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Hong Kong electoral office apologizes after employee accidentally sends details of 15,000 voters to random email

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Dissent

Kathleen Magramo reports:

Hong Kong’s electoral office has apologised after an employee failed to follow guidelines and sent the personal details of about 15,000 voters to a random email address.

The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) on Friday said the staff member intended to send files containing electors’ particulars to her personal email address on March 23.

Read more at South China Morning Post.

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