| Communicating Privacy Within the Community |
Seminar for Members of the Data Protection Officers' Club
A seminar on “Security Measures for Mobile Phones” and “Security
Analysis of the Foxy Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Tool” was organized for
members of the Data Protection Officers' Club on 27 August 2008.
Ir. Dr. K.P. Chow, Centre Associate Director of the Centre for Information
Security and Cryptography, University of Hong Kong; and Mr. Tang
Yu-hang, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Sing Tao Magazine Group Limited,
were invited to teach members how to protect personal data when
using modern gadgets. |
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"Use the Computer Wisely" Seminar for Youngsters
To raise young people’s awareness of privacy, a public seminar on how to
use the computer wisely was held on 29 August 2008. Mr. Lee Lik-chee,
renowned film director, and Mr. Tang Yu-hang, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
of the Sing Tao Magazine Group Limited, were invited to speak to the
young audience. To help educate young people to use the computer
wisely, the PCPD also released a booklet titled “Protect your personal
data while engaging in IT-related activities” on the same occasion. |
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Personal Data Privacy Campaign for the Estate Agency Trade
Subsequent to the resounding success of the first industry-wide privacy
campaign for hoteliers, the PCPD organized a second campaign for the
estate agency trade. To mark the event, a launch ceremony cum seminar
for the campaign was held on 26 August 2008 during the PAW 2008.
The campaign aimed at raising estate agents’ awareness of privacy risks
in their everyday work, and providing guidance in protecting customers’
personal data in compliance with the provisions of the Ordinance. To
gain support from the industry, the PCPD invited the Estate Agents
Authority (“EAA”) to co-organize the campaign. To encourage estate
agents to enrol in the campaign, the PCPD had especially developed
a training course, which was endorsed by the EAA Professional
Development Committee, to enable estate agents to earn Continuing
Professional Development points for attending the seminars. Estate
agents also received certificates of attendance upon completion of the
training course.
The campaign lasted for about a year with a total number of 30 seminars
attended by more than 1,400 real estate agents. |
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EAA Vice-chairman Mrs. Amy Liu
( f i r s t row, second f rom lef t ) , the
Commissioner Mr. Roderick Woo (first
row, third from left) and other guests at
the launch ceremony of the Personal
Data Privacy Campaign for the Estate
Agency Trade. |
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| In addition, a compact handbook titled “Proper Handling of Customers'
Personal Data by Estate Agents” was released. The handbook provides
practical guidelines on the protection of customers' personal data for
estate agents. |
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