Special category definition

Special category means personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying an individual, data concerning health or data concerning an individual’s sex life or sexual orientation.
Special category means the appropriation category used to fund amounts appropriated for a specific need or classification of expenditures.
Special category data means personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data,

Examples of Special category in a sentence

  • Special category data, under data protection laws, includes information such as: racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, data concerning health (such as dietary or access requirements) and/or sexual orientation.

  • Special category data will be shared only where there is an additional special category condition within the meaning of the Data Protection Legislation.

  • Special category data relating to the consent episode is entered by the clinician.

  • Special category data specifically includes race, ethnic origin, politics, religion, trade union membership, genetics, biometrics for ID purposes, health, sex life or sexual orientation).

  • The anonymisation of Personal data and Special category personal data for sharing should be carried out with regard to the Information Commissioner’s Anonymisation Code of Practice.

  • Special category Personal Data will not be transferred to third countries.

  • The Provider and the Principal Investigator shall process the personal data of the Clinical Trial Subjects and documents in the following scope that is required by the respective law: a) Identification data (full name); Date of birth; Contact details; Special category of Personal Data – data about their history, medicines used and examination outcomes.

  • Risk description Likelihood Consequence / Impact Risk Rating/ Score After mitigation actions implemented M1 Special category data is held in a spreadsheet database and the spreadsheet may not be sufficiently secure.

  • Special category data is personal data relating to race, ethnic origin, politics, religion, trade union membership, genetics, biometrics (where used for ID purposes), health, sex life and sexual orientation.) Also insert details of any personal data relating to criminal offences or convictions (if relevant) to be shared.

  • Special category data sent externally should be carried by trusted hand or sent using a courier.


More Definitions of Special category

Special category means an Eligible Tenant, as defined in this Chapter, who falls within one or more of the following categories:
Special category means sensitive personal data as defined in the General
Special category has the meaning set out in the Data Protection Legislation;