| 1. | Purpose of Collection |
| The personal data furnished by the registrant for pre-arrival registration will be used by the Immigration Department for one or more of the following purposes: | |
| (a) | to process the pre-arrival registration; |
| (b) | to administer/enforce relevant provisions of the Immigration Ordinance, Chapter 115, and the Immigration Service Ordinance, Chapter 331, Laws of Hong Kong, and to assist in the enforcement of any other Ordinances and Regulations by other government bureaux and departments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) through carrying out immigration control duties; |
| (c) | in carrying out immigration control duties, to transfer or disclose to third parties, such as transport operators for the purposes of verifying the authenticity and validity of the "notification slip for pre-arrival registration" (the notification slip); |
| (d) | for statistics and research purposes on the condition that the resulting statistics or results of the research will not be made available in a form which will identify the data subjects or any of them; and |
| (e) | any other legitimate purposes as may be required, authorised or permitted by law. |
| For the purposes of allowing third parties (such as transport operators) to verify the authenticity and validity of the notification slip, the Immigration Department may transfer the registrant’s personal data (including name, date of birth, place of issue of passport, and date of expiry of passport) outside the HKSAR where there may not be in place data protection laws which are substantially similar to, or serve the same purposes as, the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, Chapter 486, Laws of Hong Kong. That means the registrant’s personal data may not be protected to the same or similar level in the HKSAR. | |
| The provision of personal data in the process of pre-arrival registration is voluntary. If the registrant does not provide sufficient information, the Immigration Department may not be able to process the registration, conduct the record search or positively identify the record. | |
| 2. | Classes of Transferees |
| The personal data provided in the process of pre-arrival registration may be disclosed to government bureaux, departments and other organisations for the purposes mentioned above. | |
| 3. | Access to Personal Data |
| The registrant has a right to request access to and correction of his/her personal data as provided for in sections 18 and 22 and Principle 6 of Schedule 1 of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, Chapter 486, Laws of Hong Kong. The registrant's right of access includes the right to obtain a copy of his/her personal data provided in the registration subject to payment of a fee. | |
| 4. | Enquiries |
| Enquiries concerning the personal data collected by means of the pre-arrival registration, including application for access and correction, should be addressed to: | |
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Chief Immigration Officer Employment and Visit Visas Section 24th Floor, Immigration Tower 7 Gloucester Road Wan Chai, Hong Kong Tel. No.: (852) 2294 2299 Fax No.: (852) 2136 6334 |
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