Hong Kong's privacy watchdog has advised residents to exercise extreme caution with personal data, reporting a 62% increase in privacy complaints year-on-year, particularly in the age of AI.

Hong Kong's privacy watchdog criticized the owner of an education platform for paying a ransom to hackers who stole personal data from 9,000 institutions, arguing the money should have been used for cybersecurity.

Hong Kong's privacy watchdog has issued a warning about a new scam where fraudsters impersonate an electrical appliance retailer, offering compensation or product replacements, with one case resulting in losses of HK$17,000.

Privacy watchdogs from the UK, Hong Kong, and 60 other authorities have issued a joint statement warning against the proliferation and dangers of non-consensual AI-generated images, particularly those depicting vulnerable individuals.

Hong Kong's privacy watchdog has advised against paying ransoms following a global cyberattack on the education platform Canvas, which compromised the personal data of 72,000 students and staff in the city.