Legislative Council Meetings

Reporting to Legislative Council – Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs and Privacy Commissioner Attend Meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs

The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs (SCMA), Mr Erick TSANG Kwok-wai, GBS, IDSM, JP, attended the Policy Briefing meeting of the Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Constitutional Affairs on 20 November 2023 to brief Panel members on the Chief Executive’s 2023 Policy Address. The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, also attended the meeting to answer questions raised by members on personal data privacy issues and the work of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD).
 
In responding to a question on the effectiveness of the anti-doxxing regime since its implementation in October 2021, the Privacy Commissioner said that since the amendment of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance came into effect to the end of October 2023, the PCPD initiated 228 criminal investigations and made 39 arrests, with a total of 40 persons arrested. The PCPD referred 55 cases to the Police in respect of the more serious cases and cases involving other criminal offences. During the same period, the PCPD issued over 1,800 cessation notices to 41 online platforms, requesting the removal of nearly 27,000 doxxing messages. The compliance rate on the removal of doxxing messages was over 95%. Other than individual doxxing messages, over 180 doxxing channels were successfully removed.
 
The Privacy Commissioner reported that the enforcement efforts were very effective. There was a significant reduction in the number of doxxing messages on the internet, and that was attributable to the PCPD’s resolute enforcement efforts and a more harmonious atmosphere in the society.
 
Please click here for the paper provided by the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau to the LegCo Panel on Constitutional Affairs.
 
Please click here for the opening remarks of the SCMA at the Policy Briefing meeting of the LegCo Panel on Constitutional Affairs (Chinese only).
 

The SCMA, Mr Erick TSANG Kwok-wai, GBS, IDSM, JP, attended meeting of the LegCo Panel on Constitutional Affairs.

The Privacy Commissioner Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, attended meeting of the LegCo Panel on Constitutional Affairs.