Privacy Policy

The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) pledges to fully meet personal data privacy protection requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. Please refer to the Privacy Policy Statement of the department for further details.

Collection of Information 

C&SD will record data about visits to this website without collecting any personal identifiable information of users through cookies and Google Analytics.

A cookie is a small amount of data created in a computer on which a website is visited. It often includes an anonymous unique identifier which does not identify an individual user of the website. Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., uses cookies to collect anonymous information on how users use this website. For more information about Google Analytics, please click here.

The purposes of using cookies and Google Analytics are to collect statistics about the visits of users to this website and to analyse the usage of this website by users.

You may choose to accept or reject cookies by changing browser settings. If you reject the cookies, you may not be able to use some of the functions of this website, such as the “Visited Products” function. Also, you may opt-out from providing information to Google Analytics by installing the ‘Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on’ (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).

When you visit this website, C&SD will record your visit only as a 'hit'. The web server makes a record of your visit that includes your IP address (and domain name), the type and configuration of browser, language setting, operating system, previous webpage visited, time, the pages visited, query of search, and session identifier. The record of your visit does not include any personal identifiable information.

C&SD uses the anonymous information collected for the purpose of maintaining and improving this website.

C&SD does not use, and has no intention to use the anonymous information collected to personally identify anyone.

Provision of Personal Data 

For different purposes and at different times you may be invited to provide personal data to C&SD through this website on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include name, telephone number or e-mail address. C&SD will specify the collection purpose and intended usage of your data when it invites you to provide such information and advise you how you may request access to or correction of the personal data provided. You should always be cautious when deciding whether to include personal or sensitive information you intend to provide.

Unless permitted or required by law, C&SD will not disclose your personal data to any third parties without your prior consent.

C&SD use industry standard protocol to encrypt data during network transmission to protect your personal data. All personal data you provide us via this website is protected and access to them is restricted to authorised personnel only.

Search Service

Search service on this website is provided by an independent contractor outside the Government. We are advised by the independent contractor that it does not collect personal identifiable information while serving search results through this website. The independent contractor will share the anonymous data it collects through the search service with C&SD for compiling traffic analysis on this website. C&SD will not match the data obtained from any such search activity with any personal data possibly held by C&SD.

Personal Information Collection Statement (PICS)

Information C&SD collects about you will only be used for compiling aggregate statistics and for processing your requests and will not be disclosed to parties who are not involved in the respective processes.

C&SD only retains personal data as long as it is necessary. We do not offer online facilities for you to delete personal data held by us.

Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, you have a right to request access to and correction of information about you held by us. You may seek access to or correction of the information by submitting the Personal Data Access Request Form to the Data Protection Officer.

If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version of this Privacy Policy, the English version shall prevail.