Security News > 2020 > March > Location-tracking wristbands required on all incoming travelers to Hong Kong
Welcome to Hong Kong, traveler, and to the mandatory, Disney MagicBand-esque tracking wristband we're about to slap onto your potentially infectious arm.
As the area undergoes a COVID-19 resurgence, mostly brought in by travelers coming from European, US and Asian countries, it's now enforcing the quarantine on all incoming travelers, with the wristbands helping to ensure that they adhere to movement restrictions.
Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, said that of the 57 new cases Hong Kong recorded in the past two weeks, 50 were travelers from overseas.
Declan Chan, a Hong Kong resident who returned from Zurich on Tuesday and who was required to put on one of the wristbands at the airport, told CNBC that it felt "a bit weird" because of "Privacy reasons," but that he understood why it had to be done.
The form Chan filled out suggested that passengers had the option of sharing their location data with the government either via messaging platforms, like WeChat and WhatsApp, or by agreeing to wear the electronic wristband.