The italicized parts in the text are guiding notes and are not themselves part of the Code.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms used in this Code have the following meanings.
| 1.1 | "Personal identifier" means an identifier - | |
| (a) | that is assigned to an individual by a data user for the purpose of the operations of the data user; and | |
| (b ) | that uniquely identifies that individual in relation to the data user, | |
| but does not include an individual's name used to identify that individual. | ||
| (Section 2 of the Ordinance refers.) | ||
| For the avoidance of doubt, an e-mail address is deemed not to be a personal identifier for the purposes of the Code. | ||
| 1.2 | "Identity card" means an identity card issued under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap. 177). | |
| 1.3 | "Identity card number" means the personal identifier on an identity card whether in its original or an altered form. | |
| 1.4 | "Furnishing" or "provision" of a copy of an identity card may include the furnishing or provision (as the case may be) of the identity card solely to enable the making of a copy thereof immediately, to the extent such furnishing or provision in the circumstances does not constitute an offence under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap.177). | |
| 1.5 | "Copy of an identity card" means a visual representation or a reproduction of an identity card in a permanent form. | |
| 1.6 | Words and expressions importing the masculine gender include the feminine, and words and expressions in the singular include the plural, and vice versa. | |