“Personal data” means any data relating directly or indirectly to a living individual, such that it is possible and practical to ascertain the identity of the individual from the said data. The data must be represented in a recorded form (e.g. a document or a video) and be capable of being reproduced.<\/p>\n
The legal definition of personal data can be found in Section 2<\/a> of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance<\/a> (Chapter 486<\/a>). Common daily examples of personal data include name and address (in combination), information appearing on Hong Kong identity card, and medical records.<\/p>\n Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance<\/a> (Chapter 486<\/a>), only personal data are protected. The Ordinance does not cover privacy matters other than personal data.<\/p>\n Data protection principles<\/u><\/p>\n Any person or organization collecting, holding, processing or using personal data must comply with the six data protection principles laid down in Section 4<\/a> and Schedule 1<\/a> of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance<\/a> (Chapter 486<\/a>). Please click here<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Personal data” means any data relating directly or indirectly to a living individual, such that it is possible and practical to ascertain the identity of the individual from the said data. The data must be represented in a recorded form (e.g. a document or a video) and be capable of being reproduced. The legal definition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","topic-type":[4],"class_list":["post-569","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-type-cybercrime"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-type?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}