Among Internet users, children are arguably the most vulnerable for obvious reasons—they do not yet have sufficient understanding of the threats they may encounter online, especially with respect to their personal data. But then given this reality, are there sufficient...
University Data Protection Office Blog
July 22, 2019
No. 19-12
22 July 2019
NEWS | Financial information of parents of Catholic school students targeted in cyberattack
20 June 2019
AUSTRALIA – Bank...
July 02, 2019
Over a month ago, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) reported that it was investigating 48 lending companies based on charges of harassment, public shaming, and/or misuse of personal information filed by hundreds of individuals.
According to most allegations, the firms had accessed...
June 27, 2019
On 9 June 2019, Hong Kong residents, reaching an aggregate number of around two million, took to the streets to voice out their resentment over a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects and fugitives in Hong Kong to be tried and imprisoned in mainland China. This isn’t the first...
June 19, 2019
No. 19-11
19 June 2019
NEWS | Trial of safety wristbands raises data privacy worries at Canadian International School of Hong Kong
2 June 2019
HONG KONG – Some parents have...
June 04, 2019
Information about an individual’s education is considered sensitive personal information, which is covered by a higher standard of protection under the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA). The precise definition of this term, however, remains unclear, with the DPA, related laws, and issuances...
June 04, 2019
No. 19-10
04 June 2019
NEWS | Parents concerned at new fingerprint payment system in high schools at East Dunbartonshire
16 May 2019
SCOTLAND — Students attending high schools in East...
May 20, 2019
There is currently a number of emerging discussions relating the topic of gender to the fields of privacy and data protection. This is probably because, for many privacy experts and scholars, women and members of the LGBTQIA+ community are among the most vulnerable populations to...
May 20, 2019
Facial recognition systems enable the identification of individuals by examining the elements of a person’s face and matching them against images and other data already stored in a database.
The use of these systems is fast becoming a staple in science fiction movies. A...
May 16, 2019
No. 19-09
16 May 2019
NEWS | Do CCTV cameras in classrooms violate the right to privacy? Supreme Court to decide
10 May 2019
DELHI, INDIA – The Supreme Court of...
