How to adopt ChatGPT in a Hong Kong business in a way that respects the PDPO and protects confidential data.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
ChatGPT is useful for business, but used carelessly it can expose confidential or personal data. Here is how to use it safely in a Hong Kong business.
The risk
Pasting confidential or personal data into a public AI tool can breach confidentiality and the PDPO, and the Digital Policy Office guideline advises against putting sensitive data into insecure public AI services.
Safer ways to use it
Set a clear policy on what may and may not be entered; use enterprise or API tiers with better data terms; and for sensitive work, use a setup where data stays in your control.
The controlled alternative
For sensitive or regular use, a model-agnostic platform lets you use leading models (including OpenAI’s via your key) while keeping data in your environment. osFoundry’s managed cloud pins data to the US, EU or Japan — it does not currently offer a Hong Kong managed region (its nearest managed region is Japan). To keep data in Hong Kong, the honest path is self-hosting osFoundry (BYO Cloud) inside a Hong Kong cloud region such as AWS Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1, Microsoft Azure East Asia (Hong Kong SAR) or Google Cloud asia-east2 (Hong Kong), or running models locally on-device.
Where dgm fits
dgm is an independent integration partner that helps Hong Kong businesses adopt osFoundry — scoping a first use case, handling the build, and connecting AI to the systems you already run. dgm is independent of osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC) and has no completed client integrations yet, so everything described here is a service offered, not a past result. If you want to scope a practical first project, dgm can help you map it out.