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Raising Public Awareness to Combat Fraud – Privacy Commissioner’s Office Organises a Seminar on “Safe Use of WhatsApp and Social Media Platforms”
Date: 11 December 2023
Please click here for the Privacy Commissioner’s presentation deck (Chinese only).
Please click here for Ms YEUNG’s presentation deck (Chinese only).
Raising Public Awareness to Combat Fraud – Privacy Commissioner’s Office Organises a Seminar on “Safe Use of WhatsApp and Social Media Platforms”
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) organised a seminar on “Safe Use of WhatsApp and Social Media Platforms” in hybrid mode on 8 December, which attracted over 600 participants.
At the seminar, the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, explained the methods used by fraudsters to hijack WhatsApp accounts, and provided advice on minimising privacy risks when the public use instant messaging apps and social media platforms. Ms Raina YEUNG Sau-ling, Director of Privacy and Data Policy, Engagement, APAC, Meta, spoke as a guest speaker on Meta’s policy and approach to combat scams on WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram platforms, as well as the account features that users can use to protect their accounts.Please click here for the Privacy Commissioner’s presentation deck (Chinese only).
Please click here for Ms YEUNG’s presentation deck (Chinese only).
The Privacy Commissioner Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling (left) and Ms Raina YEUNG Sau-ling, Director of Privacy and Data Policy, Engagement, APAC, Meta, (right), answered participants’ questions.