Date: 5 December 2023
Reaching Out to the Community — Assistant Privacy Commissioner Attends “Safer Internet Day 2023”
The Assistant Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Corporate Communications and Compliance) of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Ms Joyce LAI, attended the “Safer Internet Day 2023-Be a Smarter Digital Citizen” Recognition Ceremony cum Fun Day jointly organised by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and Google Hong Kong on 2 December. She officiated the ceremony and delivered an address on the importance of personal data protection.
In her address, Ms Lai pointed out that in the digital age, a vast amount of personal data may be collected by different online platforms. She reminded members of the public to “stop and think” before providing personal data online, and beware of the risk that their personal data posted online could be scrapped for harmful purposes.
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The Assistant Privacy Commissioner (Corporate Communications and Compliance), Ms Joyce LAI (first from left), attended the “Safer Internet Day 2023-Be a Smarter Digital Citizen” Recognition Ceremony cum Fun Day.