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Reaching Out to the Community – Privacy Commissioner Interviewed by the Media to Remind the Public to Stay Vigilant Against Fraud

The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, was interviewed by RTHK Radio 1’s “HK2000” on 2 August to explain the latest fraudulent tricks and remind members of the public to stay vigilant against fraud.
 
During the interview, the Privacy Commissioner pointed out that with the increase in the number of fraud cases and heightened awareness of prevention of fraud among members of the public, the number of enquiries received by her office in the first half of 2024 relating to fraudulent activities targeting the personal data of the enquirers has increased by nearly 90% when compared to the same period last year. The most recent forms of fraud include telephone scams, hijacking of instant messaging applications, fake pages on social media platforms pretending to be travelling agencies purportedly selling fake travel products, and using artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake technology to impersonate victims’ relatives and friends to swindle money and/or personal data.
 
The Privacy Commissioner emphasised that as the development of AI becomes more mature, there would likely be more fraud cases involving deepfake technology in future. She advised the public to minimise the sharing of portrait photos and videos on social media platforms and to review their default privacy settings.

The interview by RTHK Radio 1’s “HK2000” can be listened here. (Chinese only)

The Privacy Commissioner, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, was interviewed by RTHK Radio 1’s “HK2000” .