Notes on enquiry cases related to Financial Services

Case No.: 199803999	Definition of subsequent collection under Section 35 of Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. Meaning of "material difference" under S35 1 (b)(i) of the Ordinance.
Case No.: 199709598	Whether retention and use of customers' old addresses by a bank are in breach of the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
Case No.: 199805415	Disclosure of accounts of a deceased is not in breach of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance but if the information relates to third parties, consent of those third parties is required.
Case No.: 199805027	Use of data obtained from Land Registry for direct marketing purpose.
Case No.: 199801570	Question of collection of ID copy of licensed trader on payment of large sum should not arise, as such payment would be against SFC internal guidelines.
Case No.: 199802870	Collection of the ID number and copy by data user is permissible if such collection is required under any code, rules regulations or guidelines applicable to the data user issued by a regulatory or professional body, which requirement has been endorsed in writing by the Privacy Commissioner in accordance with Data Protection Principle 1 of the Ordinance.
Case No.: 199802753	Whether moneylenders may collect copies of ID cards of its customers.
Case No.: 199803317	Collection of ID card numbers is allowed if done pursuant to a statutory power or is necessary to safeguard against loss on the collecting party that is more than trivial in the circumstances or to prevent or detect crime.
Case No.: 200016704	Collection of ID copy of an individual guarantor by an equipment leasing company.
Case No.: 200112506	Whether recording by a debt collection agency of conversations with debtors amounts to unfair collection of the debtors personal data
Case No.: 200100098	Whether investment newsletters amount to direct marketing materials.
Case No.: ccd_1	Enquiry relating to Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
Case No.: ccd_2	Enquiry relating to Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
Case No.: ccd_3	Enquiry relating to Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
Case No.: ccd_4	Enquiry relating to Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
Case No.: ccd_5	Enquiry relating to Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
Case No.: ccd_6	Enquiry relating to Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
Case No.: ccd_7	Enquiry relating to Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
Case No.: ccd_8	Enquiry relating to Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
Case No.: ccd_9	Enquiry relating to Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
Case No.: enq04_2	Collection of Hong Kong Identity Card Copies from non-account holders buying gift cheques is not necessary
Case No.: enq05_3	The disclosure by the MPF trustees of the bankruptcy status of an employee member under the MPF scheme to his employer

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