The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, published an article to discuss the Vaccine Pass (which took effect from 24 February 2022) from the perspective of the protection of personal data privacy. The Privacy Commissioner highlights that the introduction of the Hong Kong Vaccine Pass is in line with similar measures taken in the Mainland and other parts of the world, and the Vaccine Pass does not fall afoul of any requirement of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
The article was published in HK01, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Hong Kong Economic Times, Ming Pao, Oriental Daily (contributed article for reporting), Sing Tao Daily, South China Morning Post, Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po on 25 February 2022. Please click here to read the full version of the article.