Asia-Pacific · 1 law · 7 requirements
Hong Kong: the laws your website or app must follow
If your customers are in Hong Kong, these are the privacy, consumer, security, accessibility and AI laws SafeLaunch checks your site against, with what each one requires and where in the law it says so.
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Hong Kong PDPO (Cap. 486)
In force.
Who it covers: Data users who control personal data in or from Hong Kong.
What it requires of a website or app (7)
- A privacy notice at collection: who you are and how to reach you, purposes, who receives it, people's rightsCheckedPDPO DPP1(3) (notice at collection)
- A lawful basis, often consent, for each use of personal dataAI reviewPDPO DPP1 and DPP3 (lawful, fair collection; use for the original purpose)
- People can access, correct and delete their data, and know how to askCheckedPDPO DPP6; s. 18–22
- Reasonable securityCheckedPDPO DPP4
- Transfers abroad only with the safeguards the law setsCheckedPDPO DPP3; PCPD guidance on cross-border transfers
- Breach notification: No legal duty: the PCPD recommends telling it and affected people promptlyPreparedPCPD Guidance on Data Breach Handling (2023)
- Consent before using personal data for direct marketing or giving it to others for that purpose, and stop when people object (if if you send marketing emails)AI reviewPart 6A (s. 35A–35M)
Licensed professionals in Hong Kong
These regulators' advertising and conduct rules apply on top of the laws above, only to sites of that profession.
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A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.