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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.:2004A17
Transfer of customer's credit card data to an associated company
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2004A16
Disclosure of personal data by posting letter of complaint in lobby of a building
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2004A14
Common law on disclosure for fair trial
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
Exemptions
Case No.:2005A03
Sick leave records collected for human resources purposes
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2004A13
Disclosure by a Tribunal of an applicant's medical certificate to the respondent in a court action
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2005A02
Disclosure of a teacher's personal data by the Headmistress of a kindergarten without the teacher's consent
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2003A10
Disclosure of the complainant's personal data by a property management company to a neighbour
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
Exemptions
Case No.:2004A10
Important!
Employer disclosed the information about disciplinary proceedings to the complainant's doctors
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
Exemptions
Case No.:2004A08
Telecom company passed customer's data to a debt collection agent for debt recovery
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2004C04
Service provider used customer's credit card data of terminated account to charge
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:1997A21
Important!
Disclosure of personal data of a staff to news media
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
Exemptions
Case No.:1997A19
Important!
Definition of 'personal data'
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP3
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