Month: February 2025

The Sidney Prize is awarded monthly to a journalist for outstanding investigative journalism in service of the common good. Nominations are accepted for one’s own work, or for the work of others. Deadlines are the last day of each month. Winners will be notified on the second Wednesday of the following month.

In the Fall of 2024, AJL is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, generously sponsored by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation and Overland. First place receives $5000 in prize money, and two runners-up receive $750 each. The winning story will be published in Overland’s autumn issue, and the runners-up will be featured online alongside the magazine.

A family finds a new way to celebrate not only Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year, but also the coming of the Spring of 2025. Warm illustrations and the paper cutting traditions of both cultures are woven into this thoughtful look at the joys and sorrows of a new year.

When the world was awash in the panic of the Great Recession, Meredith Whitney and Steve Eisman stood out from most financial analysts, who were lost in a fog of denial about how bad things were. This article, which appeared in Portfolio, describes how they saw the impending collapse clearly while most of humanity was still trying to convince themselves that everything would be just fine.

The National Association of Scholars offers this award at its annual meeting to a person or group whose writing and/or activities have made a significant contribution to the defense of academic freedom and the integrity of scholarship. Named for the philosopher Sidney Hook, this award was created by a bequest of Dr. Addison Brown LL.B., of Sydney, Australia, in 1915.

This book is the first to describe and explain the role of the Australian Aboriginal Dreaming in the life of a modern Australian community. It presents the Aboriginal worldview in a way that will appeal to both non-Aboriginal and indigenous readers. It will enable them to understand the role of the Dreaming in their own lives, and in the history of this nation.

If your entry takes up the voice or experience of a marginalised or vulnerable identity, do you identify as belonging to that community or experience?”

This prize is offered annually by SHOT to a book that contributes significantly to the literature of the history of technology. It was established by a bequest of the late Sir Sydney Edelstein. The book is chosen by a panel of experts in the field. The winner receives a cash prize of $9,000. The book is published by University of Chicago Press. The prize is open to authors of all nationalities. The prize is administered by SHOT’s editorial board. The book is selected in accordance with its policy and procedures. The deadline for entries is the end of February each year. There is no entry fee. Applicants should submit their book in electronic form to the editor.

The volume of cross-border data flow is rising rapidly. Whether the flow of information will have positive or negative impacts on data protection in Hong Kong will largely depend on how well we prepare for the new realities and challenges. Against this backdrop, the Greater Bay Area International Information Technology Industry Association (GBAITA) and Institute of Big Data Governance (iBDG) have launched an international data industry alliance to promote Hong Kong as a hub for global data governance and establish the city as a global leader in this area.

The alliance will encourage mainland and overseas businesses to gather in Hong Kong, promote cooperation between local enterprises and foreign business groups, foster talent in data analytics and enhance the city’s overall competitiveness in the international arena. It will also work to promote Hong Kong’s role in advancing global data ethics.

In this regard, the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has published two sets of recommended model contractual clauses. The first set addresses the transfer of personal data from a Hong Kong entity to an entity outside Hong Kong, and the second address the transfer of personal data from a Hong Hong entity to a data processor.

One important point to note is that the PDPO defines “personal data” as information relating to an identifiable person. This definition is consistent with the definition used in other legislative regimes, such as the Personal Information Protection Law that applies in mainland China and the General Data Protection Regulation that applies in the European Economic Area.

If a person acquires personal data, that triggers a range of statutory obligations to fulfil under the PDPO, including compliance with its six data protection principles (“DPPs”). This includes the requirement to expressly inform a data subject on or before collecting their personal data of the purposes for which it will be used and the classes of persons to whom it may be transferred. This is because transfer is a form of use and must be in accordance with the PDPO’s DPPs.

In the case of a data transfer, it is vital that the transferring entity conduct a thorough assessment of the foreign jurisdiction’s laws and practices to ensure that its proposed data processing will not violate the PDPO. The assessment should include identifying and adopting any supplementary measures required to bring the processing up to Hong Kong standards. This might involve technical measures such as encryption, anonymisation or pseudonymisation, or contractual provisions such as audit, beach notification and compliance support and co-operation.

Finally, the transferring entity must review its PICS and determine whether it has fulfilled the obligation to notify of the proposed transfer. It must also determine whether the transfer constitutes a change of purpose for which the prescribed consent of the data subject is required. In short, the transfered personal data must not be used for any other purpose than that contemplated by the original PICS.