Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Part 1 1-22 Section 3 Cap. 486 from time to time, is seriously improper conduct. (Amended 34 of 1999 s. 3) 3. Application (1) This Ordinance binds the Government. (2) (*Not adopted as the laws of HKSAR) Editorial Note: * See Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Concerning the Handling of the Laws Previously in Force in Hong Kong in accordance with Article 160 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China which is published in Hong Kong e-Legislation as Instrument A206. 4. Data protection principles A data user shall not do an act, or engage in a practice, that contravenes a data protection principle unless the act or practice, as the case may be, is required or permitted under this Ordinance. Verified Copy Last updated date 20.4.2018