Case Notes

Whether access right under Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance displaced by similar access right under statute establishing public register... <more>

Collection of ID copy of an individual guarantor by an equipment leasing company.... <more>

Whether a medical expert is obliged to disclose his expert medical report to opposite party in a litigation.... <more>

Whether the requirement that existing staff members seeking re-engagement or contract renewal must make fresh financial declarations amounts to e... <more>

Whether a tertiary education institution, in asking for a job applicant's age and marital status, contravenes the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinan... <more>

Whether a direct-selling company can obtain from its distributors the personal data of customers for processing refund requests.... <more>

Whether a personal representative could step into the shoes of a deceased person to make a data access request.... <more>

Whether a medical institution should release the last known address and clinical data of patients to a government department for the purpose of e... <more>

Collection of ID card number by the employer is permissible pursuant to section 17J of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap 115) requiring employers to... <more>

Collection of ID card numbers of patients to identify them for purpose of payment for their treatment by their employers.... <more>

Disclosure of accounts of a deceased is not in breach of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance but if the information relates to third parties, c... <more>

Contract conditions cannot in law have the effect of overriding or derogating from the requirements of the Ordinance.... <more>