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Date: 10 October 2025
Please click here to download the Privacy Commissioner’s presentation deck (Chinese only).
Enhancing Data Security for Schools – Privacy Commissioner’s Office Organises Webinar on “Data Security and Risk Management in Schools”
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data organised a webinar for the education sector titled “Data Security and Risk Management in Schools” on 9 October, which attracted around 700 primary and secondary school principals and teachers to attend.
During the webinar, the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, shared the lessons learnt from some data breach cases involving schools, and elaborated on the causes of the data breach incidents and the remedial measures taken. She also provided practical recommendations for strengthening data security measures and highlighted the key points for preventing and handling data breach incidents. In addition, Mr CHU Ka-tim, Chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Computer Education (HKACE) and Principal of Shatin Pui Ying College, and Mr FONG Ting-hei, Council Member of the HKACE and Vice Principal of Pope Paul VI College, shared some best practices for handling personal data in schools with the participants.
Please click here to download the Privacy Commissioner’s presentation deck (Chinese only).
The Privacy Commissioner, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling (top right), Mr CHU Ka-tim, Chairman of the HKACE and Principal of Shatin Pui Ying College (top left), and Mr FONG Ting-hei, Council Member of the HKACE and Vice Principal of Pope Paul VI College (bottom) spoke at the webinar.