong Enterprise Cyber Security Readiness Index and Privacy Awareness Survey 2023 (2023)
3. Survey of Public Attitudes on Personal Data Privacy Protection 2020 (2021)
   • Highlights of Survey Results
4. Survey of Data User Attitudes on Personal Data Privacy Protection 2020 (2021)
   • Highlights of the Survey Results
5. Baseline Survey of Public Attitudes on Privacy and Data Protection 2014 (2015)
6. 2001 Opinion Survey - Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance: Attitudes and Implementation - Key Findings (2001)
7. 2000 Opinion Survey - Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance: Attitudes and Implementation - Key Findings (2000)
8. 1999 Opinion Survey - Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance: Attitudes and Implementation - Key Findings (1999)
9. 1998 Opinion Survey - Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance: Attitudes and Implementation - Key Findings (1998)

Information & Communications Technologies

1. Report on Privacy Awareness Survey on Facebook Users (2013)
   • Executive Summary
2. Report on Privacy Awareness Survey on Smartphones and Smartphone Apps (2012)
   • Executive Summary
3. Online Survey of "Social Media and Privacy (2011)
   • Media Statement
4. A Report on the Privacy Compliance Check Exercise on Hong Kong-based Websites (1999)

Youth

1. Opinion Survey: Attitudes of Young People towards Disclosure of Personal Data on the Internet (Chinese only) (2007)
2. 2005 Survey of Youth Attitudes and Perception towards Personal Data Privacy (2005)
3. A Survey on Whether Young People Value Privacy (2002)

Others

1. Survey on Person-to-person direct marketing calls (2014)
2. Opinion Survey: Attitudes and Perceptions of Senior Citizens towards Personal Data Privacy (Chinese only) (2010)
3. Survey on Monitoring and Personal Data Privacy in the Workplace (2004)
4. 2002 Opinion Survey: Community Perceptions towards Surveillance Cameras in Public Places (2003)

Study Reports

Data Ethics

1. Ethical Accountability Framework for Hong Kong, China (2018)
2. Data Stewardship Accountability, Data Impact Assessments and Oversight Models - Detailed Support for an Ethical Accountability Framework (2018)

Information & Communications Technologies

1. 2016 Study Report on The Privacy Policy Transparency of Fitness Bands (2017)
2. 2015 Study Report on Online Collection of Children's Personal Data (2015)
3. 2014 Study Report on the Privacy Policy Transparency ("2014 Sweep Initiative") of Smartphone Applications (2014)
4. Study Report on the Privacy Policy Transparency ("Internet Privacy Sweep") of Smartphone Applications (2013)
5. Findings of a Sample Survey of Websites in Hong Kong on Practices in Relation to the Collection of Personal Data (1998)

Privacy Management Programme

1. "GPEN and National DPAs Publish Sweep Results on Privacy Accountability" - Privacy and Information Security Law Blog by Hunton Andrews Kurth (2019)
2. 2018 Study Report on Implementation of Privacy Management Programme by Data Users (2019) 

Youth

1. Research Study on Child Privacy (2015)
   • Executive Summary

Others

1. 2017 Study Report on User Control over Personal Data in Customer Loyalty and Reward Programmes (2017)
2. Survey of Public Registers Maintained by Government and Public Bodies (2015)
   • Executive Summary