On April 15, PCPD announced that it had joined the Global Privacy Enforcement Network to conduct a privacy sweep from April 11, examining data privacy issues relating to Internet of Things devices such as smart electricity meters and internet-connected thermostats. PCPD had chosen to examine fitness bands produced in Hong Kong for the sweep exercise as well. The results of the sweep will be published in the third quarter of 2016.

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