This is the general appearance of the main starting page for our Privacy Compliance Kit. Not all of the links are active here, but some give access to summaries of the functions and guidance provided by the Kit. The addition of legal commentary is not the only change, the main text of the kit has been updated as well, to provide a new working tool to support your compliance activities.      
 
 
Hong Kong Privacy Kit

 

 
  Preparing for compliance  reparing
  for compliance 		 On-going compliance  n-going
   compliance     		 Responding to data subjects  esponding to
   data subjects 
 
  Commissioner's Functions  ommissioner's
   Functions 		 Data Protection Principles  ata Protection
   Principles 		 Meaning and Interpretation  eanings and
   Interpretation 
 
  Guidelines and Code of Practice  uidelines
   and Codes of
   Practice 		 3rd Schedule, Prescribed information  rd Schedule,
   Prescribed
   information 		 5th Schedule, Prescribed matters  th Schedule,
   Prescribed
   matters 
 
  Text of Ordinance  ext of Ordinance with all cross-references 
   linked, and a plain-English guide by 
   Roy Grubb FBCS MIMgt                        DISCLAIMER 		  

    Preparations reminder list
Data Subjects New personal data  Transferring data overseas
Data about individuals  Employee data Data Access Requests
Personal identifiers Direct Marketing Data Correction Requests
Forms-compliance Avoiding offences Quick Data Protection
 
   Expert
Understand the complex conditions for exemption (Part VIII) by clicking on a sequence of Yes / No answers. See whether data that you hold are considered to be Personal Data, and from which provisions of the Ordinance they may be exempt. 

SHORTCUT: If you've used this guide to exempt personal data before and want a quick check, you can use these shortcuts, but beware of something being missed in the sections you skip: 

Personal use
Employment
Crimes & taxes
Health
Legally-privileged
News
Statistics
 
 
In our Kit, the items below are all linked to real-world examples.
Personal Data
Some items of personal data
Checklist of personal data items
Inaccessible personal data
Trade and other directories
Data User
Receiving data from employer for insurance policy
Where you have data but don't feel it's yours
Fulfilment service, has data but no control over its use
Fulfilment service, before dispatch, has address labels
User of mailing list service
Data Access
Responses to requests
Requests for data in different forms
Requests from outside HK - overseas employees
Requests from outside HK - overseas subscribers of a HK company
Requests to companies outside HK
 
Data Protection Principles
1 Stated purpose of an order form
1 Purpose definition for a loan application
2 Retaining order records
3 Using phone numbers for purpose other than phoning
4 Staff files not locked away
5 Bank customer not properly answered
6 Bank customer to see own data
Exemptions
Personal reference
Job candidate file
Scholarship award papers
Contract review working files
Security
Salting a database to improve its security
Overseas links 
HK Branch Office holds employment records in Singapore Regional Office
HK publisher holds database (including worldwide addresses) in HK
 
 
 
Other than the Ordinance text, this material, including hypertext links and all HTML code is
 © Copyright G&A Management Consultants Limited, Hong Kong, 1996 - 2008
           
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DISCLAIMER

Neither the authors nor G&A Management Consultants Limited accept responsibility for any loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from taking action as a result of the material in this kit.