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Protest data breaches threaten Hong Kong's hub ambitions

Ronald W. Chan
Ronald W. Chan • 4 min read
Protest data breaches threaten Hong Kong's hub ambitions
(July 29): Hong Kong’s ambitions to be an international data-centre hub are a potential casualty of the city’s mass protests.
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(July 29): Hong Kong’s ambitions to be an international data-centre hub are a potential casualty of the city’s mass protests.

Privacy breaches stemming from a summer of clashes between demonstrators and police threaten to erode confidence in the city as a base for foreign companies to set up storage facilities.

To alleviate concerns, the government needs to improve security and regulation in the handling of sensitive data.

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