Hong Kong has been haunted by black terror for more than half a year
Thugs have raged from the bottom up, and ordinary citizens have suffered. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data released an annual report yesterday, stating that a total of more than 9,000 complaints were received last year, an increase of nearly 4 times year-on-year. Nearly half of them were bottom-line complaints, of which 66% were affected by police officers and their families and Express support for the government or police. Privacy Commissioner Huang Jier revealed that he was all bottomed out, “Someone has made my birthday public, and he wants to celebrate with me.” He described the bottom up behavior as “weaponizing” personal data, which will cause psychological harm to the victim.
Huang Jier said that the Office received a total of 21,574 inquiries and 9,182 complaints last year, 28% and 3.9 times more than the previous year. Among them, 388 inquiries and 4,370 complaints related to bottom-line behavior. There were only 57 online bullying complaints, which was a 75.7-fold increase in complaints last year. Huang Jier further analyzed that as of January 3 this year, 1,597 (37%) involved police officers and their families, followed by those who expressed their support for the government or the police, and 1,303 (30%) were protesters There were 873 cases (20%) and 180 cases involving officials (4%).
Huang Jier revealed that he was also one of the victims
He had been repeatedly found out in the past six months. He published his birthday and school information on the Internet. Someone later threatened: “The ditch houses are old. “Don’t go under renovations”, “Hello with me” and “I will play with you to the end”. Huang Jier pointed out that although the personal information may not be correct, it will also cause him considerable distress.
1402 cases of police criminal follow-up
The current Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance lacks the power of criminal investigation and prosecution. Therefore, the Office has referred 1,402 cases to the police for criminal investigation. The Office sent a letter to 16 online platforms requesting removal of links to websites involving police officers. All links from local platforms have been removed. As for other areas, the Office has written to the local counterparts, and 70% of the removed links are related to Hong Kong police officers and public officials. He believes that the work of the Office is effective.