Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Part 8 8-26 Section 60B 60B. Cap. 486 Legal proceedings etc. Personal data is exempt from the provisions of data protection principle 3 if the use of the data is— (a) required or authorized by or under any enactment, by any rule of law or by an order of a court in Hong Kong; (b) required in connection with any legal proceedings in Hong Kong; or (c) required for establishing, exercising or defending legal rights in Hong Kong. (Added 18 of 2012 s. 34) 61. News (1) Personal data held by a data user— (a) whose business, or part of whose business, consists of a news activity; and (b) solely for the purpose of that activity (or any directly related activity), is exempt from the provisions of—  (Amended 18 of 2012 s. 2) (i) data protection principle 6 and sections 18(1)(b) and 38(i) unless and until the data is published or broadcast (wherever and by whatever means); (ii) sections 36 and 38(b). (2) Personal data is exempt from the provisions of data protection principle 3 in any case in which—  (Amended 18 of 2012 s. 2) (a) the use of the data consists of disclosing the data to a data user referred to in subsection (1); and (b) such disclosure is made by a person who has reasonable grounds to believe (and reasonably believes) that the Verified Copy Last updated date 25.4.2013