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CHAPTER 486
PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE
Part VIII - EXEMPTIONS
51. Interpretation
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Where any personal data are
exempt from any provision of this Ordinance by virtue
of this Part, then, in respect of those data and to
the extent of that exemption, that provision neither
confers any right nor imposes any requirement on any
person, and the other provisions of this Ordinance which
relate (whether directly or indirectly) to that provision
shall be construed accordingly.
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52.
Domestic purposes
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Where, following the completion
of an investigation, the Commissioner is of the opinion
that the relevant data user-
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concerned only with the management of his personal,
family or household affairs; or
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so held only for recreational purposes, are exempt
from the provisions of the data protection principles,
Parts IV and V and sections 36 and 38(b).
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53. Employment-staff
planning
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Personal data which consist
of information relevant to any staff planning proposal
to
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fill any series of positions of employment which
are presently, or may become, unfilled; or
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cease any group of individuals' employment, are
exempt from the provisions of data protection
principle 6 and section 18(1)(b).
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54. Employment-transitional
provisions
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Personal data-
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held by a data user-
- immediately before the appointed day;
- who is the employer of the data subject; and
- relating to the employment of the subject;
and
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provided by an individual on the implicit or
explicit condition that the subject would not
have access to the data, are exempt from the provisions
of data protection principle 6 and section 18(1)(b)
until the expiration of 7 years immediately following
the enactment of this Ordinance.
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Personal data-
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to which subsection (1)(a) applies; or
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held by a data user-
- but not so held at any time before the appointed
day;
- who is the employer of the data subject; and
- relating to the employment of the subject,
are exempt from the provisions of data protection
principle 6 and section 18(1)(b) until 1 July
1996.
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