HONG KONG - The Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government submitted on Tuesday a paper to the HKSAR's legislature to propose amendments to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance to combat doxxing.
The bureau proposed that new provisions be added to the ordinance to strengthen enforcement against the acts of doxxing. For instance, offenders may face a maximum fine of HK$1 million (about US$128,734) and imprisonment for up to five years, or a fine of HK$100,000 and imprisonment for two years on summary conviction.
The Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau aimed to introduce an amendment bill into the Legislative Council in the current legislative year
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It was also suggested that the privacy commissioner be empowered to conduct criminal investigations and prosecutions.
The bureau hoped to introduce an amendment bill into the Legislative Council in the current legislative year.
According to Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, since the outbreak of the social unrest in 2019, there have been a large number of acts of doxxing, causing great harm to the people involved, especially police officers and their family members.
