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Kinds of Personal Data Held

There are five broad categories of personal data held in the Immigration Department -

• Travel records - including personal data and the arrival/departure records of travellers.
  
  
• Application and registration records - including:
  
  1. personal data and related documents collected in relation to applications for immigration facilities, e.g. visa/entry permit matters, travel documents, nationality matters, immigration clearance, etc.; and
      
  2. personal data and related documents collected in relation to applications for identity card, registration of births, deaths and marriages, and other related applications.
      
• Crime investigation and prosecution records - including personal data collected for investigating into offences under the Immigration Ordinance, Immigration Service Ordinance, Registration of Persons Ordinance, and offences relating to the registration of births, deaths and marriages in Hong Kong; and for prosecuting offenders, instituting removal and deportation proceedings against illegal immigrants and undesirable characters, and personal data collected for management and repatriation of migrants.
   
• Employment - related records on serving and former employees - including personal particulars and particulars of family members, education and qualifications, employment history, salary and allowances, terms and conditions of service, housing, medical records, leave and passages, training, investments, outside employment, appraisal reports, promotion board assessments, conduct and discipline, retirement and pension.
   
• Other records - including personal data collected in connection with requests made under the Code on Access to Information and the PD(P)O, or complaints made to the Department.