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"Personal identifier" means an identifier -
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that is assigned
to an individual by a data user for the purpose
of the operations of the data user; and |
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| (b) |
that uniquely
identifies that individual in relation to the data
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but does not include an individual's name used to identify
that individual.
(Section 2 of the Ordinance refers.)
For the avoidance of doubt, an e-mail address is deemed
not to be a personal identifier for the purposes of
the Code.
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| 1.2 |
"Identity card"
means an identity card issued under the Registration of
Persons Ordinance (Cap. 177). |
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| 1.3 |
"Identity card
number" means the personal identifier on an identity card
whether in its original or an altered form. |
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| 1.4 |
"Furnishing" or "provision" of a copy of an identity
card may include the furnishing or provision (as the
case may be) of the identity card solely to enable the
making of a copy thereof immediately, to the extent
such furnishing or provision in the circumstances does
not constitute an offence under the Registration of
Persons Ordinance (Cap.177).
Note : It is an offence under section 7AA of the
Registration of Persons Ordinance for any person to
transfer an identity card to another person without
lawful authority or reasonable excuse.
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| 1.5 |
"Copy of an identity
card" means a visual representation or a reproduction
of an identity card in a permanent form. |
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| 1.6 |
Words and expressions
importing the masculine gender include the feminine, and
words and expressions in the singular include the plural,
and vice versa. |
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