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CHAPTER 486
PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE
Part V - ACCESS TO AND CORRECTION
OF PERSONAL DATA
26. Erasure of personal
data no longer required
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A data user shall erase personal
data held by the data user where the data are no longer
required for the purpose (including any directly related
purpose) for which the data were used unless-
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any such erasure is prohibited under any law;
or
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it is in the public interest (including historical
interest) for the data not to be erased. .
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| (2) |
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that-
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a data user shall erase personal data in accordance
with subsection (1) notwithstanding that any other
data user controls (whether in whole or in part)
the processing of the data;
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the firstmentioned data user shall not be liable
in an action for damages at the suit of the secondmentioned
data user in respect of any such erasure.
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