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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
keyword:
Case No.:1999A04
Personal Information Collection Statement was not displayed prominently
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP1
,
DPP2
,
DPP3
Case No.:2005E03
The disclosure by the MPF trustees of the bankruptcy status of an employee member under the MPF scheme to his employer
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:1998A01
Reading out of unsolicited data of a data subject contained in her letter
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
DPP4
Case No.:1999A02
Verbal disclosure of information about an individual
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:1999A01
Retention of ex-customer's personal data after account termination
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP2
,
DPP3
Case No.:2003A08
Non-compliance with data access request
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
DPP6
Case No.:2002A10
Disclosure of an employee's medical records by employer for the purpose of convening a medical board according to applicable Regulations
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2002A09
Supply of document by clerk of the court to the other party of the proceedings
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP1
,
DPP3
Case No.:2001A12
The transmission of a court document by fax to complainant's office
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2001A11
An employer of domestic helper accused the employment agent of disclosing his personal data to his wife's friend
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2004E01
Whether in the course of discharging job duties, a Government Department can compel the utterance of name of the staff or the production of the s
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP1
,
DPP3
,
Identity Card
Case No.:2001C04
Display of Identity Card Number in a newspaper article
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
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