(31 October 2014) To enhance young people’s awareness of personal data protection, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”) has launched two campaigns targeting at university students and secondary school students respectively.
2014/15 University Privacy Campaign
From October to December 2014, the PCPD will visit the campuses of 10 local universities (see the table below) to promote privacy and data protection. Help desks will be set up and manned by PCPD staff to answer queries and provide advice.
| Date | Universities |
|---|---|
| 27 & 28 October | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| 3 & 4 November | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 5 & 6 November | The Hong Kong Institute of Education |
| 11 & 12 November | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 13 & 14 November | Hong Kong Shue Yan University |
| 17 & 18 November | Lingnan University |
| 19 & 20 November | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 25 & 26 November | The University of Hong Kong |
| 27 & 28 November | The Open University of Hong Kong |
| 3 & 4 December | City University of Hong Kong |
To prepare for the on-campus campaigns, the PCPD conducted an online survey from 1 to 28 September 2014 to find out the personal data privacy issues that concerned the university students most. The responses from 1,283 university students revealed that the privacy issue of greatest concern to them is, in descending order of importance, (1) direct marketing, (2) social media and networks, (3) job applications, and (4)smartphones. Details of the survey results are as appended.
To address the privacy risks highlighted in a number of significant data breaches that took place on university campuses in recent years, the PCPD will also organise a series of talks to explain to university staff the obligations of data users under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance in the areas of administration, teaching, IT mangagement and research work.
Details: www.pcpd.org.hk/university
Student Ambassador for Privacy Protection Programme 2015
The PCPD has launched a Student Ambassador for Privacy Protection Programme, the fifth in a series of annual programmes designed for secondary school students. It is jointly organised with Sing Tao Magazine Group, and fully supported by the Education Bureau. This year, the programme features a news reporting competition titled “Privacy Report”. Secondary school students are invited to create news reports on topical issues related to personal data privacy. The competition entry deadline is 31 October 2014.
Details:
www.pcpd.org.hk/youthprivacy/en/student-ambassador-program-2015.html