special categories of data
Sensitive personal data requiring higher safeguards.
Definitions (2)
Types of personal data that are particularly sensitive—such as health, genetic, biometric, trade-union membership or criminal conviction data—subject to stricter legal bases and higher safeguards under national rules aligned with the GDPR and transposed provisions for criminal-justice processing.
Categories of personal data considered sensitive—such as health data, biometric data and data concerning criminal convictions—which are subject to stricter safeguards, specific formalities and, in some cases, prior authorization under the Act.
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