Enforcement and Penalty
The pillar laws impose harsh criminal, administrative and civil liabilities against cybersecurity and privacy violations.
For example, under the PIPL, illegal gains may be confiscated, with fines ranging from RMB1 million (USD142,000) to RMB50 million, or 5% of annual business turnover..
Cyber laws reduce or prevent damage from online criminal activities by protecting privacy, information access, intellectual property (IP), communications and freedom of speech related to the use of websites, cell or mobile phones, email, computers, the internet, software, and hardware, such as data storage devices..
Cybercrime law includes laws related to computer crimes, internet crimes, information crimes, communications crimes, and technology crimes.
While the internet and the digital economy represent a significant opportunity, they're also an enabler for criminal activity..
Enforcement and Penalty
The pillar laws impose harsh criminal, administrative and civil liabilities against cybersecurity and privacy violations.
For example, under the PIPL, illegal gains may be confiscated, with fines ranging from RMB1 million (USD142,000) to RMB50 million, or 5% of annual business turnover..
The five cyber-dependent crimes are illegal access to program or data, illegal interception of computer data, illegal interference of computer data, illegal interference of computer system, and making available or possessing a device or data for committing a crime.Jul 20, 2022.
As technology advances, news laws try to catch up.
The LRC’s Cybercrime Subcommittee actually commenced work back in January 2019, a full three-and-a-half years ago, to review Hong Kong’s relevant laws, long considered to be grossly outdated.
(Cyber Security Laws) above, regulators of certain sectors (such as:
The five cyber-dependent crimes are illegal access to program or data, illegal interception of computer data, illegal interference of computer data, illegal interference of computer system, and making available or possessing a device or data for committing a crime.
Currently, no single ordinance in Hong Kong deals with cybercrime specifically.
(s. 59 & 60, CO).
This note provides an overview of the legal framework in Hong Kong as it relates to cyber security and cybercrime as at September 2022, focusing on what organisations can and must do to protect individuals’ data from attempted breaches, as well as the laws that criminals break in carrying out their attacks.
