Hong Kong:
PCPD Investigates Personal Data Loss Of Electors
03 October 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On June 12, the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
("PCPD") released an investigation report on two lost laptops containing the
personal information of electors. The report concluded that the
Registration and Electoral Office responsible for securing the
devices violated the Data Security Principle of the Personal Data
Ordinance because it "lacked the requisite awareness and
vigilance expected of it in protecting personal data, rules of
application and implementation of various guidelines were not
clearly set out or followed, internal communication was less than
effective, and [it] failed to take all reasonably practicable steps
in consideration of the actual circumstances and needs to ensure
that the Electors' personal data was protected from accidental
loss." The PCPD issued an enforcement notice to the
registration office to prevent future violations.
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