11 Dec, 2024 Hong Kong Personal Data Privacy – Enforcement Notice Issued by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”) By Angus Forsyth The Hong Kong Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (“EMSD”) is a department of the government of Hong Kong. As a habitual...
25 Jun, 2024 Artificial Intelligence Wide Spread Usage and the Need to Protect Artificial Intelligence Usage of Personal Data By Angus Forsyth The extremely rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and its applications across all manner of information processing,...
27 Nov, 2023 Pack Your Luggage and Beware – The Labelling and Clear Identification of Carcinogenic Concentrations of Some Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (“PAHS”) By Angus Forsyth The Hong Kong Consumer Council (“the Consumer Council”) has issued its latest report on the testing of 15 different proprietary models of...
27 Oct, 2023 Influencers – Human or Not Human – Authentic Persuasive Conviction By Angus Forsyth The real and increasingly fast and loose playground inhabited by influencers is the various social media platforms popularly accessed...
20 Sep, 2023 Cryptocurrency – Online Scams – Hong Kong By Angus Forsyth s1. Multiple complaints have been made to the police about a specified cryptocurrency exchange trading in virtual assets. The...
06 Jun, 2023 Hong Kong – Personal Data Privacy – The Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (“PDPO”) By Angus Forsyth A Mandatory Duty of the Collector of Personal Data Under Data Protection Principle 4 (“DPP4”) scheduled to the PDPO the collector of...
30 Mar, 2023 Hong Kong – First Anniversary of One Year in the Effective Safeguarding of Public Health through the Banning of Alternative Smoking Products (“ASP”) By Angus Forsyth The Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Cap. 371) of the Law of Hong Kong was amended with effect from the 30 April 2022 to establish the...
23 Jan, 2023 Dating Apps – Collection of Personal Data and Potential Breach of the Law - Restriction on Use of Personal Data in Direct Marketing By Angus Forsyth Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (“PDPO”) there are restrictions upon data users intending to use the collected personal data...
16 Aug, 2022 Virtual Influencers in Hong Kong By Angus Forsyth “Social Media” – all social media on the internet such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Key Opinion Leader (“KOL”) “Virtual...
26 Jul, 2022 Loss of Personal Data Health Medical Records and Breach of Data Protection Principle 4(1) (DPP4(1)) In the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (“PDPO”) By Angus Forsyth There has been a timely reminder that the Data Protection Principles are meaningful and require observance. They all have teeth. ...
02 Jun, 2022 Doxxing and the Alternative Remedies to Sanction Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (“PDPO”) By Angus Forsyth As indicated in previous articles, various Social Media with Hong Kong circulation published personal details of police officers in Hong...
14 Feb, 2022 Personal Data Privacy – Hotel Guests and Shoppers – The Perils of Database Hacking By Angus Forsyth A major hotel group in Hong Kong suffered a cyber attack exposing the booking details of more than 1.2 million guests. The hotel group...
02 Feb, 2022 Beware Your Soup Noodles – Where Is the Lobster? And Where Is the Beef? By Angus Forsyth Food analysis in Hong Kong has progressed into a high tech mode. This has been demonstrated by the Hong Kong Consumer Council – a...
02 Feb, 2022 COVID-19 – Hand Over Your Hamster! By Angus Forsyth The Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department has homed into the pet hamster cherishing ownership in Hong Kong motivated by the...
17 Dec, 2021 Advertising and Promotion of Banking Products By Angus Forsyth The 10 December 2021 was the publication date of a revised Code of Banking Practice issued by the Hong Kong Association of Banks. There...
06 Dec, 2021 The Copyright Ordinance Hong Kong By Angus Forsyth In 2014 the Hong Kong Government administration published a Consultation Paper upon proposed amendments to the Copyright Ordinance. For...