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By Provisions/DPPs/COPs/Guidelines
--By Provisions/DPPs/COPs/Guidelines--
Proper Handling of Data Correction Request by Data Users
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.:2025C01
New!
A property management company posted a notice containing a tenant’s personal data on the door of his residence
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2022A01
New!
This case related to DPP3 - Use of personal data , exemptions
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
Exemptions
Case No.:2023A06
This case related to DPP3 – Use of personal data, exemptions, Section 64 – disclosing personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
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Exemptions
,
Section 64
Case No.:2015A07
This case related to DPP3 – Use of personal data, DPP4 – Security of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
DPP4
Case No.:2023A05
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
,
DPP3
,
DPP4
,
Exemptions
,
Section 64
Case No.:2023A04
This page only provides Chinese version temporarily
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2023A02
This page only provides Chinese version temporarily
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2023A01
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2024E07
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
Exemptions
Case No.:2024E03
A school collecting and using teachers’ travel information.
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
,
DPP3
,
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.: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
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