Chapter Number and Title of Enactment
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Chapter: | 486 | Title: | PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE |  | |
: If this pencil mark appears at the beginning of a provision, that provision is subject to amendments that are already in operation but have not yet been incorporated in its text.
| Cap 486 | Long title | |
| Cap 486 Part I | PRELIMINARY | |
| Cap 486 s 1 | Short title and commencement | |
| Cap 486 s 2 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 486 s 3 | Application | |
| Cap 486 s 4 | Data protection principles | |
| Cap 486 Part II | ADMINISTRATION | |
| Cap 486 s 5 | Establishment, etc. of Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data | |
| Cap 486 s 6 | Commissioner to hold no other office | |
| Cap 486 s 7 | Filling of temporary vacancy | |
| Cap 486 s 8 | Functions and powers of Commissioner | |
| Cap 486 s 9 | Staff of Commissioner, etc. | |
| Cap 486 s 10 | Delegations by Commissioner | |
| Cap 486 s 11 | Establishment of Personal Data (Privacy) Advisory Committee | |
| Cap 486 s 11A | Immunity | |
| Cap 486 Part III | CODES OF PRACTICE | |
| Cap 486 s 12 | Approval of codes of practice by Commissioner | |
| Cap 486 s 13 | Use of approved codes of practice in proceedings under this Ordinance | |
| Cap 486 Part IV | DATA USER RETURNS AND REGISTER OF DATA USERS | |
| Cap 486 s 14 | Data user returns | |
| Cap 486 s 14A | Verification of data user returns | |
| Cap 486 s 15 | Register of data users | |
| Cap 486 s 16 | Inspection of register | |
| Cap 486 s 17 | Register shall not limit, etc. operation of this Ordinance | |
| Cap 486 Part V | ACCESS TO AND CORRECTION OF PERSONAL DATA | |
| Cap 486 Part V Division 1 | Access to Personal Data | |
| Cap 486 s 17A | Interpretation of Part V | |
| Cap 486 s 18 | Data access request | |
| Cap 486 s 19 | Compliance with data access request | |
| Cap 486 s 20 | Circumstances in which data user shall or may refuse to comply with data access request | |
| Cap 486 s 21 | Notification of refusal to comply with data access request | |
| Cap 486 Part V Division 2 | Correction of Personal Data | |
| Cap 486 s 22 | Data correction request | |
| Cap 486 s 23 | Compliance with data correction request | |
| Cap 486 s 24 | Circumstances in which data user shall or may refuse to comply with data correction request | |
| Cap 486 s 25 | Notification of refusal to comply with data correction request, etc. | |
| Cap 486 Part V Division 3 | Miscellaneous | |
| Cap 486 s 26 | Erasure of personal data no longer required | |
| Cap 486 s 27 | Log book to be kept by data user | |
| Cap 486 s 28 | Imposition of fees by data user | |
| Cap 486 s 29 | Service and language of certain notices | |
| Cap 486 Part VI | MATCHING PROCEDURES AND TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL DATA, ETC. | |
| Cap 486 s 30 | Matching procedure not to be carried out except with consent of data subject, etc. | |
| Cap 486 s 31 | Matching procedure request | |
| Cap 486 s 32 | Determination of matching procedure request | |
| Cap 486 s 33 | Prohibition against transfer of personal data to place outside Hong Kong except in specified circumstances | |
| Cap 486 s 34 | (Repealed 18 of 2012 s. 20) | |
| Cap 486 s 35 | Repeated collections of personal data in same circumstances | |
| Cap 486 Part VIA | Use of Personal Data in Direct Marketing and Provision of Personal Data for Use in Direct Marketing | |
| Cap 486 Part VIA Division 1 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 486 s 35A | Interpretation of Part VIA | |
| Cap 486 Part VIA Division 2 | Use of Personal Data in Direct Marketing | |
| Cap 486 s 35B | Application | |
| Cap 486 s 35C | Data user to take specified action before using personal data in direct marketing | |
| Cap 486 s 35D | Circumstances under which section 35C does not apply | |
| Cap 486 s 35E | Data user must not use personal data in direct marketing without data subject¡¦s consent | |
| Cap 486 s 35F | Data user must notify data subject when using personal data in direct marketing for first time | |
| Cap 486 s 35G | Data subject may require data user to cease to use personal data in direct marketing | |
| Cap 486 s 35H | Prescribed consent for using personal data in direct marketing under data protection principle 3 | |
| Cap 486 Part VIA Division 3 | Provision of Personal Data for Use in Direct Marketing | |
| Cap 486 s 35I | Application | |
| Cap 486 s 35J | Data user to take specified action before providing personal data | |
| Cap 486 s 35K | Data user must not provide personal data for use in direct marketing without data subject¡¦s consent | |
| Cap 486 s 35L | Data subject may require data user to cease to provide personal data for use in direct marketing | |
| Cap 486 s 35M | Prescribed consent for providing personal data for use in direct marketing under data protection principle 3 | |
| Cap 486 Part VII | INSPECTIONS, COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS | |
| Cap 486 s 36 | Inspections of personal data systems | |
| Cap 486 s 37 | Complaints | |
| Cap 486 s 38 | Investigations by Commissioner | |
| Cap 486 s 39 | Restrictions on investigations initiated by complaints | |
| Cap 486 s 40 | Commissioner may carry out or continue investigation initiated by complaint notwithstanding withdrawal of complaint | |
| Cap 486 s 41 | Commissioner to inform relevant data user of inspection or investigation | |
| Cap 486 s 42 | Power of entry on premises for the purposes of an inspection or investigation | |
| Cap 486 s 43 | Proceedings of Commissioner | |
| Cap 486 s 44 | Evidence | |
| Cap 486 s 45 | Protection of witnesses, etc. | |
| Cap 486 s 46 | Commissioner, etc. to maintain secrecy | |
| Cap 486 s 47 | Persons to be informed of result of inspection or investigation | |
| Cap 486 s 48 | Reports by Commissioner | |
| Cap 486 s 49 | Cases in which sections 47 and 48 shall not apply | |
| Cap 486 s 50 | Enforcement notices | |
| Cap 486 s 50A | Offences relating to enforcement notices | |
| Cap 486 s 50B | Offences relating to failure to comply with requirements of Commissioner etc. | |
| Cap 486 Part VIII | EXEMPTIONS | |
| Cap 486 s 51 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 486 s 51A | Performance of judicial functions | |
| Cap 486 s 52 | Domestic purposes | |
| Cap 486 s 53 | Employment - staff planning | |
| Cap 486 s 54 | Employment - transitional provisions | |
| Cap 486 s 55 | Relevant process | |
| Cap 486 s 56 | Personal references | |
| Cap 486 s 57 | Security, etc. in respect of Hong Kong | |
| Cap 486 s 58 | Crime, etc. | |
| Cap 486 s 58A | Protected product and relevant records under Interception of Communications and Surveillance Ordinance | |
| Cap 486 s 59 | Health | |
| Cap 486 s 59A | Care and guardianship of minors | |
| Cap 486 s 60 | Legal professional privilege | |
| Cap 486 s 60A | Self incrimination | |
| Cap 486 s 60B | Legal proceedings etc. | |
| Cap 486 s 61 | News | |
| Cap 486 s 62 | Statistics and research | |
| Cap 486 s 63 | Exemption from section 18(1)(a) | |
| Cap 486 s 63A | Human embryos, etc. | |
| Cap 486 s 63B | Due diligence exercise | |
| Cap 486 s 63C | Emergency situations | |
| Cap 486 s 63D | Transfer of records to Government Records Service | |
| Cap 486 Part IX | OFFENCES AND COMPENSATION | |
| Cap 486 s 64 | Offences for disclosing personal data obtained without consent from data users | |
| Cap 486 s 64A | Miscellaneous offences | |
| Cap 486 s 64B | Time limit for laying of information etc. | |
| Cap 486 s 65 | Liability of employers and principals | |
| Cap 486 s 66 | Compensation | |
| Cap 486 s 66A | Help for aggrieved persons in obtaining information, etc. | |
| Cap 486 s 66B | Commissioner may grant assistance in respect of proceedings | |
| Cap 486 Part X | MISCELLANEOUS | |
| Cap 486 s 67 | Power of Commissioner to specify forms | |
| Cap 486 s 68 | Service of notices | |
| Cap 486 s 69 | Regulations - fees | |
| Cap 486 s 70 | Regulations - general | |
| Cap 486 s 71 | Amendment of Schedules 2, 4 and 6 | |
| Cap 486 s 72 | (Omitted as spent¡XE.R. 1 of 2013) | |
| Cap 486 s 73 | (Omitted as spent¡XE.R. 1 of 2013) | |
| Cap 486 Sched 1 | DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES | |
| Cap 486 Sched 2 | FINANCES, ETC. OF COMMISSIONER | |
| Cap 486 Sched 3 | PRESCRIBED INFORMATION | |
| Cap 486 Sched 4 | PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCES UNDER WHICH MATCHING PROCEDURES ARE REQUIRED OR PERMITTED | |
| Cap 486 Sched 5 | PRESCRIBED MATTERS | |
| Cap 486 Sched 6 |
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