Cybersecurity

The Hong Kong Cybersecurity module draws on guidance from around the world to provide you with the latest obligations content that can help you meet your cybersecurity obligations.

Module Scope:

Core Obligations

Overview
The Safety of Information System and Data Assets
Consistency in Security Risk Assessment and Audit
The Handling of Information Security Incidents
Guidelines on Public Wi-Fi Services
Privacy and Personal Data of Individuals
Access to and the Misuse of Computers in Cybersecurity
Theft in Cybersecurity
E-Commerce and Electronic Transactions

Legal Landscape

Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap. 106)
Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200)
Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486)
Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012
and 31 other compliance sources

Regulators

Security Bureau – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Office of the Telecommunications Authority
The Hong Kong Police Force
Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau
Electronic Investigation Centre
and 10 other regulators

Legal Expert

Partner, Hugill & Ip Solicitors

Carmen Tang

CARMEN TANG is a partner who heads Hugill & Ip’s Data Privacy Practice and Dispute Resolution Team. She has been practising law in Hong Kong for over 15 years. In 2010 Carmen was appointed as a Legal Counsel of the Office for the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, HKSAR. She then expanded her legal expertise further in 2012 when she became Investigation Counsel for the Law Society of Hong Kong, leading probes into alleged professional...