Privacy Commissioner’s Office Welcomes the Government’s Initiative to Extend the Facilitation Measures of the Standard Contract for Cross-boundary Flow of Personal Information Within the GBA to All Sectors
Date: 1 November 2024
Privacy Commissioner’s Office Welcomes
the Government’s Initiative to
Extend the Facilitation
Measures
of the Standard Contract for Cross-boundary Flow of
Personal Information Within the GBA to All Sectors
According to the Chief Executive’s Policy Address 2024, the
facilitation measures of the Standard Contract for Cross-boundary Flow
of Personal Information Within the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater
Bay Area (Mainland, Hong Kong) (GBA SC), piloted in the banking,
credit referencing and healthcare sectors, would be extended to all
sectors in Hong Kong.
As announced by the Digital Policy
Office today, the facilitation measures of the GBA SC are extended to
all sectors in Hong Kong with effect from today.
The Office
of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) warmly welcomes
the Government’s initiative. This will be beneficial to citizens as
well as different businesses and organisations, and further promote
the cross-boundary flow of personal information within the GBA,
thereby building a “Digital GBA”. The PCPD is extremely grateful to
the staunch support of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)
and the Cyberspace Administration of Guangdong Province in
facilitating the cross-boundary flow of personal information within
the GBA.
The GBA SC was formulated by the CAC, the
Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau of the Government of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the PCPD, with a view to
providing a mechanism that is compliant with the relevant requirements
and facilitates the cross-boundary flow of personal information within
the GBA.
To further understand the applicability of the GBA SC
and the relevant contractual clauses, organisations may make reference
to the “Guidance on Cross-boundary Data Transfer: Standard Contract
for Cross-boundary Flow of Personal Information Within the Guangdong-
Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Mainland, Hong Kong)” issued by the
PCPD in December 2023.
Please click here
to download
the Standard Contract for Cross-boundary Flow of Personal Information
Within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Mainland, Hong
Kong).
Please click here
to download the “Guidance on
Cross-boundary Data Transfer: Standard Contract for Cross-boundary
Flow of Personal Information Within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area (Mainland, Hong Kong)”.
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