Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The Census and Statistics Department pledges to meet fully personal data privacy protection requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. Please refer to the Privacy Policy Statement of the department for further details.

When you visit our website, we record your visit only as a 'hit' and do not collect any personal identifiable information about you. The 'hit' information is to allow us to compile general statistics to show the number of visitors to our website.

We collect personal data from our website visitors on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include, but not limited to, name. The information is used only by us for the purposes stated in the respective screens in which we invite you to provide your data. We do not use your personal data for any other purposes without your prior consent unless such use is permitted or required by law.

We disclose no personal identifiable information to third parties except as required by law.

All personal data you provide is secured on our website with restricted access by authorised personnel only. Our on-line registration process uses Transport Layer Security (TSL) protocol link for data transmission so as to protect your data which may be of security concerns to you.

Last revision date: 17 August 2016