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Date: 12 March 2025

Raising Public’s Awareness to Combat Fraud – Privacy Commissioner’s Office Organises a Seminar on “Protecting Personal Data to Prevent Fraud”

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data organised a seminar on “Protecting Personal Data to Prevent Fraud” on 11 March, which attracted over 740 participants.
 
At the seminar, the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, shared with the participants some practical tips on protecting personal data when they use instant messaging applications, social media and  smartphones. Mr Andy LAU, Senior Inspector of Police, Anti-Deception Coordination Centre (ADCC) (Publicity) of the Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, also spoke as a guest speaker on the latest trends of scams, using real cases as examples.
 
Please click here for the Privacy Commissioner’s presentation deck (Chinese only).
Please click here for Inspector LAU’s presentation deck (Chinese only).

The Privacy Commissioner, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, spoke at the seminar.
 



The Privacy Commissioner, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling (left) and Mr Andy LAU, Senior Inspector of Police, answered participants’ questions at the seminar.