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What's News- Reaching Out to Schools – Privacy Commissioner Speaks on the Protection of Students’ Personal Data Privacy and the Doxxing Offence

Date: 1 November 2023

Reaching Out to Schools – Privacy Commissioner Speaks on the Protection of Students’ Personal Data Privacy and the Doxxing Offence

The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, attended the hybrid seminar entitled “Media and Information Literacy Series: Seminar on Understanding the Internet, Social Media and Protection of Personal Data Privacy” co-organised by the Education Bureau and Journalism Education Foundation on 31 October, and gave a presentation to more than 300 primary and secondary school principals and teachers.
 
The Privacy Commissioner elaborated on how to protect students’ personal data privacy by providing concrete examples and practical advice to the audience. Besides, she also explained the elements of the doxxing offences under the Personal Data (Privacy) Amendment Ordinance 2021. At the seminar, Manager (Corporate Communications) of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD), Mr Eric PHENG, also shared some practical tips on how to protect personal data online.
 
Please click here for the presentation deck (Chinese only).
 

The Privacy Commissioner Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling (2nd from right) took a photo with other speakers, including Ms May CHAN, Chairperson of the Journalism Education Foundation (1st from left), Prof Clement SO, Research Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2nd from left), Mr Henry LIN, Chief Curriculum Development Officer (Technology Education) of the Education Bureau (middle) and Mr Eric PHENG, Manager (Corporate Communications) of the PCPD (1st from right).