Privacy Awareness Week; Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA), May 2017

Privacy Awareness Week

Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) is an initiative started by APPA back in 2006. Since then, it has been held every year to promote and raise awareness for numerous privacy issues and the importance of protecting personal information. As a part of PAW, members hold a variety of different events and undertake various activities for individuals, businesses and government organisations.

This year, PAW will be held throughout May. Each APPA member will be nominating a week in May to celebrate PAW.

To see when your country will be celebrating PAW and to see the different initiatives that will be occurring in your country, contact your local privacy and data protection authority. You can find their PAW information below.

Australia

• Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
• Office of the Information Commissioner, Northern Territory
• Office of the Information Commissioner, Queensland
• Information and Privacy Commission, New South Wales
• Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection, Victoria

Canada

• Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, British Columbia

香港 (Hong Kong)

• Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data

한국 (Korea)

• Personal Information Protection Commission
• Korea Internet and Security Agency

澳门 (Macao)

• Office for Personal Data Protection

México (Mexico)

• Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection

Aotearoa New Zealand

• Office of the Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand

Singapore

• Personal Data Protection Commission, Singapore

United States of America

• Federal Trade Commission

Peru

• National Authority for Data Protection, Peru

Colombia

• Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia, Colombia