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Hong Kong s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has slammed a US government advisory that warns business of warrantless surveillance and the potential for forced surrender of corporate and customer data in the Special Administrative Region (SAR).
The advisory [PDF], issued on Friday US time by the US Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, and Homeland Security, lists Heightened Risks Regarding Data Privacy as one of four concerns for businesses operating in the Region.
The advisory offers the following blunt assessment of the situation in Hong Kong:
Businesses face risks associated with electronic surveillance without warrants and the surrender of data to authorities.
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