Case Notes

Complaint about a lawyer's professional misconduct and commitment of criminal offence does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Privacy Commis... <more>

An e-mail is not personal data of a person simply because the name of that person is on the list of recipients... <more>

Whether in the course of discharging job duties, a Government Department can compel the utterance of name of the staff or the production of the s... <more>

Data access request made by an ex-employee... <more>

Disclosure by a Tribunal of an applicant's medical certificate to the respondent in a court action... <more>

Whether disclosure by a private investigator of his client's information as the result of physical violence to him contravenes the Personal Data ... <more>

Whether a memo amounts to personal data of one of its recipients.... <more>

Whether the comments by the adjudicators of a scheme of outstanding achievement awards covered by the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.... <more>

Whether a company has the right to ask an existing employee to sign an acknowledgement of a Personal Information Collection Statement issued by t... <more>

Whether the disclosure by domestic helpers of their employers' addresses and telephone numbers for their personal purposes contravenes the Perso... <more>

Whether the collection of genetic information is covered by the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance ("the Ordinance").... <more>

Fabrication or lies told about a person did not amount to his personal data... <more>