Hong Kong on Dec. 2 announced a CCP-style health code application that tracks a user’s travel history, The Hong Kong Health Code will record users’ personal information such as name, identity document number, addresses, and travel history, the authorities said in a statement on Thursday. Hong Kong Chief Information Officer Victor Lam said CCP authorities can only access a person’s data if “he or she is an infected person, or he or she has a high risk of infection, for example, is identified as a close contact.” Similar to the health codes used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the system will generate a color-coded QR health code—green, yellow, and red—based on users’ travel history. The system will import data from an existing contract tracing application, LeaveHomeSafe, which will be compulsory for all restaurants, gyms, and cinemas from next week. Only users with a green health code will be allowed …
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