Hong Kong — data protection and AI governance
Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO), in force since 1996-12-20. Supervisory authority: PCPD.
Data protection
- Instrument
- Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO)
- In force since
- 1996-12-20
- Authority
- PCPD
- Penalties
- 1M HKD + prison
- Key obligations
- 6 principes
- Doxxing interdit (2021)
- Source
- https://www.pcpd.org.hk/
What the engine decides here
Indicative coverage
This jurisdiction's legal attributes are not modelled yet: no decision is staked on it. The engine flags the uncertainty in its response rather than assuming a permissive regime — not knowing is an answer, guessing is not.
Three decisions, computed just now
Same actions, this jurisdiction's context. These answers come out of the engine as the page renders — the same function the API calls.
- ALLOW
Read an internal contract
Low-risk operation
- ALLOW
Send a customer record to US_FED
Low-risk operation
- DENY
Decide on a job application
Decision reserved for a human
Advisory decisions. StructureClerk decides; your infrastructure enforces.
Do your agents operate in Hong Kong?
The authority API makes these attributes executable: an ALLOW, APPROVE, DENY or ESCALATE decision before the agent acts, with signed evidence any third party can verify.