'The privacy issue of the prisoners'
Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
I am writing to seek information about the government program-Smart Prison and other information about the complaint mechanism. I refer to the document released on PCPD's Guidance on the Ethical Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. It pointed out that the organizations may consider the risk factors, like the sensitivity of the data used. And CSD has implemented the program of Smart Prison and installed CCTV in the toilet which may involve privacy problems. Hence, we are going to do research about Smart Prison’s privacy problems.
Here are the questions for the department to answer under the Code on Access to Information.
Q 1. Have the Correctional Service Department (CSD) consulted the privacy commission about the Smart Prison Programme regarding the privacy rights of the PICs (Person in Custody)?
Q 2. Based on the above questions, In what ways is the CSD treated differently in the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance? Does the department enjoy any privilege when handling the personal data of PICs? If yes, how about installing CCTV in the toilets watching the prisoners while they are using the toilet?
Q3. Do your department receive any complaints about Smart prison? Can you give us some example cases, and how you reflect the complaints to CSD?
I hope the Privacy Commission could look into this matter and answer these questions under the Code on Access to Information. Hopefully, the questions above could help us review and further discuss how the program of Smart Prison could be improved to better protect and concerns about privacy rights. Thanks in advance for your information.
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
多謝閣下的電郵。我們將會作出跟進，並給閣下回覆。
因應本地疫情的最新發展，我們與外界會面，以及所有網上、電郵、熱線電話及傳真
服務會回復正常；而公眾講座會繼續透過視像會議方式進行。詳情請瀏覽我們的網
址www.pcpd.org.hk。
我們呼籲市民在可行情況下，盡量以電話、電郵或網上途徑聯絡我們。
對閣下造成的不便，我們謹此致歉。
(以上為電腦自動發出的認收訊息。)
香港個人資料私隱專員公署
Thank you for your email. We shall follow up on your email and reply to
you in due course.
Having regard to the latest development of the local epidemic situation,
all face-to-face meetings with members of the public as well as online,
email, hotline and fax services will resume as normal, while
all our public talks will continue to be held as webinars. For details,
please visit our website www.pcpd.org.hk.
We appeal to members of the public to contact us by telephone, email or
online channels as far as practicable.
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Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
I am writing to request an internal review of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data's handling of my FOI request ''The privacy issue of the prisoners''.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you have
our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves as an
interim reply to your application for access to information and we will
let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 2 October 2021. Attached please find our
reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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From: Natalie POON <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:52 AM
To: [FOI #800 email]
<[FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Fw: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you have
our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves as an
interim reply to your application for access to information and we will
let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data's handling of my FOI request ''The privacy issue of the prisoners''.
After reviewing your reply, I have some further questions, and hope for some clear answers for some questions asked earlier.
1. What is the procedure of prisoners' complaints about their privacy issues in prison?
2. Refer to the reply from you, you mentioned that the Correctional Service Department had consulted the Smart Prison privacy issue. Could you summarize what it has consulted and what point has been discussed, and your recommendation about those issues, especially the video analytic system issue?
3. Also, refer to your reply, could you clarify that it is legal to set cameras in the prisoners' washroom? If yes, what consideration is based on?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
多謝閣下的電郵。我們將會作出跟進，並給閣下回覆。
因應本地疫情的最新發展，我們與外界會面，以及所有網上、電郵、熱線電話及傳真
服務會回復正常；而公眾講座會繼續透過視像會議方式進行。詳情請瀏覽我們的網
址www.pcpd.org.hk。
我們呼籲市民在可行情況下，盡量以電話、電郵或網上途徑聯絡我們。
對閣下造成的不便，我們謹此致歉。
(以上為電腦自動發出的認收訊息。)
香港個人資料私隱專員公署
Thank you for your email. We shall follow up on your email and reply to
you in due course.
Having regard to the latest development of the local epidemic situation,
all face-to-face meetings with members of the public as well as online,
email, hotline and fax services will resume as normal, while
all our public talks will continue to be held as webinars. For details,
please visit our website www.pcpd.org.hk.
We appeal to members of the public to contact us by telephone, email or
online channels as far as practicable.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
(The above message is generated by an auto-reply programme to acknowledge
receipt of your email.)
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Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
After reviewing your reply, I have some further questions, and hope for
some clear answers for some questions asked earlier.
1. What is the procedure of prisoners' complaints about their privacy
issues in prison?
2. Refer to the reply from you, you mentioned that the Correctional
Service Department had consulted the Smart Prison privacy issue. Could you
summarize what it has consulted and what point has been discussed, and
your recommendation about those issues, especially the video analytic
system issue?
3. Also, refer to your reply, could you clarify that it is legal to set
cameras in the prisoners' washroom? If yes, what consideration is based
on?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[1]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
Natalie POON <[2][email address]> 於 2021年10月15日 週五 下午5:13
寫道：
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 2 October 2021. Attached please find our
reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[3][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:52 AM
To: [4][FOI #800 email]
<[5][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Fw: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you have
our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[6][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[7][email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[8][email address]>; [9][email address]
<[10][email address]>; [11][email address]
<[12][email address]>; [13][email address]
<[14][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves as an
interim reply to your application for access to information and we will
let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your email. We shall follow up on your email and reply to
you in due course.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Xiang Wei ZOU <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:16 PM
To: Natalie POON <[email address]>
Cc: [FOI #800 email]
<[FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
After reviewing your reply, I have some further questions, and hope for
some clear answers for some questions asked earlier.
1. What is the procedure of prisoners' complaints about their privacy
issues in prison?
2. Refer to the reply from you, you mentioned that the Correctional
Service Department had consulted the Smart Prison privacy issue. Could you
summarize what it has consulted and what point has been discussed, and
your recommendation about those issues, especially the video analytic
system issue?
3. Also, refer to your reply, could you clarify that it is legal to set
cameras in the prisoners' washroom? If yes, what consideration is based
on?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[1]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
Natalie POON <[2][email address]> 於 2021年10月15日 週五 下午5:13
寫道：
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 2 October 2021. Attached please find our
reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[3][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:52 AM
To: [4][FOI #800 email]
<[5][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Fw: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you have
our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[6][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[7][email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[8][email address]>; [9][email address]
<[10][email address]>; [11][email address]
<[12][email address]>; [13][email address]
<[14][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves as an
interim reply to your application for access to information and we will
let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your email dated 19 October 2021. This email serves as an
interim reply to your application for access to information and we will
let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Xiang Wei ZOU <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:16 PM
To: Natalie POON <[email address]>
Cc: [FOI #800 email]
<[FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
After reviewing your reply, I have some further questions, and hope for
some clear answers for some questions asked earlier.
1. What is the procedure of prisoners' complaints about their privacy
issues in prison?
2. Refer to the reply from you, you mentioned that the Correctional
Service Department had consulted the Smart Prison privacy issue. Could you
summarize what it has consulted and what point has been discussed, and
your recommendation about those issues, especially the video analytic
system issue?
3. Also, refer to your reply, could you clarify that it is legal to set
cameras in the prisoners' washroom? If yes, what consideration is based
on?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[1]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
Natalie POON <[2][email address]> 於 2021年10月15日 週五 下午5:13
寫道：
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 2 October 2021. Attached please find our
reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[3][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:52 AM
To: [4][FOI #800 email]
<[5][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Fw: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you have
our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[6][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[7][email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[8][email address]>; [9][email address]
<[10][email address]>; [11][email address]
<[12][email address]>; [13][email address]
<[14][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves as an
interim reply to your application for access to information and we will
let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 19 October 2021. Attached please find our
reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 5:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[email address]>
Cc: [FOI #800 email]
<[FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your email dated 19 October 2021. This email serves as an
interim reply to your application for access to information and we will
let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Xiang Wei ZOU <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:16 PM
To: Natalie POON <[email address]>
Cc: [FOI #800 email]
<[FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>; [email address]
<[email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
After reviewing your reply, I have some further questions, and hope for
some clear answers for some questions asked earlier.
1. What is the procedure of prisoners' complaints about their privacy
issues in prison?
2. Refer to the reply from you, you mentioned that the Correctional
Service Department had consulted the Smart Prison privacy issue. Could you
summarize what it has consulted and what point has been discussed, and
your recommendation about those issues, especially the video analytic
system issue?
3. Also, refer to your reply, could you clarify that it is legal to set
cameras in the prisoners' washroom? If yes, what consideration is based
on?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[1]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
Natalie POON <[2][email address]> 於 2021年10月15日 週五 下午5:13
寫道：
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 2 October 2021. Attached please find our
reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[3][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:52 AM
To: [4][FOI #800 email]
<[5][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Fw: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you have
our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[6][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[7][email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[8][email address]>; [9][email address]
<[10][email address]>; [11][email address]
<[12][email address]>; [13][email address]
<[14][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves as an
interim reply to your application for access to information and we will
let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
Ok transparency argument to go
Simon
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 at 18:40, Natalie POON <[1][email address]>
wrote:
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 19 October 2021. Attached please find our
reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[2][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 5:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[3][email address]>
Cc: [4][FOI #800 email]
<[5][FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[6][email address]>; [7][email address]
<[8][email address]>; [9][email address]
<[10][email address]>; [11][email address]
<[12][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your email dated 19 October 2021. This email serves as an
interim reply to your application for access to information and we will
let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Xiang Wei ZOU <[13][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:16 PM
To: Natalie POON <[14][email address]>
Cc: [15][FOI #800 email]
<[16][FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[17][email address]>; [18][email address]
<[19][email address]>; [20][email address]
<[21][email address]>; [22][email address]
<[23][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
After reviewing your reply, I have some further questions, and hope for
some clear answers for some questions asked earlier.
1. What is the procedure of prisoners' complaints about their privacy
issues in prison?
2. Refer to the reply from you, you mentioned that the Correctional
Service Department had consulted the Smart Prison privacy issue. Could
you summarize what it has consulted and what point has been discussed,
and your recommendation about those issues, especially the video
analytic system issue?
3. Also, refer to your reply, could you clarify that it is legal to set
cameras in the prisoners' washroom? If yes, what consideration is based
on?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[24]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
Natalie POON <[25][email address]> 於 2021年10月15日 週五 下
午5:13寫道：
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 2 October 2021. Attached please find our
reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank
you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[26][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:52 AM
To: [27][FOI #800 email]
<[28][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Fw: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you
have our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[29][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[30][email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[31][email address]>; [32][email address]
<[33][email address]>; [34][email address]
<[35][email address]>; [36][email address]
<[37][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves as
an interim reply to your application for access to information and we
will let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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Dear Simon,
Thank you for your email. Should Zou Xiang Wei would like us to further
consider the application, he can send the relevant
information/justification/argument for our consideration. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Simon H WANG <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, November 1, 2021 6:52 PM
To: Natalie POON <[email address]>
Cc: [email address] <[email address]>;
[email address] <[email address]>;
[email address] <[email address]>; Xiang Wei ZOU
<[email address]>; [FOI #800 email]
<[FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Ok transparency argument to go
Simon
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 at 18:40, Natalie POON <[1][email address]>
wrote:
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 19 October 2021. Attached please find our
reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[2][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 5:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[3][email address]>
Cc: [4][FOI #800 email]
<[5][FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[6][email address]>; [7][email address]
<[8][email address]>; [9][email address]
<[10][email address]>; [11][email address]
<[12][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your email dated 19 October 2021. This email serves as an
interim reply to your application for access to information and we will
let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Xiang Wei ZOU <[13][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:16 PM
To: Natalie POON <[14][email address]>
Cc: [15][FOI #800 email]
<[16][FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[17][email address]>; [18][email address]
<[19][email address]>; [20][email address]
<[21][email address]>; [22][email address]
<[23][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
After reviewing your reply, I have some further questions, and hope for
some clear answers for some questions asked earlier.
1. What is the procedure of prisoners' complaints about their privacy
issues in prison?
2. Refer to the reply from you, you mentioned that the Correctional
Service Department had consulted the Smart Prison privacy issue. Could
you summarize what it has consulted and what point has been discussed,
and your recommendation about those issues, especially the video
analytic system issue?
3. Also, refer to your reply, could you clarify that it is legal to set
cameras in the prisoners' washroom? If yes, what consideration is based
on?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[24]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
Natalie POON <[25][email address]> 於 2021年10月15日 週五 下
午5:13寫道：
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 2 October 2021. Attached please find our
reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank
you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[26][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:52 AM
To: [27][FOI #800 email]
<[28][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Fw: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you
have our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[29][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[30][email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[31][email address]>; [32][email address]
<[33][email address]>; [34][email address]
<[35][email address]>; [36][email address]
<[37][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves as
an interim reply to your application for access to information and we
will let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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Dear Natalie
You may wish to know that my students are
taking a General Education course through which they investigate various
government policies and projects. Smart Prison project is one of them
being studied this semester. The students then write letters to the editor
in SCMP (see letters we
published [1]https://padlet.com/simonwanghkbu/scmplet...) to comment on
these projects and share their research findings. Since the Commissioner
and the CSD refuse to provide info regarding the privacy issues, we would
have no choice but to write in SCMP to urge the government to be more
transparent about these matters (e.g. we made a similar transparency
argument about the Department of Justice
here [2]https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/art...
DOJ's
reply [3]https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/art...
Given the special/sensitive nature of this issue (prisoners being a
particularly vulnerable group in our society), we believe the authorities
and those in power should be more cautious when imposing the smart prison
system on these people. If the staff at the Privacy Commission believe in
the importance of protecting people's privacy including prisoners' rights,
I think you should be more forthcoming in sharing information or at least
offer us more suggestions on what can be done to better protect the
privacy of these groups of people. Legally you are not necessarily
obliged to do so; but morally and ethically you should.
From time to time I write to the government
staff in a rather aggressive tone; but fundamentally I believe the
government is on our side as we all try to make our society a better
place. To do that we should have an open conversation for which
transparency is essential.
Cheers
Simon
On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 7:35 PM Natalie POON <[4][email address]>
wrote:
Dear Simon,
Thank you for your email. Should Zou Xiang Wei would like us to further
consider the application, he can send the relevant
information/justification/argument for our consideration. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Simon H WANG <[5][email address]>
Sent: Monday, November 1, 2021 6:52 PM
To: Natalie POON <[6][email address]>
Cc: [7][email address] <[8][email address]>;
[9][email address] <[10][email address]>;
[11][email address] <[12][email address]>; Xiang Wei
ZOU <[13][email address]>;
[14][FOI #800 email]
<[15][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Ok transparency argument to go
Simon
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 at 18:40, Natalie POON <[16][email address]>
wrote:
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 19 October 2021. Attached please find
our reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank
you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[17][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 5:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[18][email address]>
Cc: [19][FOI #800 email]
<[20][FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[21][email address]>; [22][email address]
<[23][email address]>; [24][email address]
<[25][email address]>; [26][email address]
<[27][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your email dated 19 October 2021. This email serves as
an interim reply to your application for access to information and we
will let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Xiang Wei ZOU <[28][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:16 PM
To: Natalie POON <[29][email address]>
Cc: [30][FOI #800 email]
<[31][FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[32][email address]>; [33][email address]
<[34][email address]>; [35][email address]
<[36][email address]>; [37][email address]
<[38][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
After reviewing your reply, I have some further questions, and hope
for some clear answers for some questions asked earlier.
1. What is the procedure of prisoners' complaints about their privacy
issues in prison?
2. Refer to the reply from you, you mentioned that the Correctional
Service Department had consulted the Smart Prison privacy issue. Could
you summarize what it has consulted and what point has been discussed,
and your recommendation about those issues, especially the video
analytic system issue?
3. Also, refer to your reply, could you clarify that it is legal to
set cameras in the prisoners' washroom? If yes, what consideration is
based on?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available
on the Internet at this address:
[39]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
Natalie POON <[40][email address]> 於 2021年10月15日 週五 下
午5:13寫道：
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 2 October 2021. Attached please find
our reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank
you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[41][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:52 AM
To: [42][FOI #800 email]
<[43][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Fw: A follow up email for sincere request for the
information in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you
have our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[44][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[45][email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[46][email address]>; [47][email address]
<[48][email address]>; [49][email address]
<[50][email address]>; [51][email address]
<[52][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the
information in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves
as an interim reply to your application for access to information
and we will let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
Disclaimer
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E-mail Facilities. Any views and opinions expressed in the email(s) are
those of the author(s), and do not necessarily represent the views and
opinions of the University. The University accepts no liability
whatsoever for any losses or damages that may be incurred or caused to
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Dear Simon,
Thank you for your email. We are considering the matters raised in your
email and we will let you have our reply in due course.
2. Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Simon H WANG <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 11:05 PM
To: Natalie POON <[email address]>
Cc: [email address] <[email address]>;
[email address] <[email address]>;
[email address] <[email address]>; Xiang Wei ZOU
<[email address]>; [FOI #800 email]
<[FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Dear Natalie
You may wish to know that my students are
taking a General Education course through which they investigate various
government policies and projects. Smart Prison project is one of them
being studied this semester. The students then write letters to the editor
in SCMP (see letters we
published [1]https://padlet.com/simonwanghkbu/scmplet...) to comment on
these projects and share their research findings. Since the Commissioner
and the CSD refuse to provide info regarding the privacy issues, we would
have no choice but to write in SCMP to urge the government to be more
transparent about these matters (e.g. we made a similar transparency
argument about the Department of Justice
here [2]https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/art...
DOJ's
reply [3]https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/art...
Given the special/sensitive nature of this issue (prisoners being a
particularly vulnerable group in our society), we believe the authorities
and those in power should be more cautious when imposing the smart prison
system on these people. If the staff at the Privacy Commission believe in
the importance of protecting people's privacy including prisoners' rights,
I think you should be more forthcoming in sharing information or at least
offer us more suggestions on what can be done to better protect the
privacy of these groups of people. Legally you are not necessarily
obliged to do so; but morally and ethically you should.
From time to time I write to the government
staff in a rather aggressive tone; but fundamentally I believe the
government is on our side as we all try to make our society a better
place. To do that we should have an open conversation for which
transparency is essential.
Cheers
Simon
On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 7:35 PM Natalie POON <[4][email address]>
wrote:
Dear Simon,
Thank you for your email. Should Zou Xiang Wei would like us to further
consider the application, he can send the relevant
information/justification/argument for our consideration. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Simon H WANG <[5][email address]>
Sent: Monday, November 1, 2021 6:52 PM
To: Natalie POON <[6][email address]>
Cc: [7][email address] <[8][email address]>;
[9][email address] <[10][email address]>;
[11][email address] <[12][email address]>; Xiang Wei
ZOU <[13][email address]>;
[14][FOI #800 email]
<[15][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Ok transparency argument to go
Simon
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 at 18:40, Natalie POON <[16][email address]>
wrote:
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 19 October 2021. Attached please find
our reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank
you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[17][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 5:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[18][email address]>
Cc: [19][FOI #800 email]
<[20][FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[21][email address]>; [22][email address]
<[23][email address]>; [24][email address]
<[25][email address]>; [26][email address]
<[27][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your email dated 19 October 2021. This email serves as
an interim reply to your application for access to information and we
will let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Xiang Wei ZOU <[28][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:16 PM
To: Natalie POON <[29][email address]>
Cc: [30][FOI #800 email]
<[31][FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[32][email address]>; [33][email address]
<[34][email address]>; [35][email address]
<[36][email address]>; [37][email address]
<[38][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
After reviewing your reply, I have some further questions, and hope
for some clear answers for some questions asked earlier.
1. What is the procedure of prisoners' complaints about their privacy
issues in prison?
2. Refer to the reply from you, you mentioned that the Correctional
Service Department had consulted the Smart Prison privacy issue. Could
you summarize what it has consulted and what point has been discussed,
and your recommendation about those issues, especially the video
analytic system issue?
3. Also, refer to your reply, could you clarify that it is legal to
set cameras in the prisoners' washroom? If yes, what consideration is
based on?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available
on the Internet at this address:
[39]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
Natalie POON <[40][email address]> 於 2021年10月15日 週五 下
午5:13寫道：
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 2 October 2021. Attached please find
our reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank
you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[41][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:52 AM
To: [42][FOI #800 email]
<[43][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Fw: A follow up email for sincere request for the
information in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you
have our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Natalie POON <[44][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[45][email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[46][email address]>; [47][email address]
<[48][email address]>; [49][email address]
<[50][email address]>; [51][email address]
<[52][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the
information in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves
as an interim reply to your application for access to information
and we will let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
Disclaimer
This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential
information intended for a specific individual and/or purpose. If you
are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify
the sender and the University immediately. Any disclosure, copying, or
distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it,
is prohibited as it may be unlawful.
In addition, the University specifically denies any responsibility for
the accuracy or quality of information obtained through University
E-mail Facilities. Any views and opinions expressed in the email(s) are
those of the author(s), and do not necessarily represent the views and
opinions of the University. The University accepts no liability
whatsoever for any losses or damages that may be incurred or caused to
any party as a result of the use of such information.
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Dear Simon,
Attached please find our reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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From: Natalie POON <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2021 10:52 AM
To: Simon H WANG <[email address]>
Cc: [email address] <[email address]>;
[email address] <[email address]>;
[email address] <[email address]>; Xiang Wei ZOU
<[email address]>; [FOI #800 email]
<[FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Dear Simon,
Thank you for your email. We are considering the matters raised in your
email and we will let you have our reply in due course.
2. Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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From: Simon H WANG <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 11:05 PM
To: Natalie POON <[email address]>
Cc: [email address] <[email address]>;
[email address] <[email address]>;
[email address] <[email address]>; Xiang Wei ZOU
<[email address]>; [FOI #800 email]
<[FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information in
AccessInfo
Dear Natalie
You may wish to know that my students are
taking a General Education course through which they investigate various
government policies and projects. Smart Prison project is one of them
being studied this semester. The students then write letters to the editor
in SCMP (see letters we
published [1]https://padlet.com/simonwanghkbu/scmplet...) to comment on
these projects and share their research findings. Since the Commissioner
and the CSD refuse to provide info regarding the privacy issues, we would
have no choice but to write in SCMP to urge the government to be more
transparent about these matters (e.g. we made a similar transparency
argument about the Department of Justice
here [2]https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/art...
DOJ's
reply [3]https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/art...
Given the special/sensitive nature of this issue (prisoners being a
particularly vulnerable group in our society), we believe the authorities
and those in power should be more cautious when imposing the smart prison
system on these people. If the staff at the Privacy Commission believe in
the importance of protecting people's privacy including prisoners' rights,
I think you should be more forthcoming in sharing information or at least
offer us more suggestions on what can be done to better protect the
privacy of these groups of people. Legally you are not necessarily
obliged to do so; but morally and ethically you should.
From time to time I write to the government
staff in a rather aggressive tone; but fundamentally I believe the
government is on our side as we all try to make our society a better
place. To do that we should have an open conversation for which
transparency is essential.
Cheers
Simon
On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 7:35 PM Natalie POON <[4][email address]>
wrote:
Dear Simon,
Thank you for your email. Should Zou Xiang Wei would like us to further
consider the application, he can send the relevant
information/justification/argument for our consideration. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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From: Simon H WANG <[5][email address]>
Sent: Monday, November 1, 2021 6:52 PM
To: Natalie POON <[6][email address]>
Cc: [7][email address] <[8][email address]>;
[9][email address] <[10][email address]>;
[11][email address] <[12][email address]>; Xiang Wei
ZOU <[13][email address]>;
[14][FOI #800 email]
<[15][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Ok transparency argument to go
Simon
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 at 18:40, Natalie POON <[16][email address]>
wrote:
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 19 October 2021. Attached please find
our reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank
you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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From: Natalie POON <[17][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 5:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[18][email address]>
Cc: [19][FOI #800 email]
<[20][FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[21][email address]>; [22][email address]
<[23][email address]>; [24][email address]
<[25][email address]>; [26][email address]
<[27][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your email dated 19 October 2021. This email serves as
an interim reply to your application for access to information and we
will let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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From: Xiang Wei ZOU <[28][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:16 PM
To: Natalie POON <[29][email address]>
Cc: [30][FOI #800 email]
<[31][FOI #800 email]>; Simon H WANG
<[32][email address]>; [33][email address]
<[34][email address]>; [35][email address]
<[36][email address]>; [37][email address]
<[38][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the information
in AccessInfo
Dear Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
After reviewing your reply, I have some further questions, and hope
for some clear answers for some questions asked earlier.
1. What is the procedure of prisoners' complaints about their privacy
issues in prison?
2. Refer to the reply from you, you mentioned that the Correctional
Service Department had consulted the Smart Prison privacy issue. Could
you summarize what it has consulted and what point has been discussed,
and your recommendation about those issues, especially the video
analytic system issue?
3. Also, refer to your reply, could you clarify that it is legal to
set cameras in the prisoners' washroom? If yes, what consideration is
based on?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available
on the Internet at this address:
[39]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/the_pri...
Yours faithfully,
Zou Xiang Wei
Natalie POON <[40][email address]> 於 2021年10月15日 週五 下
午5:13寫道：
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
We refer to your email dated 2 October 2021. Attached please find
our reply letter.
Should you have any queries, please contact me at 3423 6609. Thank
you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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From: Natalie POON <[41][email address]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 9:52 AM
To: [42][FOI #800 email]
<[43][FOI #800 email]>
Subject: Fw: A follow up email for sincere request for the
information in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 and 13 October 2021. Please see
our interim reply to you on 12 October 2021 below. We will let you
have our reply once available.
Please contact me if you have any question. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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From: Natalie POON <[44][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:59 PM
To: Xiang Wei ZOU <[45][email address]>; Simon H WANG
<[46][email address]>; [47][email address]
<[48][email address]>; [49][email address]
<[50][email address]>; [51][email address]
<[52][email address]>
Subject: Re: A follow up email for sincere request for the
information in AccessInfo
Dear Zou Xiang Wei,
Thank you for your emails dated 2 October 2021. This email serves
as an interim reply to your application for access to information
and we will let you have our reply once available.
2. Please contact me if you have any question.
Yours sincerely,
(Natalie POON)
Access to Information Officer
for Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
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