About the IAPP

Ms. Ada CHUNG Lai-ling was appointed as the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data of Hong Kong in September 2020.

Ms. Chung was qualified as a barrister-at-law and a Certified Public Accountant. She has solid legal expertise and abundant administrative experience. Before her appointment as the Privacy Commissioner, Ms. Chung was the Registrar of Companies and had held various posts in the Department of Justice, including the Deputy Law Officer (Civil Law). In her role as the Registrar of Companies, she contributed significantly to the rewrite of the Companies Ordinance in Hong Kong, and she spearheaded the implementation of the new Companies Ordinance in Hong Kong.