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Case No.:2025E08 New!
Data access request made to a dental clinic... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP6
Case No.:2025E07 New!
Are residents allowed to install smart doorbell equipped with recording function... <more>
Areas of Concern:N/A
Case No.:2025E06 New!
Request a credit reference agency (CRA) to delete all information held in its database... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP2, Consumer Credit Data
Case No.:2025E05 New!
The government department did not accept a Hong Kong Identity (HKID) Card copy with hand-written words... <more>
Areas of Concern:Identity Card
Case No.:2025E04 New!
After the employee left the company, the employer published his/her departure information on a webpage... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP3, Human Resources
Case No.:2025E03 New!
Whether disclosing information that data subjects have themselves made publicly available on social media is allowed... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP3, Section 2, Section 64
Case No.:2025E02 New!
Seeking guidance on how to collect and use fully anonymised, non‑identifiable specimens for a retrospective study... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP3, Exemptions, Section 2
Case No.:2025E01 New!
Incorporated Owners installing door access system with face recognition function... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP1
Case No.:2025DB03 New!
A former employee of a pet grooming company accessed the online retail system via the accounts of existing employees – DPP 4 – security of person... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP4
Case No.:2025DB02 New!
Unauthorised access to membership database – DPP 4 – security of personal data... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP4
Case No.:2025DB01 New!
Loss of portable storage device containing personal data – DPP 4 – security of personal data... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP4
Case No.:2024A03 New!
Refusal of data correction request by data user – whether justified – whether data sought to be corrected is expression of opinion – the role of ... <more>
Case No.:2025C03 New!
A data access request made by a customer to a dental clinic... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP6
Case No.:2025C02 New!
A bank mistakenly treated a customer’s request to change the office address as a change of correspondence address... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP2
Case No.:2025C01 New!
A property management company posted a notice containing a tenant’s personal data on the door of his residence... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP3
Case No.:2022A01 New!
This case related to DPP3 - Use of personal data , exemptions... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP3, Exemptions
Case No.:2024A02 New!
Jurisdiction of AAB – Specified investigation – Administrative Appeals Board Ordinance (Cap. 442) (“Administrative Appeals Board Ordinance”)... <more>
Areas of Concern:Part 9A of the Ordinance
Case No.:2024A01 New!
This case related to Proper Handling of Data Access Request and Charging of Data Access Request Fee by Data Users... <more>
Areas of Concern:DPP6, Section 28(3)