{"id":70536,"date":"2025-08-01T11:39:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T03:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cortinawatch.com\/?page_id=70536"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T03:44:54","slug":"addendum-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cortinawatch.com\/en\/addendum-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Addendum [Hong Kong]"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Addendum to the Personal Data Protection Policy for Hong Kong<\/h2>\n<p>This Addendum to the Personal Data Policy (\u201cAddendum\u201d) contains data compliance rules that apply to Hong Kong due to the specific Hong Kong requirements in this respect.<\/p>\n<p>The following Country-Specific Terms Addendum (this \u201cAddendum\u201d) is made part of the Personal Data Protection Policy\uff08\u201dthe Policy\u201d\uff09. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Addendum have the meanings assigned to them in the Policy. To the extent there are any inconsistencies between the terms of this Addendum and the terms of the Policy, this Addendum will prevail. This Addendum sets forth country-specific provisions that replace or supplement the equivalent provisions noted below when Customer is located in Hong Kong).<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this Addendum is to inform you of how we manage Personal Data in accordance with Cap. 486 Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance of Hong Kong (\u201c<strong>PDPO<\/strong>\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>1. Your Personal Data<\/h2>\n<p>1.1\u00a0 The PDPO defines Personal Data as any data \u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) relating directly or indirectly to a living individual;<\/p>\n<p>(b) from which it is practicable for the identity of the individual to be directly or indirectly ascertained; and<\/p>\n<p>(c) in a form in which access to or processing of the data is practicable.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Disclosure without Consent; Deemed Consent<\/h2>\n<p>5.1\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Subject to applicable data protection legislation, we may disclose your Personal Data without your prior consent in certain situations, where required by law, or where it is necessary for law enforcement or legal processes, including but not limited to crime prevention or prosecution, security and defence, statistics and research, news activity, protecting a data subject\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>5.2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Under certain circumstances, we may assume deemed consent from you when you voluntarily provide your Personal Data to us for the stated purpose(s). By providing your Personal Data to us, you acknowledge and agree that you have fully read and understood this Policy, and are consenting to the collection, use, processing and disclosure of your Personal Data as described in this Policy. The exceptions upon which Personal Data may be collected without consent are pursuant to the Part 8 of the PDPO, which is summarized at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcpd.org.hk\/misc\/files\/table1_e.pdf\">https:\/\/www.pcpd.org.hk\/misc\/files\/table1_e.pdf<\/a> .<\/p>\n<h2>8. Withdrawal, Access, and Correction of Your Personal Data<\/h2>\n<p>8.1.4 \u00a0 You may request to access or correct your Personal Data by submitting your request in writing or via email to our Data Protection Officer. To respond to your request, we may ask you to provide us with a proof of your identity.\u00a0 We will aim to provide access to your Personal Data within 40 days If the request cannot be completed within this timeframe, we will notify you of the within 40 days after receiving the request.<\/p>\n<h2>10.\u00a0 Data Retention<\/h2>\n<p>10.1\u00a0 We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose(s) we collected it for and where retention is no longer necessary for legal or business purposes, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements unless any such erasure is prohibited under any law or it is in the public interest (including historical interest) for the data not to be erased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addendum to the Personal Data Protection Policy for Hong Kong This Addendum to the Personal Data Policy (\u201cAddendum\u201d) contains data compliance rules that apply to Hong Kong due to the specific Hong Kong requirements in this respect. 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