Linklaters reports on the Hong Kong privacy commissioner's plans to bring a personal data ordinance into force as soon as possible. Section 33 of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO) prohibits the transfer of personal data outside Hong Kong unless one of a number of conditions is met, the report states, and has existed since the PDPO was enacted but has not come into force. The ordinance allows for transfers if the receiving destination has been approved by the commissioner or if the individual has consented in writing to the transfer, among other conditions. Businesses should prepare for the impending ordinance, the report cautions.
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