What is special category personal data?
Special categories of personal data Personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin. Political opinions. Religious or philosophical beliefs. Trade union membership. Genetic data and biometric data processed for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person.
What is personal data?
Personal data is information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. What identifies an individual could be as simple as a name or a number or could include other identifiers such as an IP address or a cookie identifier, or other factors.
What data is protected by GDPR?
These data include genetic, biometric and health data, as well as personal data revealing racial and ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or ideological convictions or trade union membership.
What is an example of special category data?
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for example, special category data includes data that reveals a data subject’s: Racial or ethnic origin. Political opinions. Biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person.
What is the difference between personal data and special category data?
All biometric data is personal data, as it allows or confirms the identification of an individual. Biometric data is also special category data whenever you process it “for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person”. This means that biometric data will be special category data in the vast majority of cases.
What are some examples of personal information?
For example, personal information may include:
- an individual’s name, signature, address, phone number or date of birth.
- sensitive information.
- credit information.
- employee record information.
- photographs.
- internet protocol (IP) addresses.
How does GDPR protect data privacy?
Some of the key privacy and data protection requirements of the GDPR include: Requiring the consent of subjects for data processing. Anonymizing collected data to protect privacy. Providing data breach notifications.
What is covered by data protection?
The Data Protection Act (DPA) is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which was passed in 1988. It protects people and lays down rules about how data about people can be used. The DPA also applies to information or data stored on a computer or an organised paper filing system about living people.
