POLICY EXPRESS · PE-ITIB-184 · Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau
Data Governance and Cross-Boundary Data Flow
A voluntary contract has handled over 140 filings, yet the privacy law behind it is unchanged and breach cases have doubled.
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2 pages · English and 繁體中文 · Built on the 1134211 Framework · Facts as at 25 October 2026
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The tension and our thesis
The tension
Hong Kong wants to be an international data hub, yet its main cross-boundary tool is a voluntary, one-way, personal-information contract for the Greater Bay Area, and the privacy law behind it has no reform timetable.
Our thesis
Publish a data-flow dashboard and a reform timetable, widen the contract pathway, amend the Ordinance in targeted steps and set sharing targets for departments.
Three policy problems this brief examines
- 01The cross-boundary pathway is narrow
- 02The home law lags the flows
- 03Public-sector sharing runs on principle, not targets
Each problem is developed in three layers: the fact, why it persists, and the consequence for the system.
Three options compared
A · Statute: a comprehensive data law and Ordinance reform, aligned with Mainland rules.
B · Contract route: widen the Standard Contract; leave the rest voluntary.
C · Wait and see: defer to national and international rules.
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