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CHAPTER 486
PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE
Part VII - INSPECTIONS, COMPLAINTS
AND INVESTIGATIONS
37. Complaints
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An individual, or a relevant
person on behalf of an individual, may make a complaint
to the Commissioner about an act or practice-
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specified in the complaint; and
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that-
- has been done or engaged in, or is being
done or engaged in, as the case may be, by a
data user specified in the complaint;
- relates to personal data of which the individual
is or, in any case in which the data user is
relying upon an exemption under Part VIII, may
be, the data subject; and
- may be a contravention of a requirement under
this Ordinance (including section 28(4) ).
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Where 2 or more
individuals may each make a complaint about the same act
or practice, then any of those individuals, or any relevant
person on behalf of any of those individuals, may make
such a complaint on behalf of all those individuals, and
the provisions of this Ordinance (including subsection
(1) ) shall be construed accordingly. |
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A complaint shall be-
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in writing in the Chinese or English language;
or
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in such other form as the Commissioner may accept.
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It shall be the
duty of the Commissioner and each prescribed officer who
has been employed under section 9(1)(a) to provide appropriate
assistance to an individual, or a relevant person on behalf
of an individual, who wishes to make a complaint and requires
assistance to formulate the complaint. |
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