Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Part 1 1-18 Section 2 Cap. 486 (4) Subject to section 64A, any reference in this Ordinance to the effect that a data user (howsoever described)—  (Amended 18 of 2012 s. 3; 17 of 2018 s. 126) (a) has contravened a requirement under this Ordinance; or (b) is contravening a requirement under this Ordinance, includes— (i) where paragraph (a) is applicable, any case where the data user has done an act, or engaged in a practice, in contravention of a data protection principle; (ii) where paragraph (b) is applicable, any case where the data user is doing an act, or engaging in a practice, in contravention of a data protection principle. (5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Ordinance, a complaint may be made (and an investigation, if any, initiated by the complaint may be carried out) in relation to a person who has ceased to be a data user except any such person who has not at any time been a data user during the period of 2 years immediately preceding the date on which the Commissioner receives the complaint and, accordingly, a person in relation to whom such a complaint is made shall for the purposes of such complaint (and an investigation, if any, initiated by such complaint) be deemed to be a data user, and the other provisions of this Ordinance shall be construed accordingly. (6) Any reference in this Ordinance to a data protection principle followed by a number is a reference to the principle bearing that number set out in Schedule 1. (7) The Chief Executive may, by notice in the Gazette, specify a person to be a regulator for the purposes of the definition of financial regulator. (Amended 34 of 1999 s. 3) Verified Copy Last updated date 20.4.2018