Registration

Statement of Purposes for Collection of Personal Data

1. Your registration with the Centralised Organ Donation Register (CODR) is a voluntary act. All collected data in the CODR will be classified as personal data and treated with strict confidentiality for exclusive access by authorised personnel for the following purposes:
   1. arranging organ and / or tissue donation and transplant; and
   2. performing relevant data management.
2. Collected data in the CODR is mainly for use within the Department of Health (DH) but such data may also be disclosed to the relevant Government bureaux / departments or parties for the purposes stated in paragraph 1 above.
3. Collected information in the CODR will be retained until the DH has been informed of the death of the person to whom the data refers.
4. The organ donation registration forms submitted online will be deleted by the DH, if the registration cannot be completed.
5. You have the right to request access and correction with respect to your personal data as provided for in Sections 18 and 22 and Principle 6 of Schedule 1 of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Chapter 486). Your right of access includes the right to obtain a copy of your personal data provided by you on the occasions as mentioned in paragraph 1 above. A fee may be charged by the DH for complying with a data access request.
6. Enquiries concerning the personal data provided, including requests for access and correction, should be addressed to:
   
   CODR System Administrator
   Department of Health
   Units A-D, 8/F, China Overseas Building,
   139 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
   
   2961 8441
   2127 4926
   codr@dh.gov.hk