Andy Lau updates us on the Octopus breach: Octopus Rewards Limited violated the principles of personal data protection by collecting and using customers’ personal data under the Octopus Rewards Program, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Allan Chiang said on Monday. In his investigation report on the issue, Chiang said the company collected excessive and unnecessary…
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Sale of Personal Data for Direct Marketing — How Many Tentacles Can an Octopus Have?
Gabriela Kennedy and Heidi Gleeson write about the Octopus breach previously mentioned on this site. The recent large scale sale of personal data by Hong Kong’s Octopus Holdings Ltd. for the purposes of direct marketing is currently being investigated by the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner and has prompted calls for reforms to the data protection…
HK: Octopus chief resigns over data sales scandal, revenue donated to charity
Amy Wong reports: The chief executive of Hong Kong Octopus Holdings Ltd. has resigned over its scandal of selling almost two million customer’s private data to third party, and the firm will donate HK$44 million ($5.7 million) in revenue to charity. […] The Octopus scandal has escalated with Chan on July 26 admitting that the…
HK: Octopus company to review privacy issues
The Octopus Card Company has admitted that it had shared personal details of its 2.4 million card holders with two partner companies involved in a reward scheme. It’s now set up a special committee to review its handling of customers’ personal information. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Prudence Chan, said its partners will be told…