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Reaching Out to the Community – Privacy Commissioner Interviewed by the Media to Explain the Global Joint Statement Issued to Social Media Platforms on Data Scraping
Date: 4 November 2024
The interview by RTHK News’ “Hong Kong Today” can be listened here (Chinese only). (54:40-59:32)
The interview by RTHK Radio 1’s “Open Line Open View” can be listened here (Chinese only).
Reaching Out to the Community – Privacy Commissioner Interviewed by the Media to Explain the Global Joint Statement Issued to Social Media Platforms on Data Scraping
The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, was interviewed by RTHK News’ “Hong Kong Today”, RTHK Radio 1’s “HK2000” and “Open Line Open View” on 29 and 30 October to explain the global joint statement (Joint Statement) on data scraping issued by her Office (PCPD) together with 15 privacy or data protection authorities worldwide to social media platforms.
The Privacy Commissioner pointed out that as concerns grow among regulators worldwide about mass scraping of personal data, including scraping data for training artificial intelligence (AI) systems, on social media platforms, the PCPD, together with the privacy or data protection authorities of other jurisdictions, issued the Joint Statement. The Joint Statement reminded social media platforms that they have a responsibility to ensure that personal data of users are adequately protected against unlawful data scraping, and provided further guidance to the industry.
The Privacy Commissioner pointed out that as concerns grow among regulators worldwide about mass scraping of personal data, including scraping data for training artificial intelligence (AI) systems, on social media platforms, the PCPD, together with the privacy or data protection authorities of other jurisdictions, issued the Joint Statement. The Joint Statement reminded social media platforms that they have a responsibility to ensure that personal data of users are adequately protected against unlawful data scraping, and provided further guidance to the industry.
The Privacy Commissioner, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling (left), was interviewed by RTHK Radio 1’s “HK2000”.
The interview by RTHK News’ “Hong Kong Today” can be listened here (Chinese only). (54:40-59:32)
The interview by RTHK Radio 1’s “Open Line Open View” can be listened here (Chinese only).