Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Special Categories of Personal Data
The special categories of personal data under GDPR can be classified into the following:
– Trade union membership
– Processing of biometric or genetic data used for the purpose of uniquely identifying a person
– Political opinions
– Religious or philosophical beliefs
– The data concerning a natural person’s sex life or health, or sexual orientation shall be prohibited
– Revealing racial or ethnic origin
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