Requirements to the Code of Practice on Human Resource Management ("the Code") under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance ("the Ordinance"), which came into effect in April 2001, an employer who directly, or through its agent, advertises a vacancy that solicits the submission of personal data by job applicants should provide a means for the applicant to identify either the employer or its agent.
This means that an employer should not ask for job applicants' personal details in a recruitment advertisement that gives only a postal address, an email address or a fax number.
Non-compliance with the Code will give rise to a presumption against the employer in any proceedings could be before the Administrative Appeal Board, a magistrate or a court.
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