3 Oct 2025Yahoo#7388
閉路電視6萬鏡頭將覆蓋全港 鄧炳強：人面識別「必然要做」
The Police launched the “Sharp Eyes” scheme last year to install CCTV cameras in crime hotspots and other public places with large crowds across Hong Kong. The Security Bureau said the scheme would be further expanded, with more than 20,000 cameras added each year and about 60,000 cameras expected to cover Hong Kong by 2028. Responding in the Legislative Council today (the 3rd), Secretary for Security Chris Tang said AI identification technology was currently used mainly for crowd management and vehicle-licence-plate recognition. He said the technology would “inevitably” be applied to people, and that the Police were studying issues including the resources, technology and priorities involved, with the results to be announced publicly. According to a document submitted by the Security Bureau to the Legislative Council, the Police had installed 3,985 cameras as of 31 August this year and had connected 4,835 CCTV cameras operated by other government departments and other stakeholders. The system had assisted the Police in solving 433 cases and arresting 787 people.
警務處去年推出「銳眼」計劃，在全港罪案黑點、人流較多等公眾地方方安裝閉路電視。保安局最新指，「銳眼」計劃將進一步提升，每年增加逾 2 萬支鏡頭，預計於 2028 年共約 6 萬支鏡頭覆蓋全港。保安局局長鄧炳強今（3 日）在立法會回應時表示，目前 AI 識別技術主要應用於人流管制、車牌識別，相關科技「必然會」應用到人的身上，警方正研究涉及的資源、科技和優次等問題，有結果會向外公布。
據保安局提交立法會文件，截至今年 8月31日，警務處已安裝共3985支鏡頭；並已接入共4835支其他政府部門及其他持份者的閉路電視。系統已協助警方偵破 433 宗案件，拘捕 787 人。
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」。
9 Oct 2024明報#4132
人面辨識擬擴其他口岸 鄧炳強：陸路日均過關人次超疫前
The seven-day National Day Golden Week ended the day before yesterday. Secretary for Security Chris Tang said the various control points recorded about 5.48 million passenger trips during the period. Since the resumption of cross-boundary travel early last year, passenger volumes at land control points have recovered to pre-COVID-19 levels. In the year to last month, an average of about 658,000 people a day entered or left Hong Kong via land control points, an increase of about 55% over the same period last year and above the 620,000 recorded during the corresponding period in 2018 before the pandemic. The authorities plan to launch a facial recognition pilot scheme on Chung Ying Street in Sha Tau Kok in the fourth quarter of this year, replacing the requirement for people entering or leaving to present restricted-area permits. Asked whether it would be extended to other control points, Tang said the technology could currently handle fewer than 100,000 people. The priority was to ensure the pilot ran smoothly before gradually rolling it out, with the aim of using the mode of border clearance in more locations. Supporting arrangements were being studied, such as following overseas practice by notifying entrants by text message of the length of time they could stay.
一連7日國慶黃金周前日結束，保安局長鄧炳強表示期間各口岸錄得約548萬出入境人次，自去年初恢復通關後，陸路口岸旅客量恢復至新冠疫情前水平，今年截至上月經陸路口岸出入境日均約65.8萬人次，較去年同期增約五成半，並已超越疫前2018年同期62萬人次。局方擬今年第四季在沙頭角中英街推出「人面辨識」先導計劃，取代進出者出示禁區許可證。對於會否擴展至其他口岸，鄧說相關技術目前僅可處理10萬人以下，首要確保試行順利再逐步推行，目標在更多地方使用該通關模式，正研究配套，例如參考外國以短訊通知入境者可逗留時長。
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