PCPD FAQ on EU’s New Standard Contractual Clauses for Personal Data
From 27 September 2021 on, data exporters & importers can only conclude contracts incorporating new SCCs for transfer of personal data out of European Union.
read moreIn the beginning of 2020, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau issued a discussion paper (the “Paper”) proposing amendments to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap 486) (PDPO) to address public concerns about the adequacy of the PDPO in protecting personal data privacy amidst the rapid development of information and communication technologies as well as the widespread use of the internet and mobile communication.
From 27 September 2021 on, data exporters & importers can only conclude contracts incorporating new SCCs for transfer of personal data out of European Union.
read moreAre your company records stored in the cloud? Licensees in Hong Kong beware you are likely breaching the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
read moreThe PDPO provides generally for all forms of direct marketing. Marketing of securities in particular is subject to further regulations under the Securities and Futures Ordinance and other laws.
read moreThe PDPO defines personal data as relating directly or indirectly to a living individual; from which it is practicable for the identity of the individual to be directly or indirectly ascertained; and
in a form in which access to or processing of the data is practicable.
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