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Data violations should not be subject to double fines, Hong Kong privacy commissioner says

By Xu Yuan
  • 28 Jan 2021 01:26
  • 28 Jan 2021 01:26
Violations of Hong Kong’s privacy and data-protection rules should not be subject to double fines, the city’s privacy regulator said today. The regulator is seeking to introduce administrative fines in addition to the criminal fines that are already available.
“Our initial thinking is the defendant, or the culprit in question, should

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Xu Yuan

Senior Correspondent


Xu Yuan has worked for MLex for seven years, all of them based in Hong Kong. She has reported on a wide range of regulatory topics, including antitrust, cybersecurity and data security, in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She has broken numerous stories on policymaking and enforcement involving international companies doing business in the region and done substantial court reporting in Hong Kong. She is currently specializing in covering regulatory issues related to future mobility, including connected vehicles. She previously worked for US TV network NBC in Beijing. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature and Linguistics from Peking University and a master’s degree from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong.

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