Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Part 8 8-8 Section 56 Cap. 486 56. (D) the awarding of contracts, awards (including academic and professional qualifications), scholarships, honours or other benefits; (ii) whether any contract, award (including academic and professional qualifications), scholarship, honour or benefit relating to the data subject should be continued, modified or cancelled; or (iii) whether any disciplinary action should be taken against the data subject for a breach of the terms of his employment or appointment to office; (b) does not include any such process where no appeal, whether under an Ordinance or otherwise, may be made against any such determination. Personal references Personal data held by a data user which consists of a personal reference—  (Amended 18 of 2012 s. 2) (a) given by an individual other than in the ordinary course of his occupation; and (b) relevant to another individual’s suitability or otherwise to fill any position of employment or office which is presently, or may become, unfilled, is exempt from the provisions of data protection principle 6 and section 18(1)(b)—  (Amended 18 of 2012 s. 2) (i) in any case, unless the individual referred to in paragraph (a) has informed the data user in writing that he has no objection to the reference being seen by the individual referred to in paragraph (b) (or words to the like effect); or (ii) in the case of a reference given on or after the day on which this section comes into operation, until the Verified Copy Last updated date 25.4.2013