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Appeal case
Complaint case
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By Provisions/DPPs/COPs/Guidelines
--By Provisions/DPPs/COPs/Guidelines--
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
Human resources
ID number/ ID copy
Installation of CCTV
Internet
Jurisdiction of Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance
Marketing
Media
Medical data
Monitoring
N/A
Personal Information Collection Statement (PICS)
Public Domain
Public register
Social services
Spamming
Transfer of data outside Hong Kong
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Case No.:2004C21
Retention of personal data of unsuccessful insurance applicants for an indefinite period of time
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Areas of Concern:
DPP2
Case No.:2004C19
Data access request made by an ex-employee
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Areas of Concern:
DPP6
Case No.:2004C04
Service provider used customer's credit card data of terminated account to charge
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2004C02
Collection of identity card numbers of residents applying for electronic entrance cards by property management company
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
,
Identity Card
Case No.:2004C01
Collection of employees' DNA data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
Case No.:2003C11
Collection of ID card number of visitor by security guard
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
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DPP2
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DPP4
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Identity Card
Case No.:2002C07
Service of trial bundle by a solicitor's firm
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
Case No.:2002C03
Collection of customer's identity card copy upon cash refund
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
,
Identity Card
Case No.:2002C01
Refusal to comply with data access request
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Areas of Concern:
DPP6
Case No.:2001C06
Collection of Hong Kong Identity Card copy by an employment agent
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
,
Identity Card
Case No.:2001C04
Display of Identity Card Number in a newspaper article
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2001C03
Loss of documents when subscribing to a mobile phone service
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
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