XN000022-1990-06-09 — Page 4

SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1990

"AS FAR AS HONG KONG IS CONCERNED, WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONSCIOUS OF THE REQUIREMENT TO BALANCE, ON THE ONE HAND, THE NEED OF DATA USERS TO ENJOY A FREE FLOW OF THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT OF THEIR BUSINESS AND, ON THE OTHER, THE RIGHTS OF THOSE PEOPLE ABOUT WHOM SUCH DATA ARE COLLECTED TO ENJOY A PROPER DEGREE OF PROTECTION AND PRIVACY.

"OUR AIM IS TO DEVISE LEGISLATION WITH MINIMUM COMPLEXITY AND WITH NO GREATER BURDEN ON OUR RESOURCES THAN IS NECESSARY AND WHICH WILL NONETHELESS BALANCE THE INTERESTS OF THE DATA USER, THE DATA SUBJECT AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, HE SAID.

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MR TSAO SAID THAT AT PRESENT THE GOVERNMENT'S GENERAL VIEW WAS THAT DATA PROTECTION FOR HONG KONG SHOULD COVER COMPUTERISED RECORDS AND APPLY MAINLY TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

ITS APPLICATION TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD AND LIMITED TO, REGULATING DATA USERS WHO HELD DATA FOR DATA SUBJECTS TO BE PROTECTED AND WHO HAD THE WITH THE REGULATORY PROVISIONS.

"WE MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER THE NEED FOR THE STATUTORY DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY IN HONG PROVISIONS TO REGULATE CERTAIN TRANSBORDER FLOWS

EARLIER, MR TSAO SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROTECTION PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES BOTH TO PRIVATE SECTORS.

BE FOCUSSED ON, IMPORTANT ENOUGH CAPACITY TO COPE

ESTABLISHMENT OF A KONG AND TO DEVISE OF DATA, HE NOTED.

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ISSUED A SET OF DATA THE PUBLIC AND THE

ONE PRINCIPLE STIPULATED THAT PERSONAL DATA SHOULD NOT BE DISCLOSED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE WHICH HAD BEEN SPECIFIED, EXCEPT WITH THE CONSENT OF THE DATA SUBJECT OR BY THE AUTHORITY OF LAW.

ANOTHER PRINCIPLE STATED THAT AT REASONABLE INTERVALS AND WITHOUT UNDUE DELAY OR EXPENSE, A PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE то OBTAIN CONFIRMATION OF WHETHER OR NOT HIS DATA WERE HELD, TO HAVE ACCESS ΤΟ SUCH DATA AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, то HAVE SUCH DATA CORRECTED ERASED.

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"THE PROPER OBSERVANCE OF SUCH PRINCIPLES WILL HELP AVOID THE MISUSE OF PERSONAL DATA OR ERRONEOUS ENTRIES, MR TSAO SAID.

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