The Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Has Been Amended: Are Your Data Protection Practices and Policies Adequate?

摘要

The Personal Data (Privacy) Amendment Ordinance (Amendment Ordinance) was passed in Hong Kong on June 27, 2012.' This ends a nearly three year process initially spurred by the need to bring the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance in line with technological and other advancements that had occurred since the Ordinance was enacted in 1996. The process was accelerated by mounting public concern in relation to a number of high profile instances of misuse of personal data in Hong Kong, including the revelation of sale of personal data by the operator of the widely used Octopus stored value cards in 2010.