Hong Kong Ordinances

PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE

- CHAPTER 486

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title and commencement
   2.      Interpretation
   3.      Application
   4.      Data protection principles
   5.      Establishment, etc. of Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
   6.      Commissioner to hold no other office
   7.      Filling of temporary vacancy
   8.      Functions and powers of Commissioner
   9.      Staff of Commissioner, etc.
   10.     Delegations by Commissioner
   11.     Establishment of Personal Data (Privacy) Advisory Committee
   12.     Approval of codes of practice by Commissioner
   13.     Use of approved codes of practice in proceedings under this
           Ordinance
   14.     Data user returns
   15.     Register of data users
   16.     Inspection of register
   17.     Register shall not limit, etc. operation of this Ordinance
   18.     Data access request
   19.     Compliance with data access request
   20.     Circumstances in which data user shall or may refuse to comply with
           data access request
   21.     Notification of refusal to comply with data access request
   22.     Data correction request
   23.     Compliance with data correction request
   24.     Circumstances in which data user shall or may refuse to comply with
           data correction request
   25.     Notification of refusal to comply with data correction request, etc.
   26.     Erasure of personal data no longer required
   27.     Log book to be kept by data user
   28.     Imposition of fees by data user
   29.     Service and language of certain notices
   30.     Matching procedure not to be carried out except with consent of
           data subject, etc.
   31.     Matching procedure request
   32.     Determination of matching procedure request
   33.     Prohibition against transfer of personal data to place outside Hong
           Kong except in specified circumstances
   34.     Use of personal data in direct marketing
   35.     Repeated collections of personal data in same circumstances
   36.     Inspections of personal data systems
   37.     Complaints
   38.     Investigations by Commissioner
   39.     Restrictions on investigations initiated by complaints
   40.     Commissioner may carry out or continue investigation initiated by
           complaint notwithstanding withdrawal of complaint
   41.     Commissioner to inform relevant data user of inspection or
           investigation
   43.     Proceedings of Commissioner
   44.     Evidence
   45.     Protection of witnesses, etc.
   46.     Commissioner, etc. to maintain secrecy
   47.     Persons to be informed of result of inspection or investigation
   48.     Reports by Commissioner
   49.     Cases in which sections 47 and 48 shall not apply
   50.     Enforcement notices
   51.     Interpretation
   52.     Domestic purposes
   53.     Employment - staff planning
   54.     Employment - transitional provisions
   55.     Relevant process
   56.     Personal references
   57.     Security, etc. in respect of Hong Kong
   58.     Crime, etc.
   58A.    Protected product and relevant records under Interception of
           Communications and Surveillance Ordinance
   59.     Health
   60.     Legal professional privilege
   61.     News
   62.     Statistics and research
   63.     Exemption from section 18(1)(a)
   63A.    Human embryos, etc.
   64.     Offences
   65.     Liability of employers and principals
   66.     Compensation
   67.     Power of Commissioner to specify forms
   68.     Service of notices
   69.     Regulations - fees
   70.     Regulations - general
   71.     Amendment of Schedules 2, 4 and 6
   72.     (Omitted as spent)
   73.     (Omitted as spent)
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 5
           SCHEDULE 6


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