Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has received a complaint over a viral dashcam video of a heated dispute in a ride-hailing vehicle involving a passenger identified as singer David Lui Fong, warning that the case could be referred to police. Assistant Privacy Commissioner Fiona Lai Ho-yan said on a radio programme on Monday that passengers had a higher expectation of privacy inside for-hire vehicles, which are considered semi-private spaces. “The driver involved, by uploading an identifiable video to...
A viral dashcam video clip showing a heated argument inside a ride-hailing vehicle between a driver and a passenger, identified in the footage as singer David Lui Fong, has prompted Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog to order its removal, the South China Morning Post has learned. In response to the SCMP’s queries, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said on Friday that it had ordered a social media platform to remove the footage, adding that the office had not yet received any...