H.K. Privacy Chief Says U.S. ‘Doxxed’ Sanctioned Officials
- City’s privacy commissioner reacts to Washington’s sanctions
- U.S. action is criticized by officials in Beijing, Hong Kong
Carrie Lam
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Hong Kong’s privacy chief criticized the U.S. Treasury Department for “doxxing” Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other officials by releasing their personal information as part of its sanctions on them.
“The disclosure of the data of the persons concerned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury is obviously excessive and unnecessary,” Acting Privacy Commissioner Tony Lam said in a statement, adding that using or reproducing the addresses, passport numbers and other data could be a crime. “It amounts to doxxing.”