Data hk is a free, online portal that provides access to more than a million open data from international, regional, national and local sources. It also enables users to display and interact with the data in a variety of ways, including line graphs, cross sectional plots, maps, and charts. The portal also offers a number of public datasets on Hong Kong, and provides the opportunity for researchers to make new discoveries with data hk.
Personal information is defined as data that relates to an identifiable natural person, and is capable of being directly or indirectly identified, whether it be in hard copy, electronic or other form. The definition is consistent with that in other legislative regimes, such as the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China and the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Economic Area.
A number of exemptions from the use limitations and access requirements apply, most notably in relation to safeguarding Hong Kong’s security, defence and international relations; the assessment or collection of tax or duty; crime prevention and detection; and news activities. In addition, the PDPO makes provision for situations where it is necessary to process personal data for medical treatment or legal proceedings; in life-threatening emergency circumstances; and when it is in the interest of the community.
The PDPO requires a data user to obtain the voluntary and express consent of a data subject before transferring his personal information to a data user in a jurisdiction that does not have laws similar to those of Hong Kong, or before using his personal information for a purpose other than that for which it was collected. This is an important distinction from the extra-territorial application of many other data privacy regimes, where an element of extra-territorial jurisdiction may be found in the definition of “data user”.
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