Timothy Ma, CIPP/E, CIPM

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Tencent

Head of International Privacy and Data Protection

Timothy is currently serving as the Head of International Privacy and Data Protection Department of Tencent. He is also serving as the Data Protection Officer of the Tencent Group (International Business). Timothy has assisted Tencent to design and implement a robust privacy compliance program and put Privacy by Design and Privacy by Default into actual practice. 

Timothy is a practicing solicitor in Hong Kong and qualified in the State of New York. He is CIPP/E and CIPM certified. Prior to joining Tencent in 2012, Timothy worked at a number of U.S. law firms in Hong Kong

 

Contributions by Timothy Ma

  • Implementing kids’ privacy protections around the world
  • Kids and Bots: Generative AI and the Next Generation
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2023
  • Implementing Kids’ Privacy Protections
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2023
  • Fun and Games: What Does Privacy Have To Do With It?
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023
  • Member of Asia Advisory Board 2023 - 2024
  • Cross-Continental Privacy Challenges
    Speaker at Virtual Hong Kong and London Joint KnowledgeNet: 29 June 2022
  • Deep Dive Into the Amendments to Hong Kong's PDPO
    Speaker at Virtual Hong Kong KnowledgeNet: 4 November 2021
  • Privacy Challenges in the Year of the Ox: An interactive session sharing experiences from the front line
    Speaker at Virtual Hong Kong KnowledgeNet: 11 March 2021