No matter if you are using data sets for research, business, or civic purposes; it is crucial that you understand their creation process. Data set formats have a great deal of effect on how they’re utilized – for instance it is important to know whether your data comes in raw form, summary form, extract form etc and that its syntax and semantics as well as any metadata associated with them is taken into consideration when creating them.

Data sets must comply with Hong Kong’s Data Protection Law (PDPO), specifically its definition of personal information. While the latter typically refers to individual names and HKID numbers, other data that could identify an individual might also fall within its purview – for instance an employee’s name, company and department information, photograph and ID number would likely fall under this definition and require compliance measures for storage and disclosure.

Direct marketing practices remain one of the Privacy Commissioner’s key areas of enforcement, such as fining estate agents for using personal data without consent and registering their phone numbers to opt out from receiving unsolicited phone calls.

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