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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
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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
Marketing
Media
Medical data
Monitoring
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Personal Information Collection Statement (PICS)
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Public register
Social services
Spamming
Transfer of data outside Hong Kong
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Case No.:2016DB04
Online food ordering records leaked to the Internet involving 62,539 customers – DPP 4 – security of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
Case No.:2016DB02
Unauthorised download of 210,000 customers’ personal data by a contractor – DPP 4 – security of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
Case No.:2016DB01
Credit card data of 11,655 Hong Kong customers hacked by a zero-day malware – DPP 4 – security of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
Case No.:2021DB01
Unauthorised access to an international fashion chain’s customer personal data system – DPP 4 – security of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
Case No.:2021C02
Disclosure of a customer's payment information to a third party by a travel agency – DPP 3 – use of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
Case No.:2020C03
This case related to DPP1 - Purpose and manner of collection of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
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Identity Card
Case No.:2020C02
This case related to DPP1 - Purpose and manner of collection of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
Case No.:2019C10
This case related to DPP3 - Use of personal data , DPP4 - Security of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
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DPP4
Case No.:2018C07
This case related to DPP2 - Accuracy and duration of retention of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP2
Case No.:2018C04
This case related to DPP1 – Purpose and manner of collection of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
Case No.:2017A04
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Areas of Concern:
DPP2
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DPP4
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Section 37 of the Ordinance
Case No.:2018C03
This case related to DPP4 - Security of personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
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