“Let's Secure as we Digitalise” Instant Messaging Apps Stickers Design Contest | Cyber Security Information Portal

Awards

Apart from individual awards for winners in each category, special awards will be given as follows:

Most Supportive School Awards - To promote the awareness of information security among schools, teachers and students, the “Most Supportive School Awards” will be presented to commend the active participation of schools. The highest student participation of the top three schools (Champion, 1st Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up) in the Primary School and Secondary School categories will be awarded a trophy.

Most Creative Awards - One "Most Creative Award" will be awarded to each category to recognise the innovative stickers design that best integrates cybersecurity elements. The winners will each receive a HK$500 cash voucher.

Submission Deadline

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Co-organiser

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Deadline for Submission

18 May 2025 (Sunday)

Panel of Judges

The Panel of Judges is comprised of representatives from Organisers, Co-organisers and Supporting Organisations. They will select the winning pieces and give ratings according to the following judging criteria:

Judging Criteria

• 50% Content and Rendition - Matching the theme and serving to promote public awareness of cybersecurity
• 25% Design and Creativity - Creative concept and originality
• 25% Artistic Presentation - Aesthetic appeal, drawing techniques and visual effects

Announcement of Results

The results decided by the Panel of Judges will be announced on the Cyber Security Information Portal (https://www.cybersecurity.hk/en/contest-2025.php). Winners will be notified individually to receive their awards.

Award Presentation Ceremony

An award presentation ceremony will be held in 8 September 2025. Details will be announced in due course.

All entries must meet the following requirements:

• The Instant Messaging Apps Stickers must match the theme “Let’s Secure as we Digitalise” to deliver the message about cybersecurity to the public.
• Participants shall design a set of four pieces of stickers. The stickers shall be original and the four stickers must not be duplicated or taken from photos or selfie images.
• The stickers must be in colour. If the stickers include any text content, such content should be in Chinese and/or English.
• The stickers can be presented with various kinds of drawing tools, such as crayons, watercolour, coloured pencils, computer software or app, etc.
• If an entry is hand-drawn, it must be designed within the Stickers Design Frame in the application form (https://www.cybersecurity.hk/contest-2025/application_form_en.pdf).
  • The size of each of the stickers must be within 100 mm x 100 mm. They should not be folded when being submitted.
  • Participants may also scan their entry into electronic image files (resolution of at least 300 dpi and in PDF, PNG or JPG format) for online submission.
• If an entry is produced using computer software, the design must be added to the Stickers Design Frame file downloaded from (https://www.cybersecurity.hk/contest-2025/sticker_frame_en.ai).
  • Each sticker must be within 800 x 800 pixels.
  • Participants are required to submit the raw file and image files of the four stickers online.
  • The raw files of computer-software-produced entries must be in AI or PSD format. The resolution must be at least 300 dpi with CMYK four-colour process printing.
  • The image files must be in PDF, PNG or JPG format, resolution of at least 72 dpi and 16bit RGB.
• A title and a brief description (not more than 200 words) of an entry must be included in the application form.

1. Each participant can only enrol in one of the categories and should submit only one entry. For multiple-entry submission, only the last submission would be accepted, and the rest would be disqualified without further notice.
2. All entries must meet the Basic Specifications of Entries specified above.
3. Once the entries are submitted, they cannot be modified and will not be returned to the participants.
4. All entries must not contain any foul language, violent, discrimination, obscene, insulting, illegal or indecent content.
5. All entries must be original and must not be copied from or drawn by others.
6. No clip art images from computer software, online resources, artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-generated tools are allowed.
7. Names, products or services of any companies or entities or any third-party trademarks, logos shall not be contained or referred to in all entries. No entries shall be used for the promotion of any brands, products or services.
8. Participants must guarantee that their entries have never been openly shown in any form and shall not infringe any copyrights and intellectual property rights. If the entries had entered other competitions, the participants shall ensure that the copyrights of the entries do not belong to any individuals/parties/organisations. The participants shall be fully liable for any disputes over the copyrights of the entries. The Organisers and Co-organisers accept no responsibility for such disputes.
9. The Organisers have the right not to accept any improper entries or entries not aligning with the theme and specifications of the Contest. If there are doubts that the entries have infringed the intellectual property rights of others or the entries were drawn by others, the Organisers have the right to disqualify them from entering or winning the Contest.
10. The copyrights of all entries, once submitted, are vested solely in the Organisers. Participants shall agree that the Organisers and Co-organisers may at any time display, reprint, reproduce, use or modify their entries for any purposes. The Organisers and Co-organisers are not required to notify the participants or pay them any fees.
11. Participants shall agree and accept the publishing of their entries in any forms and the public display of their entries, and the production of these entries into any items by the Organisers and Co-organisers, e.g. the public display or publishing of the entries in public exhibitions, the websites, social networking sites, mobile applications and publications of the Organisers and Co-organisers, the production of these entries into any items, such as souvenirs and promotional materials, etc.
12. The Organisers and Co-organisers reserve the right to publish the names of participants, the participating categories and the names of schools of the participants when publishing their entries.
13. The Organisers and Co-organisers reserve the right to use in whole or in part the design of the entries. The participants shall not raise objection.
14. The Organisers reserve the right to substitute any prize with another prize at any time without prior notice.
15. The Organisers reserve the right to request the winners to provide identification proof for verification. Prizes will only be awarded upon verification of identity.
16. Participants should participate in publicity events related to the Contest upon invitation by the Organisers.
17. The results decided by the Panel of Judges shall be final. Participants shall abide by the decisions of the Panel of Judges and shall not raise objection to the results.
18. Participants shall agree and abide by the Terms and Conditions of the Contest including the application form and the relevant websites related to the Contest.
19. All persons involved in the organisation and implementation of the Contest (including but not limited to members of the organising committee, Panel of Judges) and their immediate family members are not eligible for joining the Contest.
20. Participants have the right of access and correction with respect to their personal data as stipulated in Sections 18 and 22 and Principle 6 of Schedule 1 of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, and have the right to obtain a copy of their personal data provided in the application forms.
21. Participants who wish to access or correct personal data specified in the application form, or get information of the related policies, practices and the kinds of data held should send their written requests to the following address:
    

    Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre
    HKPC Building
    78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong

22. The organisers’ primary goal in collecting and storing the personal data is for purposes relating to the activities of the Contest.
23. Under general circumstances, the organisers will not sell, trade or disclose any information or personal data participants provided to us to any third party without participants’ prior consent or notice to participants. Only authorised staff of the organisers have access to participants’ personal information for administrative purposes without participants’ authorisation or notice to participants.
24. Under special circumstances, the organisers shall have the right to disclose or release participants’ personal data to any third party without participants’ prior consent or notice to participants. The said special circumstances include the protection of the rights, interests, copyright and intellectual property rights of the organisers, and the investigation or inquiry of illegal activities and any procedures required by law and the protection of personal safety of the users and general public, etc.
25. Personal data provided by the participants will be destroyed within 12 months after the Contest, except the names of participants and schools which will be published according to the Terms and Conditions of the Contest.
26. The Organisers reserve the right to interpret and revise the Terms and Conditions of the Contest and all other Terms and Conditions set out in the application form. Participants shall not raise objection thereto.
27. If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version of the Terms and Conditions, the Chinese version shall prevail.

Please contact the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre by calling 2788 5421 or by email to event@hkcert.org.