HK is a leading global hub for the digital economy. Equinix provides colocation services at strategic locations in Hong Kong’s carrier-dense network ecosystem, enabling customers to expand their businesses in one of Asia’s busiest trading centers. Our data centers are also backed by an extensive global infrastructure and offer access to the world’s leading cloud service providers.
In a highly competitive environment, it’s crucial to get the most value out of your data. This requires an integrated set of strategies, technologies and processes. We’ll help you build a framework that delivers real return on investment, and supports broader business goals.
Hong Kong is a key regional market and data center location for many of the world’s top technology vendors. We’re a trusted partner helping more than 150,000 customers around the world to maximize their technology investments and demonstrate business outcomes. Our teams of experts are focused on providing best-in-class solutions and support to meet your technology needs.
In Hong Kong, personal data is protected by the Personal Data Protection Ordinance (PDPO), which establishes data subject rights and specific obligations to data controllers through six data protection principles. The PDPO was first introduced in 1996, and amended significantly in 2012 and 2021. The PDPO provides that personal data may only be collected for lawful purposes and must be adequate and not excessive in relation to that purpose. It also stipulates that the use of personal data must be fair and transparent.
The PDPO permits exceptions to its use limitations and access requirements, including for the safeguarding of Hong Kong’s security, defence and international relations, prevention of crime or seriously improper conduct, assessment or collection of taxes or duties, news activities, due diligence exercises, and life-threatening emergency situations. It is also important to understand that the PDPO applies even when a data user’s agents or contractors process personal data outside of Hong Kong.
Investing in data governance is essential to ensuring your organization’s ability to deliver on its information-driven business strategy. To successfully implement your data governance strategy, it is critical to have a clear vision of the specific goals and outcomes you want from your program, as well as an actionable plan for how to achieve those goals. Ideally, your team should consist of data stewards who are both business and IT subject matter experts. They are the people who translate how your data governance framework affects business processes, decisions and interactions. Experienced business analysts and senior business systems analysts make strong stewards. A data governance leader coordinates tasks for stewards and helps to communicate decisions made by the team. They can also drive ongoing audits and metrics that assess data governance program success and ROI.