Data Protection Principle 2:
Accurate and still relevant

Original Ordinance wording:
   (1)  All practicable steps shall be taken to ensure that— 
        (a) personal data are accurate having regard to the purpose  
            (including any directly related purpose)  for which the  
             personal data are or are to be used;
        (b) where there are reasonable grounds for believing that  
            personal data are inaccurate having regard  to the purpose  
            (including any directly related purpose) for which the data  
            are or are to be used— 
              (i) the data are not used for that purpose unless and  
                  until those grounds cease to be 
                  applicable to the data, whether by the rectification  
                  of the data or otherwise, or 
             (ii) the data are erased;
        (c) where it is practicable in all the circumstances of the case  
            to know that— 
              (i) personal data disclosed on or after the appointed day  
                  to a third party are materially inaccurate having  
                  regard to the purpose (including any directly 
                  related purpose) for which the data are or are to be  
                  used by the third party, and 
             (ii) that data were inaccurate at the time of such  
                  disclosure.  
             that the third party— 
             (A) is informed that the data are inaccurate; and 
             (B) is provided with such particulars as will enable the  
                 third party to rectify the data having regard to that  
                 purpose. 
   (2)  Personal data shall not be kept longer than is necessary for the 
fulfillment of the purpose (including any directly related purpose) for 
which the data are or are to be used. 

 

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