Cookie policy
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1. Definitions and Interpretation
In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
Cookie: means a small file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site;
Cookie Law: means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);
Personal data: means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and
We/Us/Our: means “Our Website/School/Company”, the brand owned and operated by Company name or Person.
2. Information About Us
Our Site is owned and operated by Company name or person(s).
- Registered address: 1/F, Fuk Wo Industrial Building, 5 Sheung Hei Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Email address: your email
- Telephone number: your phone
3. How Does Our Site Use Cookies?
- 3.1 Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
- 3.2 By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third-party Cookies are used on Our Site for analytics and for marketing purposes. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.
- 3.3 All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:
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3.3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
A Cookie falls into this category (usually first-party cookies) if it is essential to the operation of Our Site as without them we cannot provide the functionality that you need to use this website. For example, essential cookies help remember your preferences as you navigate through the online school, also support functions such as logging in, and payment transactions. -
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3.3.3 Analytics Cookies
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3.3.6 Persistent Cookies
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Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
- 3.4 Cookies on Our Site are not permanent and will expire as indicated in the table below.
- 3.5 For more details of the personal data that We collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy
- 3.6 For more specific details of the Cookies that We use, please refer to the table below.
4. What Cookies Does Our Site Use?
- 4.1 The following first-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
Name of Cookie | Purpose | Strictly Necessary | Expires |
XSRF-TOKEN | Preserves User Login information and states | Yes | When you close your browser |
DPSettings | Preserves the user's Cookie policy preferences | Yes | 12 days |
slim_session | Preserves User Login information and states | Yes | 1 day |
- 4.2 The following strictly necessary third-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device (remove stripe cookies from the list if you don’t use stripe):
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
nsr | m.stripe.network | Used to process payments for our website. | When you close your browser |
cookiesEnabled | checkout.stripe.com | Used to process payments for our website. | When you close your browser |
__stripe_sid | checkout.stripe.com | Used to process payments for our website. | When you close your browser |
__stripe_mid | checkout.stripe.com | Used to distinguish users. | 1 year |
ab_disable_remember_ | checkout.stripe.com | Used to process payments for our website. | 7 years |
checkout-test-session | checkout.stripe.com | Used to process payments for our website. | 10 years |
cid | checkout.stripe.com | Used to process payments for our website. | for ever |
vuid | vimeo.com | These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information. | 1 year |
player | player.vimeo.com | These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information. | 1 year |
- 4.3 Our Site uses the following functional Cookies (remove cookies not exploited in your school):
Olark
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
hblid | www.hkios.hk | a visitor identifier that we use only on your site to remember this visitor between visits | 2 years |
wcsid | www.hkios.hk | a session identifier that we use only on your site to keep track of a single chat session | When you close your browser |
olfsk | www.hkios.hk | storage identifier that we use to maintain chat state across pages (e.g. message history) | 2 years |
_okbk | www.hkios.hk | extra state information (e.g. chat box being open/closed) | When you close your browser |
_ok | www.hkios.hk | most recent Olark site ID (security measure) | When you close your browser |
_oklv | www.hkios.hk | the Olark loader version (for improved caching) | When you close your browser |
_okla | www.hkios.hk | used for caching purposes (loaded from CDN vs. loaded from our infrastructure) | When you close your browser |
_okgid | www.hkios.hk | used for caching by setting a hash for assets to determine if they have changed and if they need to be refreshed | When you close your browser |
_okac | www.hkios.hk | used for caching by setting a hash for assets to determine if they have changed and if they need to be refreshed | When you close your browser |
TawkTo
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
TawkConnectionTime | www.hkios.hk | previous registration time stamp | When you close your browser |
Tawk_ | www.hkios.hk | socket connection url | When you close your browser |
__tawkuuid | www.hkios.hk | domain restriction values | 6 months |
__cfduid | tawk.to | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. | 1 year |
Freshchat
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
pubsub_cookie | www.hkios.hk | This cookie is used for the freshchat service | When you close your browser |
hop- | www.hkios.hk | This cookie is used for the freshchat service | When you close your browser |
www.hkios.hk | This cookie is used for the freshchat service | When you close your browser | |
_ | www.hkios.hk | This cookie is used for the freshchat service | 1 year |
pnctest | www.hkios.hk | This cookie is used for the freshchat service | 1 year |
Zendesk Web Widget
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
ZD-referrerPolicy | www.hkios.hk | Stores referrer tags | Forever |
ZD-zE_oauth | www.hkios.hk | Stores the authentication token once the user has been authenticated. | 2 hours |
ZD-currentTime | www.hkios.hk | Sets the time when page loads. | Forever |
ZD-settings | www.hkios.hk | Stores a hash of settings so that we don't keep sending blips after the initial one | Forever |
ZD-suid | www.hkios.hk | Session id for pathfinder. | 20 minutes |
ZD-buid | www.hkios.hk | Collects Machine ID. | Forever |
Intercom
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
intercom-id- | www.hkios.hk | This cookie is used by Intercom as a session so that users can continue a chat as they move through the site. | 9 months |
- 4.4 Our Site uses analytics services provided by your analytics services, if any. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables us to improve Our Site and the products and services offered through them.
- 4.5 The analytics services used by Our Site use Cookies to gather the required information. You do not have to allow us to use these Cookies, however, whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
- 4.6 The analytics services used by Our Site uses the following Cookies (remove cookies not exploited in your school):
Google Analytics
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
_ga | www.hkios.hk | Google Analytics: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
_gat | www.hkios.hk | Google Analytics: Used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate. | When you close your browser |
_gid | www.hkios.hk | Google Analytics: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | When you close your browser |
collect | www.hkios.hk | Google Analytics: Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | When you close your browser |
Mixpanel
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
mp_#_mixpanel | www.hkios.hk | MixPanel: Cookie used by MixPanel for analytics purposes | 1 year |
Sumo me
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
__smToken | www.hkios.hk | The __smToken is set once you login to Sumo and is checked to verify whether you are logged into Sumo or not. | 1 year |
__smSmartbarShown | www.hkios.hk | Is set when the Smartbar is shown | 50 years |
__smVID | www.hkios.hk | Used to display relevant advertising | 1 month |
__smSessionId | www.hkios.hk | Used by Sumo to establish a cookie on a users computer to begin a session to enable Sumo products | When you close your browser |
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4.7 Targeting/Marketing cookies
Targeting/Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising (remove cookies not exploited in your school):
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
fr | facebook.com | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third-party advertisers | 3 months |
fr | facebook.com | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third-party advertisers | When you close your browser |
Hubspot
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
__hstc | www.hkios.hk | The main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk (see below), initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). | 2 years |
hubspotutk | www.hkios.hk | This cookie is used for to keep track of a visitor's identity. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when de-duplicating contacts. | 10 years |
__hssc | www.hkios.hk | This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if we should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. | 30 min |
__hssrc | www.hkios.hk | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set. We set it to 1 and use it to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when we manage cookies, we assume it is a new session. | session |
messagesUtk | www.hkios.hk | This cookie is used to recognize visitors who chat with you via the messages tool. If the visitor leaves your site before they're added as a contact, they will have this cookie associated with their browser. If you have a history of chatting with a visitor and they return to your site later in the same cookied browser, the messages tool will load your conversation history with that visitor. | session |
Refersion
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
ci_session | refersion.com | Preserves users states across page requests. | When you close your browser |
refersion_csrf_code | refersion.com | Sets csrf token to prevent cross site request forgery. | When you close your browser |
__cfduid | refersion.com | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. | 1 year |
Google AdWords
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
ads/ga-audiences | www.hkios.hk | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. | When you close your browser |
Fomo
Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
Fomo.hstry-count-since-first-event- | www.hkios.hk | Used by Fomo for showing user notifications. | Persistent |
Fomo.hstry-first-timestamp- | www.hkios.hk | Used by Fomo for showing user notifications | Persistent |
Fomo.snv- | www.hkios.hk | Used by Fomo for showing user notifications | Persistent |
5. Consent and Control
(Keep section 5.1 and 5.2 if you are using our cookie opt-in mechanism from School Privacy settings.)
- 5.1 Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a banner requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies unless those Cookies are strictly necessary; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow and/or deny different categories of Cookie that We use.
- 5.2 In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
- 5.3 The links below provide instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream browsers:
- 5.3.1 Google Chrome
- 5.3.2 Microsoft Internet Explorer
- 5.3.3 Microsoft Edge (Please note that there are no specific instructions at this time, but Microsoft support will be able to assist)
- 5.3.4 Safari (macOS)
- 5.3.5 Safari (iOS)
- 5.3.6 Mozilla Firefox
- 5.3.7 Android (Please refer to your device’s documentation for manufacturers’ own browsers)
6. Changes to this Cookie Policy
- 6.1 We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
- 6.2 In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.
7. Further Information
- 7.1 If you would like to know more about how We use Cookies, please contact Us at [email protected].
- 7.2 For more information about privacy, data protection and our terms and conditions, please visit the following:
- 7.2.1 Privacy Policy
- 7.2.1 Terms & Conditions
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Penny Fung

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Penny is an accomplished and well-rounded professional in security risk management and financial crime risk management. She has over 40 years of experience in public sector law enforcement and private sector corporate governance and management in these fields.
Penny has been a pioneer in promoting professional development of the security services in Hong Kong since the 1990’s:
Penny received her security training in the Home Office in UK, the Edith Cowan University in Australia, and the University of Louisville in the US. She also holds a Diploma in Adult Education and Training by the HKUSPACE.
Penny is a Fellow Member of IPSA HK, Diplomate of the International Institute of Security, Certified Business Continuity Professional of the Disaster Recovery Institute, and Certified Fraud Examiner of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
- Penny served in the Hong Kong Police in 1976-1993, primarily in criminal investigation with special focus on commercial crime investigation and crime prevention. She left as a Detective Senior Inspector.
- Penny served in two international banks in Asia. She served in the Standard Chartered Bank in 1993-2000 and left as its Area Head – Security & Operations Risk Management for Hong Kong, China, and Northeast Asia. She also served in the Bank of America and later Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2006-2011 as its Regional Director of Security and Regional Director of Investigations in Asia.
- Penny has been a security risk consultant since 2000. She was the Associate Managing Director of Kroll Associates (Asia) Ltd. in 2000-2003 and has been the Principal Consultant of “K2 Consulting Co. Ltd. (K2)” since 2011.
- Penny founded K2 in 2003, which initially focused on offering security management training and later expanded to security consulting services. K2 had been the training partner of the “International Professional Security Association – Hong Kong (IPSA HK)” until the establishment of the Hong Kong Institute of Security in 2022.
Penny has been a pioneer in promoting professional development of the security services in Hong Kong since the 1990’s:
- Penny was the Chairperson of IPSA HK in 1993-2003 and 2009-2011 and led in re-defining the criteria for membership advancement to include professional qualifications and practical working experiences.
- Penny was an appointed member of the Security Services Training Board of the Vocational Training Council (“VTC”) in 1998-2006 and led in the first manpower survey of the security industry in Hong Kong, among others.
- Penny was a Board Director of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners - Hong Kong Chapter and served as its President in 2009-2011 and Director of Training in 2007-2009. She was instrumental in developing and launching the Investigations Training programme of the Hong Kong Chapter.
- In 2013-2018, Penny was appointed by the Education Bureau as a member of the Industry Technical Advisory Committee of the Qualifications Framework for Security Services. She led in the establishment of the Specification of Competency Standards (“SCS”). On assignment by the VTC, she authored several SCS-based training packages as essential learning and assessment guidelines for security training. She has also been appointed as the Assessor and Question Writer of the Recognition of Prior Learning Programme under the QF for Security Services since 2021.
Penny received her security training in the Home Office in UK, the Edith Cowan University in Australia, and the University of Louisville in the US. She also holds a Diploma in Adult Education and Training by the HKUSPACE.
Penny is a Fellow Member of IPSA HK, Diplomate of the International Institute of Security, Certified Business Continuity Professional of the Disaster Recovery Institute, and Certified Fraud Examiner of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
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2022.11.04 – 丙類保安工作的最高年齡限制由55 歲提升至60 歲
由2022年11月4日開始,丙類保安工作(須攜帶槍械彈藥執行的護衞工作)的最高年齡限制已經由55歲提升至60歲。(政府憲報6317)
請參閱:保安及護衞業管理委員會 (SGSIA ) - 簽發保安人員許可證準則 https://www.sb.gov.hk/chi/links/sgsia/pdffile/GN%20-%20Criteria%20for%20Security%20Personnel%20Permit%20(Chi).pdf
請參閱:保安及護衞業管理委員會 (SGSIA ) - 簽發保安人員許可證準則 https://www.sb.gov.hk/chi/links/sgsia/pdffile/GN%20-%20Criteria%20for%20Security%20Personnel%20Permit%20(Chi).pdf
2022.11.04 – upper age limit for Cat C security work raised from 55 to 60
Starting from 4 Nov 2022, the upper age limit for Cat C security work (guarding work, the performance of which requires the carrying of arms and ammunition) has been raised from 55 to 60. (G.N. 6317)
Please refer to: SGSIA - Criteria for Issuing a Security Personnel Permit https://www.sb.gov.hk/eng/links/sgsia/pdf/GN%20-%20Criteria%20for%20Security%20Personnel%20Permit%20(Eng).pdf





於2022年11月18日, Mr. Johnny HO, 「保安業商會」會長及「香港保安學會」行政總裁, 出席亞洲安防會議(https://www.build4asia.com/events/asiansecuritex-conference/) 並成為其中一名講者。 他談及香港保安業在制訂保安業資歷架構方面的工作,並講解保安從業人員可如何透過「過往資歷認可機制」,無須重新接受培訓,根據他們在工作場所獲得的經驗和能力而取得資歷架構認可資格。
On 18 November 2022, Mr. Johnny HO, Chairman of the Chamber of Security Industry and CEO of HKIOS, was one of the speakers at the Asian Securitex Conference (https://www.build4asia.com/events/asiansecuritex-conference/). He talked about the work of the Hong Kong security industry in developing the Qualifications Framework for Security Services and explained the process for security practitioners to obtain QF-recognized qualifications based on their experiences and competencies acquired in the workplace under the Recognition of Prior Learning mechanism without undergoing training.
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轉眼間已到2022年的最後一天,又是回顧過去,展望將來的時刻。
過去一年,香港保安業發生了兩宗與職安健相關的死亡事故,包括:
(一) 8月份,一名保安員在一間健康中心的入口處以手動形式關閉一道機動横向滑動式金屬閘門時,被一扇倒下的閘門壓斃。詳情可參閱勞工處給東主/僱主發出的職安警示及參考資料(https://www.labour.gov.hk/.../WSA_Pressed_by_a_Toppled...)
(二) 10月份,一名保安員在執行保安巡邏時,從一幢住宅樓宇 5 樓的平台墮下 至地面身亡。詳情可參閱勞工處給東主/僱主發出的職安警示及參考資料(https://www.labour.gov.hk/.../WSA_Fall_from_height_TC.pdf)
操作閘門及巡邏都是保安日常工作,前線保安人員對工作地點的職安健意識固然重要,同樣重要的是保安管理人員對自身的職安健責任的認識,包括做好風險評估,採取足夠的安全措施及為前線人員提供適當的指示及培訓等。
寄望來年大家身心康泰,事業進步!
Penny Fung, 培訓及專業發展總監
2022年12月31日
In the blink of an eye, it is the end of 2022. Let me take this chance to look back on the past and look forward to the future.
In the past year, two tragic events occurred in the security industry, both of which involved OSH-related fatalities. They include:
(1) In August, a security guard was pressed to death by a toppled leaf of a gate when she was closing the power-driven metal horizontal sliding gate manually at the entrance of a health center. For details, please refer to the Work Safety Alert issued by the Labor Department to proprietors/employers (https://www.labour.gov.hk/.../WSA_Pressed_by_a_Toppled...)
(2) In October, a security guard plunged to death from the flat roof on 5/F of a residential building onto the ground floor while conducting security patrol. For details, please refer to the Work Safety Alert issued by the Labor Department to proprietors/employers and related reference materials (https://www.labour.gov.hk/.../WSA_Fall_from_height_EN.pdf)
Operating gates and conducting security patrols are day-to-day security tasks. While it is important for security personnel in the frontline to be aware of safety and health at work, it is equally important for security personnel at the management level to be aware of their occupational safety and health responsibilities, which include conducting risk assessment, putting in place safety measures, and providing adequate instruction and training to frontline security personnel.
Wishing you safety and health, and prosperity in the coming year!
Penny Fung, Director of Training and Professional Development
31 December 2022
HKQF has
launched the “Vocational Qualifications
Pathway (VQP)” for Security Services in
early September.
Education and training institutions can now make use of this VQP to design relevant training courses and security practitioners can also make more structured plans for their career and personal development in the security industry.
Education and training institutions can now make use of this VQP to design relevant training courses and security practitioners can also make more structured plans for their career and personal development in the security industry.
HKQF
webpage: https://www.hkqf.gov.hk/security/en/vqp/index.html


香港資歷架構(HKQF)於九月初推出保安服務業的「職業資歷階梯(VQP)」。
教育及培訓機構可利用VQP設計相關培訓課程,而保安從業員亦可更有系統地制訂個人在保安業內的職業發展和進修計劃。

