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On 6 January 2006, following an extensive public consultation process spanning over fifteen months, the Telecommunications Authority (TA) finalised the regulatory regime for VoIP services and created a new Services-Based Operator (SBO) Licence.

On 14 November 2015, VTech Holdings Limited was hacked, resulting in the personal data of about 6.4 million children and 4.9 million parents being compromised worldwide.

With the evolution of generative artificial intelligence (AI) constantly growing in pace, countries around the world are scrambling to update their laws to tackle new challenges and opportunities posed by this technology.

The latest developments in Hong Kong’s personal data regulation could have significant impacts for the consumer banking and finance industry. This alert identifies ten practical ways that financial institutions can strengthen their privacy terms now.

Social media, mobile computing, "big data" analysis and cloud computing ("SMAC") are fundamentally changing the way in which HR professionals can now operate.

The Copyright Ordinance in Hong Kong is under review again. In December 2004, the Hong Kong Government issued a consultation document seeking the views of the public in relation to, among other aspects, amendments to the end-user criminal liability and copyright exemption provisions in the Copyright Ordinance ("the Consultation Paper").

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) announced the addition of a new Chapter 18C "Specialist Technology Companies" to the Main Board Listing Rules

On 24 October 2005, a Hong Kong Magistrates' Court convicted Hong Kong resident Chan Nai-Ming ("the Defendant") for distributing 3 movie files over the Internet using the popular BitTorrent ("BT") P2P file-sharing tool ("the BT Case").

Amidst the ChatGPT frenzy and the emergence of similar generative artificial intelligence (Generative AI) services in the People's Republic of China (PRC), the Cyberspace Administration...

In the ongoing debate over copyright law reforms related to generative artificial intelligence (AI), the projected introduction of an "opt-out" strategy by the Hong Kong and UK governments is a pivotal development that warrants careful consideration...

The Internet may have given us an unprecedented tool for locating and sharing information but it has also provided an unwelcome accomplice – unsolicited electronic commercial messages on a large scale, otherwise known as spam. The debate centres on the following question: in a borderless environment how can individual countries protect the privacy rights of their citizens whilst still allowing legitimate e-marketing to occur. This article examines Hong Kong's role in the global fight against

An internet service provider (ISP) will need a telecommunications licence to provide internet services in Hong Kong. It is for this reason that certain responses below refer to the telecommunications sector as well.

香港正在成为内地企业部署境外AI业务的重要节点。与欧盟和内地不同，香港以《个人资料（私隐）条例》为底座，通过私隐专员公署发布的模型੭