Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance
Part 5—Division 3
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Section 29
Cap. 486
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a data user may impose a
fee for complying with a data access request.
(3) No fee imposed for complying with a data access request
shall be excessive.
(4) Where pursuant to section 19(3)(c)(iv) or (v) or (4)(ii)(B)
(II) a data user may comply with a data access request by
supplying a copy of the personal data to which the request
relates in one of 2 or more forms, the data user shall not,
and irrespective of the form in which the data user complies
with the request, impose a fee for complying with the request
which is higher than the lowest fee the data user imposes for
complying with the request in any of those forms.
(5) A data user may refuse to comply with a data access request
unless and until any fee imposed by the data user for
complying with the request has been paid.
(6) Where—
(a) a data user has complied with a data access request
by supplying a copy of the personal data to which the
request relates; and
(b) the data subject, or a relevant person on behalf of the
data subject, requests the data user to supply a further
copy of that data, (Amended 18 of 2012 s. 2)
then the data user may, and notwithstanding the fee, if any,
that the data user imposed for complying with that data access
request, impose a fee for supplying that further copy which is
not more than the administrative and other costs incurred by
the data user in supplying that further copy.
29.
Service and language of certain notices
Without prejudice to the generality of section 68, where pursuant
to a data access request or data correction request a data user is
required to, or may, inform a requestor of any matter by notice in
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