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According to the HKFC, Hong Kong's privacy regulator recorded nearly 250 data leakage incidents last year, an increase of more than 20% over the previous year, with one-third of the incidents involving hacking attacks.<\/p>\n\n

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A total of 92 reports were submitted by schools and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), accounting for 37% of all data leakage incidents last year.<\/p>\n

The number of data breaches involving hacking attacks totaled 81, or one-third of the year's total. In comparison, there were 61 hacking cases in 2024, accounting for 30% of the data leakage incidents in that year.<\/p>\n

Last year, the PCPD handled a total of 308 undercover cases, including related complaints received and cases detected by the PCPD on its own initiative. This figure represents a drop of nearly one-third as compared with that of the previous year.<\/p>\n

The PCPD initiated 147 criminal investigations last year and referred 47 cases to the police for follow-up, resulting in the arrest of 18 suspects.<\/p>\n

At a press conference on Tuesday, the Privacy Commissioner, Ms. Loretta Chung, cited a number of examples of privacy incidents and called on employers to formulate clear privacy policies to protect their employees from personal data leakage.<\/p>\n

In one of the cases, a supervisor sent the employee's notice of termination to a work-related group, resulting in the disclosure of the employee's personal data.<\/p>\n

In another case, a security guard of a hotel inadvertently read a staff appraisal form containing personal data in an unlocked desk drawer.<\/p>\n

There was also a termination document containing employees' personal data which was stored in a shared folder, resulting in the contents of the document being accessible to other employees.<\/p>\n

\"Employers should consider the protection of employees' personal data privacy as an integral part of their organization's data governance efforts,\" Lillian Chung said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This not only demonstrates an organization's commitment to protecting its employees' personal data, but also ensures that it complies with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, thereby achieving a win-win situation for both employers and employees,\" added Ms. Chung.<\/p>\n

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Information sources:https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2026\/02\/04\/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-records-20-increase-in-data-breaches-a-third-involves-hacking\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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