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Reaching out to Universities – PCPD and the University of Hong Kong Jointly Organise the “Seminar on Personal Data Privacy and Protection in Higher Education”

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) and Information Technology Services – Data Protection Office of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) co-organised the “Seminar on Personal Data Privacy and Protection in Higher Education” on 11 July, which attracted more than 120 participants from the higher education sector.

At the seminar, Ms Clemence WONG, Acting Senior Legal Counsel of the PCPD, provided the participants with an overview of the six data protection principles and the requirements for cross-border transfers of personal data from Hong Kong under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, as well as the facilitation measures of the Standard Contract for Cross-boundary Flow of Personal Information Within the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (Mainland, Hong Kong).

During the panel discussion, Ms Ines LEE, Senior Legal Counsel of the PCPD, shared with the other guest speakers her insights on the development and challenges of protecting personal data privacy, including the privacy risks brought by artificial intelligence.

Please click here for Ms Clemence Wong’s presentation deck.
Please click here for Ms Ines Lee’s presentation deck.

Ms Ines Lee, Senior Legal Counsel (second from the right), and Ms Clemence Wong, Acting Senior Legal Counsel (rignt) of the PCPD took a group photo with other guest speakers, including Mr Arktos Lam, Cyber Security Manager of Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (third from the left), and Ms Chandy Ye, Director of Data Privacy Committee of the Hong Kong China Network Security Association (third from the right), and the moderator, Ms Athene Cheung, Data Protection Consultant of HKU Information Technology Services – Data Protection Office (second from the left) and Mr KC Chang, Assistant IT Director of HKU Information Technology Services (left).