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Written by: Chen Jiahui
2021-03-17 13:34
Last update date: 2021-03-17 13:34
The government consulted on the real-name system of phone SIM cards and stored-value cards commonly known as "space cards". It is recommended that users provide identification documents to the telecommunications company; each user can only register with each licensee and no more than 3 stored-value cards Card; if law enforcement agencies have "urgent or urgent reasons", they do not need a court warrant to obtain information, etc.
The consultation period ends on the 20th of this month (this Saturday), and the authorities expect to implement the first-stage registration system in the third quarter of this year.
However, some members of the public are worried that the real-name system will bring privacy issues, and there are voices in the technology industry that the real-name system may affect industries and application development industries that require extensive use of the Internet of Things (IoT) system.
"Hong Kong 01" organizes the recommended content range, industry voices, etc., so that readers can understand the impact of the real-name system on themselves.
▼8 Suggestions for Real-Name Calling Card System▼
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▼8 Suggestions for Real-Name Calling Card System▼
Suggestion 1: The phone smart card must provide Chinese and English names; ID number and copy; date of birth for registration.
Passengers can register with travel documents.
Recommendation 2: Each user (including company/enterprise users) can only register no more than 3 stored-value cards with each licensee
Recommendation 3: If young people under the age of 16 need to register for a service plan or a stored-value card, they must be confirmed by an "appropriate adult", including guardians, parents, etc.
Recommendation 4: The licensee should check the information provided by the user. If there is a reasonable reason to believe that the information is weak or misleading, the relevant phone smart card registration can be cancelled.
Recommendation 5: The personal data of phone smart card users must be kept by the licensee who provides related smart card services until at least 12 months after the phone smart card is cancelled.
Recommendation 6: The real-name registration system is implemented in two stages.
Recommendation 7: Licensees of smart card services do not need to re-register for their existing service plan customers, but must ensure that the real-name registration requirements are met when a new contract starts or an existing contract is renewed.
Recommendation 8: The law enforcement agency may require the licensee to provide the registration information of the phone smart card user when there is a court warrant or there is no warrant for some urgent or urgent reasons.
▼Implementation timetable: Implementation in the third quarter of 2021▼
Phase 1: The telecommunications company must establish and prepare a registration system and database within 120 days after the regulation takes effect. From the 121st "registration day", all new stored-value cards on the market and new service plans that take effect on the registration date , All need to comply with the real-name registration regulations.
The second stage: existing stored-value card users who have already sold before the registration date will register the stored-value card they are using within 360 days after the regulation takes effect.
Stored-value cards without real-name registration will become invalid on the 361st day after the regulation takes effect.
The authorities expect that the first-stage registration system will be implemented in the third quarter of 2021.
▼Identity documents required for registration▼
Chinese and English name (if applicable)
Identity document number (Hong Kong identity card number or other acceptable identity document)
Copy of identity document
date of birth
▼Affected industries▼
According to the industry, many industries now use sensors (Sensor) or Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, which require the use of SIM cards, real-name registration or increased costs and additional administrative work.
As an example in the industry, the GPS system of a transportation fleet is equipped with SIM cards. If the SIM cards on thousands of vehicles in the fleet need to be removed for real-name registration, the workload is very heavy.
In addition, many mobile phone application (APP) development companies also need to use a large number of prepaid SIM cards for testing purposes. If they switch to monthly fee cards because of insufficient places, the cost will increase.
The government subsequently submitted a document to the Legislative Council, stating that the registration system does not include the use of machine-type connections, such as telephone cards used for the development of Internet of Things services.
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▼Enforcement agencies can obtain information without warrant▼
The law enforcement agency may require the telecommunications company to provide the registration information of the phone card user with the authorization of a person who is not lower than the rank of superintendent if there is no warrant for some urgent or urgent reasons.
The authorities stated that the above arrangement is similar to the arrangement under the current law, and emphasized that the regulation only allows law enforcement agencies to obtain user registration information when necessary, and does not include information such as related call records or content and browsing records.
▼Real-name system may not prevent phone fraud ▼
The government stated that stored-value phone card services are affordable, flexible and convenient. Criminals also use the anonymous feature of stored-value cards to commit serious and organized crimes, such as phone fraud, smuggling of humans and snakes, detonation of home-made bombs, and drug trafficking.
In terms of phone fraud, fraudsters can not only use "space cards" on the moon, but also commit crimes using virtual phones.
The Deputy Director of the Security Bureau, Ou Zhiguang, admitted in a discussion in the Legislative Council that crimes involving virtual phones involve overseas and that it is difficult to regulate.
Qiu Tenghua, director of commerce and economics, said that the real-name system cannot eliminate all situations, but it is at least a step in the fight against "space card" derivative crimes.
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