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Category
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Appeal case
Complaint case
Compliance case
Enquiry case
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.:2007A07
Important!
Non-compliance with data access request by a university
... <more>
Areas of Concern:
DPP2
,
DPP4
,
DPP6
Case No.:2007A03
The act or practice complained of must relate to personal data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP6
Case No.:2006C13
Non-compliance with data access request.
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Areas of Concern:
DPP6
Case No.:2006A09
Important!
A person holding data which are not "personal data" is not obliged to comply with a data access request
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Areas of Concern:
DPP1
,
DPP6
Case No.:2005C19
Non-compliance with data access request by medical practitioner
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Areas of Concern:
DPP6
Case No.:2005A22
The appeal related to whether non-provision of the data would render the complainant’s case not a “complaint” under section 37 of the Ordinance
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Areas of Concern:
DPP4
,
DPP6
Case No.:2005A10
Data access request made by ex-employee
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Areas of Concern:
DPP6
Case No.:2005A01
Access request refused under section 58(1) of the Ordinance
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Areas of Concern:
DPP6
,
Exemptions
Case No.:2004E10
Enquiry relating to Code of Practice on Consumer Credit Data
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Areas of Concern:
DPP6
,
Consumer Credit Data
Case No.:2004C19
Data access request made by an ex-employee
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Areas of Concern:
DPP6
Case No.:2004A09
Comply with data access request after expiry of the 40 days from receipt of the request
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Areas of Concern:
DPP6
Case No.:2003A08
Non-compliance with data access request
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Areas of Concern:
DPP3
,
DPP6
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