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Conviction Secured against a Chinese Medicine Practitioner in a Direct Marketing Case Privacy Commissioner Welcomes the Court’s Ruling

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Monday, February 20, 2023
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Date: 10 February 2023

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  • Date: 10 February 2023
    Conviction Secured against a Chinese Medicine Practitioner in a Direct Marketing Case
    Privacy Commissioner Welcomes the Court’s Ruling
    The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today (10 February) convicted a Chinese medicine practitioner (the Defendant) of two charges of direct marketing offences under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO) upon her guilty plea.
  • She also failed to inform the data subject, when using her personal data in direct marketing for the first time, of her right to request not to use her personal data in direct marketing without charge.
  • The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, welcomed the court’s ruling.
  • Moreover, the data user should inform the data subject, when using his/her personal data in direct marketing for the first time, of the data subject’s right to request the data user to cease to use the data in direct marketing without charge.

Hong Kong Tourism Board: Hong Kong Successfully Hosts the 18th World Congress of Chinese Medicine for the First Time

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HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 6 December 2021 - The 18th World Congress of Chinese Medicine (WCCM), one of the world's largest academic events in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), was successfully held in Hong Kong for the first time at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 4 December 2021.

Key Points: 
  • HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 6 December 2021 - The 18th World Congress of Chinese Medicine (WCCM), one of the world's largest academic events in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), was successfully held in Hong Kong for the first time at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 4 December 2021.
  • Mr. Ma Jianzhong, President of WFCMS, said, "We are pleased to host this edition of WCCM in Hong Kong for the first time.
  • Apart from TCM, Hong Kong will continue to leverage the city's advantages as an East-meets-West showcase to promote the very best of Chinese heritage."
  • The National Administration of TCM and the Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau acted as advisors, and it was organised by the WFCMS, along with the Hong Kong Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioners Association and the WFCM (Hong Kong) Council Members Association as local hosts.