Case Notes

Collection of Hong Kong Identity Card copy by an employment agent... <more>

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

Complainant alleged his colleague to have collected and retained a faxed statement of his... <more>

Whether access right under Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance displaced by similar access right under statute establishing public register... <more>

Whether the requirement that existing staff members seeking re-engagement or contract renewal must make fresh financial declarations amounts to e... <more>

Whether a tertiary education institution, in asking for a job applicant's age and marital status, contravenes the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinan... <more>

Whether a direct-selling company can obtain from its distributors the personal data of customers for processing refund requests.... <more>

Personal Information Collection Statement was not displayed prominently... <more>

Definition of subsequent collection under Section 35 of Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. Meaning of "material difference" under S35 ... <more>

Waiver of right in service agreement that the companies may use personal data collected cannot override the requirements of the Personal Data (Pr... <more>

Notifying customers how their personal data will be used and collection of "excessive" personal data... <more>

Breach of promise of confidentiality... <more>