Hong Kong: Improve Privacy Ordinance Rights Protections

Expand Residents use their phones during a protest in Hong Kong, November 11, 2019. © 2019 Sipa via AP Images (New York) – Hong Kong legislators should ensure that the review of the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance will include amendments that improve privacy rights protections, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Constitutional Affairs. The panel is set to review the ordinance, which has not been revised since 2012, on January 20, 2020. Related Content Download letter (PDF) “The government’s current proposal is too narrow, and LegCo…

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