Date: 27 September 2021
A Former Clerical Assistant of the Immigration Department was Sentenced to Imprisonment for 45 Months for Doxxing
Privacy Commissioner Welcomes the Court’s Ruling
A former clerical assistant of the Immigration Department obtained the personal data of 215 public officers, including government officials, judges, police officers and their family members, from the Immigration Department’s computer system without authorisation and provided the data to the administrator of a social media platform Telegram for publication. The defendant pleaded guilty earlier to one count of “misconduct in public office” and was sentenced today to imprisonment for 45 months. The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling welcomed the court ruling.
The Privacy Commissioner said, “This is the heaviest sentence imposed by a court in a doxxing case so far. Doxxing acts can bring very serious legal consequences. The cyber world is not beyond the law. Once again, I urge members of the public not to break the law.”