"
the general provisions of the data protection law
should apply to data
controlled or processed in Hong Kong. However, such general wordings
were only used in the introductory and concluding sections. In the section
which sets out the contents of discussion, for example, in chapter 17.17,
the context is an analysis of the three recommended ways of providing
transborder data protection, which is very specific and was followed by an
example of data being transferred from France to Hong Kong. In the
,
premises, similarly to the Board
s observation about the difference
between general provisions of data protection law in the Ordinance and
section 33 about transborder protection above, the parts in chapter 17 relied
on by the Appellant do not assist the Appellant.
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59.
The Appellant
submitted
that
as
the
LRC
changed
its
recommendations from control only, as stated in the LRC Paper, to both
control and processing, as stated in the LRC Report, it is the intent of the
legislature that the territorial jurisdiction of the Ordinance, which is based
on the LRC Report, is expanded. The Board disagrees.
The change
recommended by the LRC, if any, is the recommended scope of provisions
on
"
transborder data flow “ only. The same limitation appears in the parts
of the EU Draft Directive and the EU GDPR relied on by the Appellant.
Besides, there is a further requirement under Article 4(2) of the EU Draft
Directive for designation by a controller not established in the territory of
a representative established therein. The above demonstrate that there is
nothing in the LRC Report which supports the contention of the Appellant.
60.
The Board considers that the scope and provisions of section 33 of
the Ordinance, which deal with a specific area of transborder transfer of
data do not suggest any intention of the legislature to wider the
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