Gabriela Kennedy writes: Data protection is currently a hot topic in Hong Kong. This is largely due to the furore caused by the discovery of the large scale sale of personal data by Hong Kong’s Octopus Rewards Limited (a company owned by Octopus Holdings Limited) over a number of years. We reported previously that the…
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HK’s Octopus violated data protection principles
Andy Lau updates us on the Octopus breach: Octopus Rewards Limited violated the principles of personal data protection by collecting and using customers’ personal data under the Octopus Rewards Program, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Allan Chiang said on Monday. In his investigation report on the issue, Chiang said the company collected excessive and unnecessary…
Sale of Personal Data for Direct Marketing — How Many Tentacles Can an Octopus Have?
Gabriela Kennedy and Heidi Gleeson write about the Octopus breach previously mentioned on this site. The recent large scale sale of personal data by Hong Kong’s Octopus Holdings Ltd. for the purposes of direct marketing is currently being investigated by the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner and has prompted calls for reforms to the data protection…