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A
7.
B
In our views, none of the questions meet the requirements of
section 22(1)(b).
C
8.
D
A
In respect of Question (1), the applicant’s complaint in the
Form 86 was directed against the Commissioner’s submission at the
B
C
D
hearing before the Board that he had no duty to fish for exemption
E
provision that might be relied upon by a party and that, in considering the
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G
applicant’s appeal, the Board should ignore the exemption under section 61
E
F
of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, Cap. 486 (“PDPO”), which the
G
applicant had not raised when he was invited to make comments on the
H
I
complaint that he infringed the Data Protection Principles (“DPP”). We do
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not accept there are merits in this complaint for the reasons set out in
I
paragraphs 53 and 54 of our Judgment. The matters advanced by the
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K
L
applicant on the present application do not persuade us otherwise.
9.
We further observe there was no dispute before the Board or
Chung J or in the appeal before us that in deciding to issue an Enforcement
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K
L
Notice, the Commissioner needs to be satisfied that there has been a
M
contravention of the DPP. The point that was in issue is whether the
N
Commissioner, in determining whether there has been a contravention of
M
N
the DPP, comes under a duty to exhaust all the exemptions provided under
O
the PDPO, irrespective of whether they have been invoked by the person
P
Q
R
complained of. Question (1) therefore does not arise from the appeal
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P
before us.
Q
10.
We are also of the view that Question (2) does not arise from
R
the appeal before us. In the case under consideration, the conversations in
S
question had been recorded and, contrary to the applicant’s contention, the
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Commissioner did not find that the Recorded Conversations contained no
S
T
personal data (see paragraph 11 of the Investigation Report). There was
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U
V
V