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Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013)

Chapter 3 : Conditions for Lawful Processing of Personal Information

Part B : Processing of special personal information

26. Prohibition on processing of special personal information

 

 

A responsible party may, subject to section 27, not process personal information concerning—

(a) the religious or philosophical beliefs, race or ethnic origin, trade union membership, political persuasion, health or sex life or biometric information of a data subject; or
(b) the criminal behaviour of a data subject to the extent that such information relates to—
(i) the alleged commission by a data subject of any offence; or
(ii) any proceedings in respect of any offence allegedly committed by a data subject or the disposal of such proceedings.