Doxxing removal in Hong Kong: platform reports and your PCPD complaint
If someone has published your personal data to get you harassed or threatened, NetClearer reports each post to the platform, prepares and files your PCPD doxxing complaint with your written authorisation, and asks Google to drop the results. HK$255 per link, fixed price with no extra fees; work starts within 48 hours. The PCPD and platforms decide.
Published · Updated by Pierre Billard, founder of NetClearer
What doxxing looks like here
Doxxing in Hong Kong today is mostly private. A business partner posts your mobile number and office address after a deal goes wrong; an ex-partner shares your new flat on Instagram Stories; a LIHKG thread links your anonymous account to your full name and employer; a Telegram channel collects photos of your children. The PCPD found that money disputes and family or relationship conflicts caused almost 70% of 2025 cases (PCPD, 3 February 2026).
- Facebook or Threads posts asking people to “find” or “visit” you
- LIHKG and Discuss.com.hk threads naming you, with personal details added in replies
- Telegram channels that collect identity cards, addresses and photos
- Copies on X and overseas sites after the first post is taken down
The PCPD route, in figures
Part 9A of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance has made doxxing an offence since 8 October 2021. The PCPD handled 308 doxxing cases in 2025, down from 442 in 2024. Since the law started, it has served 2,104 cessation notices on 57 platforms, asking for the removal of 33,743 messages, with compliance above 96% (PCPD, 3 February 2026).
Two points matter for you. Cessation notices can be served on platforms outside Hong Kong. And the volume is now small: 32 notices to 13 platforms in 2025. A complete, well-evidenced complaint has the best chance of being taken forward.
What the complaint needs
| Item | Why | Who provides it |
|---|---|---|
| Links and screenshots with date and time | Shows what was disclosed, where and when | We collect and organise them |
| Evidence of harm or fear | The offence needs intent or recklessness as to harassment, threats or psychological harm | You describe it; we put it in order |
| Copy of your identity document | Identifies the complainant | You |
| Consent to be named and to act as a witness | Without it the PCPD cannot proceed | You |
| Written authorisation | Lets NetClearer file and follow the complaint for you | You sign; we file |
Every statement must be accurate: false statements to the PCPD are themselves an offence. We file only what you confirm.
How we handle a doxxing case
- Map the exposure: we list every post, reply, repost and search result showing your details, and send a fixed quotation with the free written assessment.
- Platform reports within 48 hours of payment, under each site’s private-information or harassment rules. This runs in parallel with the PCPD, not after it.
- PCPD complaint: we prepare Form OPS004 with the evidence, you sign the authorisation and consent, and we file it by email.
- Google requests for results that still show your details, through Google’s doxxing and personal information form.
- Follow-up and re-checks for new copies, with a written report at the end.
Penalties, briefly
Doxxing without consent with intent or recklessness to cause specified harm is an offence. Where harm is actually caused, the maximum penalty is HK$1,000,000 and 5 years’ imprisonment (PCPD, 11 August 2026). Specified harm includes harassment, threats, intimidation, psychological harm and reasonable concern for your safety. The PCPD can investigate and prosecute itself; arrests are made by the PCPD or the police. If you feel in danger, call 999.
Cases we decline
We do not take doxxing cases linked to politics, protests, officials, the police or national security, whoever is asking. We do not act for people seeking to remove reporting of public interest. NetClearer is not a law firm: for an injunction against persons unknown or a claim for damages, consult a Hong Kong solicitor.
Price
HK$255 per link; doxxing usually involves several posts, so the three-link (HK$608) or ten-link (HK$1,753) pack is common. Preparing and filing the PCPD complaint is part of the case, not an extra. Fixed price, no extra fees, card payment through Stripe. See prices or return to personal information removal.
Frequently asked questions
Does the PCPD charge for a doxxing complaint?
No, the complaint is free, and you can file it yourself by email, post or in person, or call the doxxing hotline 3423 6666. Our fee covers the work around it: collecting and organising the evidence, drafting the form, following it up, and the platform and Google requests filed in parallel.
Can the PCPD remove posts on overseas platforms?
Yes. The PDPO allows cessation notices to be served on service providers outside Hong Kong, whether or not the disclosure was made in Hong Kong. Compliance has been above 96%. A notice is a PCPD decision, which is why we also report each post directly.
The person who doxxed me is right about the debt. Is it still doxxing?
It can be. The PCPD has said that doxxing is not a means of resolving disputes: a real debt does not make publishing someone’s address or identity number lawful. See our page on debt-shaming posts. We do not handle the debt itself.
Will the person know I complained?
The PCPD needs you to agree to be named and to act as a witness, so the person may learn of the complaint if the case goes forward. Platform reports filed by NetClearer do not reveal your name. We explain both routes before you decide.
Related services
Personal information removal
Your HKID number, home address, mobile or workplace exposed online? We file the platform and Google requests and, with your authorisation, the PCPD doxxing complaint.
Learn moreDebt-shaming post removal
Named as a debtor online with your photo, address or HKID? We report the posts, clear Google and file the PCPD doxxing complaint. We never handle the debt itself.
Learn moreHome address removal
Your estate, block, floor and flat visible on Google or in a post? We ask the source to remove it, file Google’s request and, for doxxing, the PCPD complaint.
Learn moreLIHKG and forum posts
Naming threads, workplace gossip and personal data on LIHKG, Discuss.com.hk, Baby-Kingdom and HKGolden: reported to the forum with a precise notice, and to Google.
Learn moreTelegram channel removal
Leak channels, upskirt groups and doxxing channels on Telegram: public links reported to Telegram, the PCPD route for doxxing, and copies traced to other sites and Google.
Learn moreTell us what’s happening. We’ll take it from here.
Free, confidential assessment in writing. Send the links through the form: we reply within 24 hours with the route, the timeline and the fixed HK$ price.