A false alarm? Google, Facebook and Twitter join forces to warn or withdraw from Hong Kong
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:24 am
Around the end of May, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau of Hong Kong proposed amendments to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, drafting a draft to criminalize the act of doxxing in order to combat doxxing, an infringement of personal data privacy. behavior.
The so-called "doxing", also known as "human flesh search", refers to anyone disclosing the personal information of the data subject without the consent of the data subject. The existing privacy regulations already regulate "bottoming" behavior with certain intentions; including obtaining benefits, causing property losses to the parties, causing psychological harm to the parties, etc.
However, the authorities seem to think that the current provisions are insufficient and have proposed the following amendments:
1. Extend the protection of the provisions to the family uruguay whatsapp members of the parties concerned
2. Strengthen the penalties of relevant regulations (a maximum fine of one million and imprisonment for 5 years)
The above revision suggestions seem reasonable, but the second half of the proposal also proposes revisions to the powers of investigation and prosecution. It is this part that makes Google, Facebook, and Twitter feel threatened. The proposed amendments to this part propose that the Commissioner has the right to require any person to provide relevant information, documents and items, and to answer the Commissioner's questions; refusing to cooperate and providing false information can constitute a crime; and also has the right to apply to the court for an injunction to enter premises and search and Retrieve documents and items.
So in any case, it is true that the relevant amendments have brought a crisis of confidence to large science and technology platforms. We only hope that the authorities can clarify the terms and legal basis of the relevant amendments to allay the concerns of major science and technology platforms.
The so-called "doxing", also known as "human flesh search", refers to anyone disclosing the personal information of the data subject without the consent of the data subject. The existing privacy regulations already regulate "bottoming" behavior with certain intentions; including obtaining benefits, causing property losses to the parties, causing psychological harm to the parties, etc.
However, the authorities seem to think that the current provisions are insufficient and have proposed the following amendments:
1. Extend the protection of the provisions to the family uruguay whatsapp members of the parties concerned
2. Strengthen the penalties of relevant regulations (a maximum fine of one million and imprisonment for 5 years)
The above revision suggestions seem reasonable, but the second half of the proposal also proposes revisions to the powers of investigation and prosecution. It is this part that makes Google, Facebook, and Twitter feel threatened. The proposed amendments to this part propose that the Commissioner has the right to require any person to provide relevant information, documents and items, and to answer the Commissioner's questions; refusing to cooperate and providing false information can constitute a crime; and also has the right to apply to the court for an injunction to enter premises and search and Retrieve documents and items.
So in any case, it is true that the relevant amendments have brought a crisis of confidence to large science and technology platforms. We only hope that the authorities can clarify the terms and legal basis of the relevant amendments to allay the concerns of major science and technology platforms.