'Data breach fines should not be too high or too low'

[RTHK] - 01/22/2025

The government says it will look at how big the fines should be for companies that breach data protection laws to make sure they are acceptable to firms, while still having a deterrent effect. Plans are in place to empower the Office of the Privacy Commissioner to fine those involved in data (…)



        e-mail

In Hong Kong newspapers

Hong Kong minister demands report from Greater Bay Airlines over axed flights
Carrier earlier admitted to ‘negligence’ in scheduling process, having already cancelled 128 flights in next two months.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies stirring up trouble on ex-US diplomat’s orders
But Lai says he was eager to engage James Cunningham to help Hong Kong delegation garner US support on extradition bill.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
'Greater Bay Airlines cancellations not so disruptive'
The executive director of the Travel Industry Council, Fanny Yeung, on Wednesday said Greater Bay Airlines' move to (…)
[RTHK] - 22/01/2025
Hong Kong’s banks gird for leaner times ahead as 9-month profit growth slows
Net interest margin narrowed to 1.5 per cent in the first nine months last year from 1.67 per cent in 2023, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Hong Kong public secondary schools can offer foreign languages to younger pupils
Government offering HK$250,000 in funding for each school to launch foreign language courses for Form One to Three (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Tackle PRH abuse through applicant, tenant land search
Ombudsman Jack Chan has recommended the Housing Authority (HKHA) and the Housing Society (HKHS) conduct thorough (…)
[RTHK] - 22/01/2025
Hong Kong bakery receives warning after staff clean shelf with floor mop
Food hygiene authorities issue verbal warning to bakery in Tsz Wan Shan Shopping Centre after images of incident go (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Thailand denies it plans to send 48 Uyghurs held in detention centres back to China
Thai authorities denied Wednesday there was an immediate plan to send back to China 48 Uyghurs held in the country’s (…)
[HKFP] - 22/01/2025
Hong Kong’s Paul Chan vows to bridge climate financing gap after Trump pull-out
City’s finance chief also met United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for foreign trade to discuss bilateral (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Govt urged to speed up ban on flavoured tobacco
The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) on Wednesday called on the government to speed up a ban on (…)
[RTHK] - 22/01/2025
Hong Kong bus technician remanded over seditious posts, photos on social media
Li Chun-kit faces count of ‘knowingly publishing publications that had seditious intention’ under Safeguarding (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025