23 Apr 2025集誌社#6720
健身「賣」私隱？｜24/7 增直銷「生物資料」條款 文件稱續會當同意 收投訴後改口
24/7 Fitness, a chain of gyms with more than 100 branches across Hong Kong that uses facial recognition as the sole entry-authentication procedure, sent members a letter last month adding an appendix to their existing contracts. The appendix reserved the company and its “associated persons” the right to use members’ biometric data for statistical or direct-marketing purposes. Staff at one branch said that even if members did not reply to the email, they would be deemed to have consented to the terms, and those who disagreed could only cancel their memberships. After a member complained to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, 24/7 replied that biometric identification data would be used only for members’ entry to the premises.
Former Privacy Commissioner and barrister Stephen Kai Yi Wong said that if a company uses personal data for a purpose different from that stated when the data was collected, and does so without separately obtaining the data subject’s express consent, it may constitute a breach. He also said that “treating non-reply as consent is not allowed.”
After a member complained to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, 24/7 changed its position and said it would not use members’ personal data for direct marketing without their express consent. The Privacy Commissioner’s Office said it had received two complaints about the incident and launched a compliance review at the end of last month. It wrote to the gym twice, awaiting a further response. The reporter emailed 24/7 for comment at the end of last month, but had received no reply by press time. The company commented on The Collective’s social media this afternoon, saying that it had sent the contract appendix to members at the direction of the Privacy Commissioner’s Office; members who did not reply would be deemed not to consent to receiving promotional notifications; and the matter did not involve the transfer or sale of members’ data. It said it had emailed members to clarify the “misunderstanding over the wording of the appendix.”
全港有逾百間分店、以人面識別作為唯一入場認證程序的連鎖健身室 24/7 Fitness (下稱 24/7）上月向會員發信，為已簽訂的合約增加附錄文件，保留該公司及「關聯人士」將會員的生物資料作統計或直銷用途的權利。有分店職員表示，即使會員沒有回覆電郵，亦會視作同意有關條款、若不同意則只能取消會籍；有會員在向私隱專員公署投訴後，方獲 24/7 回覆指生物識別資料將僅會用作會員進入場所之用。
前私隱專員、大律師黃繼兒表示，若公司使用個人資料的目的與收集資料時所聲明的不同，並在未另外徵得資料擁有人的明確同意下使用有關資料，便涉違規，又指「唔覆當同意係唔得」。
有會員向個人資料私隱專員公署投訴後，24/7 改口稱不會在未獲明確同意下，使用會員個人資料作直銷。私隱公署指就事件接獲兩宗投訴，上月底展開循規審查，兩度去信健身室待進一步回覆。記者上月底電郵向 24/7 查詢，截稿前一直未獲回覆。公司今午在《集誌社》社交媒體留言指，是按私隱公署指示向會員發合約附錄，會員不回覆會被視為不同意接收宣傳通知，不涉轉讓或出售會員資料，已電郵和會員澄清「附錄字眼上的誤解」。
18 Apr 2025RFA#6711
「愛沙尼亞港人協會」成立 發起人：有一個香港人的地方就會有香港
Apart from knowing that Estonia is in Europe, most people are likely quite unfamiliar with the country, let alone having visited it. Yet this small nation of just over one million people is also home to Hongkongers. Iverson Wu Chun-sing, who moved there eight years ago, was inspired by Hong Kong’s 2019 social movement and decided to organise activities for Hongkongers. The “Estonian Hongkongers’ Association” (Hongkongi Maja MTÜ) was finally established recently. He said: “Just as Hemingway described Estonians, wherever you find a port, you find an Estonian. And many of us say that wherever you find a Hongkonger, you will find Hong Kong.”
There are currently more than 30 Hongkongers living in Estonia. Although its population is smaller than Hong Kong’s, Wu told this outlet in an interview that encountering Hongkongers is not easy at all. “The cruel reality is that Hongkongers who move to Estonia do not want to concern themselves with Hong Kong affairs either. People moved here not for political reasons, but because they wanted to leave Asia.”
提起愛沙尼亞，相信除了位於歐洲外，大多數人對這個國家都相當陌生，遑論曾到當地旅遊。不過，這個只有百多萬人口的小國也有香港人的蹤跡，8年前移居當地的伍鎮星（Iverson），因受到香港2019年社會運動的感動，於是立心籌辦港人活動，近日終於成立了「愛沙尼亞港人協會」（Hongkongi Maja MTÜ），他表示：「就像海明威描述的愛沙尼亞人般，你每找到一個港口你就找到一個愛沙尼亞人。而我們很多人都說，你找到有一個香港人的地方，就會有香港。」
目前有約30多位香港人聚居愛沙尼亞，雖說這裡的人口比香港還少，但伍鎮星接受本台專訪時分享，要遇見香港人一點也不容易，「殘酷現實是搬到愛沙尼亞的港人也不想理會香港的事，大家搬過來也不是為了政治理由，而是想離開亞洲」。
17 Apr 2025集誌社#6709
大學換血｜內地教員七年翻一倍創新高 進駐工商理 本地學者跌兩成 教育、人文、社科學者出走
Data from the University Grants Committee obtained by The Collective shows that the number of mainland faculty members at Hong Kong’s eight publicly funded universities has reached a record high, nearly doubling over the past seven years and accounting for 41% of all faculty. They are concentrated mainly in engineering, business and science. By contrast, the number of local scholars has fallen by 20% from seven years ago, with education, the humanities and the social sciences hardest hit.
A mainland-born engineering professor at the University of Hong Kong said that overseas-returned scholars chose local universities because they had greater opportunities to conduct research independently. Admitting that he did not understand politics, he hoped Hong Kong would become a place that nurtured scientific research, but said that since 2019, many places had come to perceive Hong Kong as moving increasingly closer to the mainland. He was concerned that Hong Kong could be caught up in the US-China rivalry.
Also from HKU’s engineering department, associate professor Albert Tak Chung Yeung, who had actively participated in public affairs, retired in 2020 and went to Taiwan three years ago to resume teaching. He said universities were pursuing rankings and faculty had to “run up the numbers” through their papers; it was an undisputed fact that mainland scholars had an advantage. Former Chinese University of Hong Kong scholar Chan Kin-man, who also went to Taiwan, said mainland scholars had outstanding publication records, but most approached their work with the mindset of “finding a job and earning a high salary” and lacked concern for Hong Kong issues. Many conducted China studies that attracted greater attention from international academic journals. This might appear to improve university rankings, he said, but “in reality, it will gradually hollow out local research.”
《集誌社》取得教資會過去七年數據，本港八間資助大學的內地教員人數創有紀錄以來新高，較七年增加近一倍，佔整體教員比例 41％，主要進駐工、商、理三科。相反，本地學者較七年前跌兩成，教育、人文和社科為重災區。
有內地港大工程系教授直言，「海歸」學者選本地院校，因較大機會獨立做研究。自認不了解政治的他，希望香港成為滋養科研的土地，但指 2019 年後很多地方認知香港「跟大陸越走越近」，憂香港在中美角力下受牽連。
而同屬港大工程系，曾積極參與公共事務的副教授楊德忠在 2020 年退休，三年前赴台重拾教鞭，他認為大學追逐排名，教員要為論文「跑數」，內地學者較有優勢是不爭事實。同樣赴台的前中大學者陳健民則認為，內地學者論文成績斐然，但大部分持「搵份工、高薪」心態，缺乏對香港議題關懷，多從事較受國際學術期刊關注的中國研究，表面上大學排名增加，但「實則會慢慢掏空本土研究」。
16 Apr 2025RFA#6700
研究報告指香港資訊自由明顯受限 記者被滋擾編輯淡化敏感新聞
A report by the Resilience Innovation Lab says Hong Kong’s National Security Law and Article 23 have severely restricted press freedom and civil society’s ability to monitor the government. Drawing on interviews with Hong Kong civil society members conducted last year, the report found that editors used various means to play down sensitive news content. A freelance photojournalist said their family was harassed after the journalist received payment from a Hong Kong media organisation; other journalists were followed by unidentified people, while another received threatening letters after being doxxed.
「韌性創新實驗室」發表報告指，香港《國安法》及「23條」實施後，嚴重限制新聞自由及公民社會監督政府功能。報告結合去年進行的香港公民社會成員訪談，發現編輯以各種方式淡化敏感新聞內容，有自由攝影記者指收取香港媒體款項後家人被騷擾，亦有記者被不知名人士跟蹤，更有記者被「起底」後收恐嚇信。
15 Apr 2025獨媒#6691
英國會議員被拒入境 特區政府：入境人士應當清楚其自身過去所作的行為
Wera Hobhouse, a British Liberal Democrat MP, arrived in Hong Kong last Thursday (April 10) to visit her son and newly born grandchild. She said she was questioned and held at the airport for about five hours before being refused entry. In a subsequent media interview, she described the incident as China intimidating her to prevent her from speaking out for human rights, freedom and democracy. The HKSAR Government said in a statement last night that it would not comment on individual cases, but said the Immigration Department had a responsibility to ask entrants about the purpose of their visit. It added: “Entrants should be clear about their own past actions; if he or she refuses to answer questions about the purpose of their visit, that does not help in handling their entry.”
英國自由民主黨國會議員賀候絲（Wera Hobhouse），上周四（4月10日）到港欲探望其兒子及剛出生的孫兒，她指在機場被盤問及扣留約五小時後被拒入境，及後在接受傳媒訪問時形容中國藉此恐嚇她，阻止她為人權、自由和民主發聲。特區政府昨晚發聲明，稱不會評論個別個案，惟指入境處有責任向入境人士查詢其入境目的，稱「入境人士應當清楚其自身過去所作的行為，如他／她拒絕回答有關其入境目的的提問，對處理其入境沒有幫助。」
15 Apr 2025明報#6693
上月在港影展獲獎 伊朗電影《一念菩提》被指未能通過電檢在港上映
Iranian political film The Seed of the Sacred Fig won the Best Screenplay award at the Asian Film Awards held in Hong Kong last month. But film critic Bit Ming, citing the film’s distributor, said the film might have failed to pass film censorship and therefore could not be released in Hong Kong. Asked whether the film had failed to pass censorship, the Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration told this newspaper that it would not comment on applications for or film-inspection decisions concerning individual films.
Set during Iran’s 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” protest movement, the film follows Iman after he is promoted to become a judge and is instructed by the authorities to sentence rioters to death without examining the evidence. His two daughters become angry and dissatisfied, triggering conflict within the family. The film also includes footage of violent crackdowns filmed by Iranian people on the streets.
伊朗政治電影《一念菩提（The Seed of the Sacred Fig）》上月在香港舉行的亞洲電影大獎獲評最佳編劇獎項，但影評人畢明引述電影發行商指，該電影疑未能通過電檢，未能在港上映。對於該電影是否未能通過電檢，電影、報刊及物品管理辦事處回覆本報稱，不會就個別影片的申請及檢片決定作評論。
《一念菩提》將故事背景設於伊朗在2022年爆發的「女性、生命、自由」抗爭運動期間，講述主角伊曼（Iman）晉升當審訊官後，遭當局要求在無須審視證據下，宣判叛亂分子死刑；但主角的兩名女兒對此感憤怒及不滿，引發家庭衝突。片中穿插伊朗民眾在街頭拍攝的暴力鎮壓畫面。
15 Apr 2025Yahoo#6696
國際特赦宣布成立香港海外分會 理事包括張超雄、邵嵐 港府：卑劣政治技倆
Amnesty International, which withdrew from Hong Kong in 2021, announced today (15th) the establishment of the Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas Branch. It is Amnesty International’s first branch to be established and operated in exile, and is made up of Hongkongers living overseas. According to the branch’s press release, its board members include former Legislative Council member Cheung Chiu-hung and former student leader Laam Siu, who is wanted by the authorities under the national security law.
The Hong Kong government told Yahoo News that it strongly urged “anti-China organisations with ulterior motives” to stop slandering and smearing, and interfering in Hong Kong affairs, which are part of China’s internal affairs. “These despicable political ploys are doomed to end in failure,” it said.
自 2021 年已撤出香港的國際特赦組織，今日（15 日）宣布成立「國際特赦組織香港海外分會」，是國際特赦組織首個在流亡中成立和營運的分會，由離散海外香港人組成。據該會的新聞稿透露，分會理事包括立法會前議員張超雄，以及被國安通緝的前學生領袖邵嵐。
港府回應《Yahoo新聞》指，強烈敦促別有用心的反華組織停止誣衊抹黑、干預屬於中國內政的香港事務，「這些卑劣的政治技倆注定以失敗告終。」
15 Apr 2025集誌社#6697
國際特赦組織組香港分會 首個「流亡分會」 前議員張超雄、國安通緝邵嵐任理事
Amnesty International announced today (15th) that it had established its first “branch in exile”, launching the Hong Kong branch overseas to devote more resources to human rights issues concerning Hong Kong. The organisation said the branch was registered in Switzerland and comprised Hong Kong people living overseas. Based in areas where overseas Hong Kong people gather, it emphasises that it is “led by Hong Kong people and serves Hong Kong people”, and seeks to protect the rights of Hong Kong people in Hong Kong and in the places where they live overseas. Former Hong Kong Legislative Council member Fernando Cheung and social activist Laam Siu, who is wanted by national security police with a HK$1 million bounty offered for his arrest, serve as directors of the branch.
國際特赦組織今（15日）宣布，成立首個「流亡分會」，在海外啟動香港分會，加強在香港人權事務上投放資源。組織指分會在瑞士註冊，由離散海外香港人組成，以海外港人聚集地區為基地，強調「由香港人主導，為香港人服務」，爭取香港和海外港人當地權益，前香港立法會議員張超雄、被國安警懸紅 100 萬通緝的社運人士邵嵐，出任分會理事。
14 Apr 2025追新聞#6688
加拿大大選｜鄭敬基宣傳牌遭大規模惡意破壞 蔣振宇2.0被揭曾赴北京閱兵
With two weeks remaining in the Canadian general election campaign, Joseph Tay King Kei, the Conservative candidate contesting the Don Walley North constituency in Toronto, found that the candidate’s campaign signs had been massively vandalised. The campaign team reported the matter to police and lodged a complaint with the electoral authorities. Meanwhile, Yuen Chik-min, who is contesting Markham—Unionville for the Liberal Party as the successor to pro-China MP Cheung Chun-yu, was recently identified by Canadian media as a target of Chinese Communist Party United Front work. Yuen had previously been invited to Beijing to attend a People’s Liberation Army military parade and stayed at a five-star hotel.
加拿大大選進入最後倒數兩星期，出戰多倫多當河谷北（Don Walley North）選區的保守黨候選人鄭敬基，其競選團隊發現鄭的宣傳牌遭人大規模惡意破壞，已經報警及向選舉委員會投訴。另一邊廂，接替自由黨親中議員蔣振宇出戰萬錦於人村選區（Markham—Unionville）的源植勉，近日被加國傳媒揭發為中共統戰對象，曾獲邀到北京出席解放軍閱兵儀式，入住五星級酒店。
14 Apr 2025追新聞#6689
英國外國影響力登記計劃「放生」中國 劉珈汶發起國會聯署反抗：中共統戰部滲透工作要監察
The UK Government announced that the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) would come into force on 1 July, placing only Iran and Russia in the highest-risk “Enhanced Level” while letting China off. Home Office Minister Dan Jarvis said in response that he would not speculate on which countries would or would not be placed in the “enhanced controls” tier in future. Lau Ka-man, a senior international advocacy officer at the Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC), recently launched a parliamentary petition urging the UK Government to include China and Hong Kong in FIRS’s Enhanced Level, saying this would help protect the UK’s democracy. In an interview with The Chaser on Monday (14th), she said the parliamentary petition campaign was originally intended to be launched earlier this year alongside a joint letter signed by 40 organisations, but its launch had been delayed by three months until now.
英國政府宣佈7月1日開始執行「外國影響力登記計劃」（Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, FIRS），只把伊朗、俄羅斯納入最高風險的「加強級別」（Enhanced Level），但卻「放生」中國。英國內政部部長翟偉紳（Dan Jarvis）回應指不會臆測有哪些國家未來將會、或者不會被列入「加強管控」等級。香港民主委員會（HKDC）高級國際倡議幹事劉珈汶近日發起國會聯署，敦促英政府將中國和香港納入FIRS的增強級別，相信有助保護英國的民主。她周一（14日）接受《追新聞》訪問時表示，國會聯署行動本應於今年初連同40個組織聯署信一併推動，但國會聯署行動拖延了3個月至今才推出。
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