PCPD Publishes New Guidance On Responsible Use Of Drones

Artificial Intelligence ("AI") is no longer the future on the horizon for businesses in Hong Kong, but the present-day reality. In just a few years, AI has moved from the margins of corporate operations to their core...

Given the private nature of banking services and as banks serve the vast majority of the public, the banking industry is one of the private sectors in Hong Kong for which the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner receives most complaints.

The HKMA announced that it had granted five stored value facility licences, which are the first set of such licences granted by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority under the new Payment Systems and Stored Value Facilities Ordinance.

On August 22, the Privacy Commissioner issued a Media Statement announcing two charges against a telecommunications company under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance ...

In 2012 Hong Kong introduced the Personal Data Ordinance to, amongst other things, strengthen restrictions on the use of personal data for direct marketing purposes.

Recent high profile data privacy breaches have brought the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) ("PDPO") under the spotlight. Hong Kong was one of the first countries in Asia

The General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") introduced by the European Union two years ago has been an interested clarion call to world personal data privacy ...

The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong has released guidelines for employers on the collection and use of personal data arising from the pandemic. The guidelines include the following...

In August, the Privacy Commissioner issued a revised guide of best practices for implementing a privacy management program ("PMP").

On April 18, 2018, a broadband internet provider reported an intrusion into its ex-customer database

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, determining that when an AI agent acts at a user's direction, it is the user—not the AI company—who "accesses" computer systems under federal and California computer fraud statutes. This landmark appellate decision addresses how existing computer-access laws apply to agentic artificial intelligence and has significant implications...

The Code is voluntary, but it will likely become an important reference point for demonstrating compliance with Article 50 of the AI Act.

The Situation: Surging interest in digital tokens has caught the attention of regulators in Hong Kong.

A federal court has struck down New York's Climate Change Superfund Act, which sought to recover $75 billion from fossil fuel companies based on historical emissions. The ruling found the Act preempted by the Clean Air Act, marking the first judicial decision on state climate superfund legislation and establishing that EPA's rescission of the endangerment finding does not alter preemption analysis.

On April 9, 2018, the PDPC issued new advisory guidelines on in-vehicle recordings by transport services for hire.

China has recently taken several actions showing its commitment to counter trade restrictions imposed by other countries. In March 2025, it released regulations implementing the 2021 Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law.

On August 23, 2024, the HKEx and the SFC jointly announced temporary modifications to the Hong Kong Listing Rules. These modifications, effective from September 1, 2024...

On July 16, plaintiffs in a putative class action filed a motion for preliminary approval of their settlement agreement with a video game ...

The defendant argued that the CFAA does not make it a federal crime to obtain permission to use another's login credentials to access a third party's computer system.

In the January 30, 2015, Federal Register, USDA issued a final rule amending citrus fruit importation regulations to allow the importation of commercial consignments of two Unshu orange hybrids...