Genetic Data
What is Genetic Data?
Personal data relating to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person, which gives unique information about the physiology or health of that person. Classified as special category data under GDPR.
Terms that appear alongside genetic data
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as genetic data. The number is how many controls name both.
- consent 32 shared controls
- biometric data 27 shared controls
- gdpr 21 shared controls
- health data 20 shared controls
- data subject 18 shared controls
- sensitive personal data 13 shared controls
- age verification 10 shared controls
- lawful basis 8 shared controls
Frameworks that govern genetic data
What the standards actually require on genetic data
Requirements naming genetic data across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Processing genetic data to calculate disease probability or other health aspects in the context of concluding or performing life-insurance and survival-clause contracts is prohibited; the data subject's consent cannot lift this prohibition.
HR-GDPR-Art.20 · Prohibition on Genetic Data Processing for Insurance →Permits processing of health and genetic data for scientific or statistical purposes subject to safeguards, including restrictions on further use and disclosure.
DK-502-§10 · Health and genetic data for research and statistics →Georgia DPL Scope + applicability + 2023 GDPR-aligned amendments. SCOPE: applies to natural-person personal data processing in Georgia + (post-2023 amendments) EXTRATERRITORIAL APPLICATION to processing related to offering of goods or services to data subjects...
GeDPL-Scope-Defs-2023Amendments · Scope, Applicability, Definitions and 2023 GDPR-Alignment Amendments →Chapter II (Articles 8-13) Conditions for Processing. Article 8 Principles Relating to Processing - GDPR Article 5 principles transposed: lawfulness + fairness + transparency; purpose limitation; data minimisation; accuracy; storage limitation;
ICELAND-Act90-Chap2-Principles-LawfulBasis-Consent-Sensitive-Criminal · Iceland Act 90/2018 - Chapter II Principles + Lawful Basis + Consent + Special Categories + Criminal Data (Articles 8-13) →Processing of sensitive data (philosophical, political beliefs, party affiliation, religion, private life, ethnicity, health, sexual life, genetic data) requires explicit consent or APD authorisation.
AO-PDPL-4 · Sensitive Data →Article 4 imposes specific requirements for IVDs intended for use as genetic tests on individuals. Member States ensure that the use of a genetic test is accompanied by appropriate information about the nature, the significance and the implications of the gene...
IVDR-Art.4 · Genetic information, counselling and informed consent for genetic tests (Article 4) →Questions people ask about genetic data
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