On 15 April 2025, the Hong Kong Government’s Digital Policy Office published the Hong Kong Generative Artificial Intelligence Technical and Application Guideline (“Guideline”), which aims to provide operational guidance for...more
5/15/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Data Privacy ,
Hong Kong ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
Personal Data ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management
With the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022, one of the hot buzzwords is “artificial intelligence” (“AI”). Recently, more and more companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, purchase AI solutions from...more
On 22 May 2024, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”) published its “Investigation Findings” regarding the operation of the Worldcoin Project in Hong Kong, pursuant to section 48(2) of the Personal...more
China’s data protection laws have been developing actively in the recent years. This article identifies some other Chinese legal instruments which are relevant to the protection of personal information, and discusses the...more
Hong Kong’s personal data privacy law recently has been amended to introduce new provisions to combat doxxing acts which are intrusive to personal data privacy. This marks the first stage of the stream of proposed amendments...more
Hong Kong now has its own set of recommended best practices for the development and use of AI published in a guidance note issued by the PCPD. Businesses which intend to or have begun to use AI in their operations are advised...more
In light of the prevalence of doxxing and cyber harassment in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong government is keen to step up the efforts to curb the dissemination of personal data which is done to harass or harm to data subjects. It...more
Hong Kong proposes to widen the current definition of “personal data” to cover not just “identified” persons but also “identifiable” persons. The amendment is expected to cover the use of online tracking technologies such as...more
7/22/2021
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Cookies ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hong Kong ,
IP Addresses ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ,
Web Tracking
In the upcoming round of amendments to the PDPO, Hong Kong likely will follow the footsteps of overseas regulatory authorities to introduce measures that regulate data processors directly.
This post is the fourth in the...more
With the gradual lessening of locally acquired cases of COVID-19, on 28 April 2021, the Government announced measures to relax restrictions in respect of the operation of restaurants and other premises. While catering...more
6/9/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Fair Work Commission ,
Hong Kong ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
To enhance protection of personal data protection, the Hong Kong government currently is considering to raise the level of fines for offences under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and exploring the feasibility of...more