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Reaching Out to Education Sector – Privacy Commissioner Speaks at Workshop on Media and Information Literacy
Date: 30 April 2026
The Privacy Commissioner, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling (right), took a photo with the Chairperson of the Journalism Education Foundation, Ms May CHAN Suk-mei (left) at the Workshop on Media and Information Literacy.
Representative of the PCPD explained the steps for anonymising personal data.
Reaching Out to Education Sector – Privacy Commissioner Speaks at Workshop on Media and Information Literacy
The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada Chung Lai-ling, attended the workshop titled “Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Series: (9) Workshop on Responsible Information Handling – Where Personal Data Meets Artificial Intelligence” on 29 April, where she delivered a presentation in hybrid mode to more than 130 teachers. The workshop was co-organised by the Education Bureau and the Journalism Education Foundation.
At the workshop, the Privacy Commissioner delivered a presentation titled “Understanding AI Security and Privacy Risks in Schools”, in which she explained the personal data privacy risks that may arise from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, as well as how to prevent and handle AI deepfake incidents. She also shared with participants some recommendations on developing schools’ internal policies or guidelines on the use of generative AI.
In addition, representatives of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) introduced the data protection principles under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and shared some real cases of data breach incidents involving schools. During the workshop, representatives of the PCPD guided the participants to try out some steps for anonymising personal data and demonstrated the effect of using deepfake technology to generate portraits of individual persons.
Please click here for the presentation deck (Chinese only).
At the workshop, the Privacy Commissioner delivered a presentation titled “Understanding AI Security and Privacy Risks in Schools”, in which she explained the personal data privacy risks that may arise from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, as well as how to prevent and handle AI deepfake incidents. She also shared with participants some recommendations on developing schools’ internal policies or guidelines on the use of generative AI.
In addition, representatives of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) introduced the data protection principles under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and shared some real cases of data breach incidents involving schools. During the workshop, representatives of the PCPD guided the participants to try out some steps for anonymising personal data and demonstrated the effect of using deepfake technology to generate portraits of individual persons.
Please click here for the presentation deck (Chinese only).
The Privacy Commissioner, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling (right), took a photo with the Chairperson of the Journalism Education Foundation, Ms May CHAN Suk-mei (left) at the Workshop on Media and Information Literacy.
Representative of the PCPD explained the steps for anonymising personal data.