EAC expresses concern on computer theft case
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The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) today (March 28) made the following statement on the suspected theft of notebook computers of the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) containing voter registration information:
The EAC is very concerned about the incident. The EAC has instructed the REO to fully assist in the police investigation of the incident and launch a comprehensive review on the handling of voter registration information in the Chief Executive Election to strengthen the security of information, and submit a detailed report to the EAC.
The EAC appreciates that the REO needs to fully prepare the fallback venue for the Chief Executive Election to ensure that it can be ready for operation at short notice. However, areas to be covered in the review and the report must include the implementation details such as storing notebook computers containing voter registration information in the fallback venue in advance and saving registration information of electors of geographical constituencies on those computers, and how to further enhance the encryption standard of the information.
Ends/Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Issued at HKT 23:05
Issued at HKT 23:05
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