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Appeal case
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By Provisions/DPPs/COPs/Guidelines
--By Provisions/DPPs/COPs/Guidelines--
Part 9A of the Ordinance
DPP1 - Purpose and manner of collection of personal data
DPP2 - Accuracy and duration of retention of personal data
DPP3 - Use of personal data
DPP4 - Security of personal data
DPP5 - Information to be generally available
DPP6 - Access to personal data
Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
Code of Practice on Human Resource Management
Code of Practice on the Identity Card Number & Other Personal Identifiers
exemptions
Privacy Guidelines: Monitoring and Personal Data Privacy at Work
provisions on direct marketing
Proper Handling of Data Access Request and Charging of Data Access Request Fee by Data Users
N/A
Section 2 of the Ordinance – definition of “personal data”
Section 37 of the Ordinance
Section 38 of the Ordinance
Section 64 - disclosing personal data
Section 39 of the Ordinance
Section 26 – erasure of personal data
By Topic/Subject Matter
--By Topic/Subject Matter--
Biometrics data
Blind-ad
Complaint Handling Policy
Consumer credit data
Customer data
Data Access Request Fee
Debt collection
E-mail
Education
Election
Employment
Hong Kong Identity Card number / Hong Kong Identity Card copy
Human resources
Installation of CCTV
Internet
Jurisdiction of Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance
Jurisdiction of the Administrative Appeals Board
Marketing
Media
Medical data
Monitoring
N/A
Personal Information Collection Statement (PICS)
Public Domain
Public register
Section 64 – disclosing personal data obtained without consent from data users
Social services
Spamming
Transfer of data outside Hong Kong
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Case No.:2024E09
Safeguarding clients’ personal data security under Work-from-Home Arrangements
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
Case No.:2024E08
Storing clients’ documents and ex-employee’s personal data in outsourced storage facilities
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
,
Human Resources
Case No.:2024E07
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
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Exemptions
Case No.:2024E06
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
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Human Resources
,
Monitoring
Case No.:2024E05
Neighbour installing Closed Circuit TV Systems (CCTV) at door entrance
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
Case No.:2024E04
Visitor Registration
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Areas of Concern:
Identity Card
Case No.:2024E03
A school collecting and using teachers’ travel information.
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
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DPP3
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Human Resources
Case No.:2024E02
Whether customers’ personal data could be stored in a cloud system outside Hong Kong.
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
DPP4
Case No.:2024E01
Whether a credit reference agency (CRA) could retain a data subject’s consumer credit data after the discharge of bankruptcy.
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Areas of Concern:
Consumer Credit Data
Case No.:2023E04
Handling real-name registration for SIM cards
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
Case No.:2023E03
The use of contact person information on a company’s website for direct marketing
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
Direct Marketing
Case No.:2023E02
Whether a tertiary institution’s lecturer could upload students’ names and academic results to the institution’s official website without their c
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
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