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Asia-Pacific Dashboard Digest | PCPD Finds Benchmark for Prosecution Is High Related reading: UK DPDI Bill advances to House of Lords committee stage

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Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) Stephen Wong said of the 40 cases involving the misuse of data in marketing referred to police in the last two years, “only three have made it to court,” The Standard reports. Wong said the “benchmark for prosecution of such cases is high,” the report states. According to a study by the PCPD’s office and the University of Hong Kong, only 30 percent of complaints can be investigated; while Hong Kong residents are keenly aware of privacy rights, they aren’t as aware of the limitations of privacy law, the report states. Wong said his office receives about 18,000 inquiries a year, and last year received 1,700 complaints.
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