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E-Privacy:
A Policy Approach to Building Trust and Confidence
In E-Business
About
this Handbook
2.1
This handbook is aimed at online business providers,
especially those that operate websites that collect
personal data. The contents are of particular value
to those members of the E-Business community that are
not IT specialists, but have organisational responsibility
for ensuring personal data protection. The argument
being that what you don't know may harm you.
The
objectives are twofold.
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To establish the case for the formulation and dissemination
of an E-Privacy Policy by those Hong Kong providers
that collect and use personal data.
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To offer a framework that will enable providers to
develop and formulate an E-Privacy Policy that will
add value to their involvement in E-Business.
2.2
The policy framework presented in this handbook is specifically
designed to facilitate E-Privacy in relation to personal
data. It does not amount to a Code of Practice, though
the Office of facilitate E-Privacy in relation to personal
data. It does not amount to a Code of Practice, though
the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal
Data ("PCPD") would welcome the development
of such a code by providers, or their affiliated professional
associations.
  
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