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Alcance y base jurídica

Alcance extraterritorial
1
Applies to data users controlling data in or from Hong Kong; no express reach over foreign businesses targeting Hong Kong residents.s.2(1) 'data user'; s.33 not in force · source ↗
Base jurídica
1
No lawful-basis list; collection must be lawful, fair and for a purpose directly related to the data user's functions.Sch. 1 DPP1 · source ↗ Consolidated text read was truncated after s.35B; this provision cited from the Ordinance without re-reading.
Datos sensibles
0
No special category of sensitive data.None · source ↗
Niños
0
No age threshold or children-specific consent rule.None · source ↗ Parents may make access requests for minors (s.18).

Derechos de las personas

Derechos
1
Access and correction only.ss.18, 22 · source ↗
Plazo de solicitudes
1
Comply with a data access request within 40 days.s.19(1) · source ↗
Marketing
3
Consent (incl. 'no objection') required before using or providing personal data for any direct marketing; oral consent confirmed in writing within 14 days.ss.35C, 35E · secondary source · source ↗ Penalty up to HKD 500,000 and 3 years.

Gobernanza

DPO obligatorio
0
No DPO requirement.None · source ↗
Requisitos del DPO
–
Not addressedNone · source ↗
Registro
0
Data user return scheme exists but has not been activated for any class of data user.s.14 · source ↗
DPIA
1
Not required; PCPD recommends PIAs.None (PCPD guidance) · source ↗
Registros
1
Log book required only for refused access or correction requests, kept 4 years.s.27 · source ↗
Conservación
2
Do not keep data longer than necessary and take practicable steps to erase it.s.26; Sch. 1 DPP2(2) · source ↗

Violaciones de datos

Informar al regulador
0
No mandatory notification; voluntary notice to PCPD encouraged.None · secondary source · source ↗ Government proposed mandatory breach notification (Jan 2025); no bill enacted as of 18 Oct 2026 found.
Informar a las personas
0
No mandatory notification to individuals.None · secondary source · source ↗

Transferencias

Transferencias al extranjero
0
No transfer restriction in force; s.33 never commenced. PCPD recommends model contract clauses.s.33 (not in operation) · source ↗
Localización
0
No data localization requirement.None · source ↗

Aplicación de la ley

Multa máxima
2
Criminal fines up to HKD 1,000,000 (about USD 128k) for doxxing causing harm or selling data for marketing.ss.35J, 64(3D) · secondary source · source ↗ No administrative fines.
Responsabilidad penal
2
Imprisonment up to 5 years for doxxing causing harm or providing data for direct marketing for gain; contravening enforcement notices also an offense.ss.35J, 50A, 64 · secondary source · source ↗ s.35J and s.50A amounts from recall.
Acción privada
2
Individuals suffering damage, including injury to feelings, may claim compensation; PCPD may give legal assistance.ss.66, 66B · source ↗ Consolidated text read was truncated after s.35B; this provision cited from the Ordinance without re-reading.

Scores are our reading on the published rubric, checked 18 October 2026. Not legal advice.

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