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Union membership status Ethnicity Sexual orientation Political party affiliation

• paulddraper 3y ago
  Usually not. AFAIK no special security risks or regulatory requirements/penalties like for the other data.
  • e12e 3y ago
    https://gdpr-info.eu/art-9-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-9-gdpr/ > Art. 9 GDPR Processing of special categories of personal data > Processing of 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 a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation shall be prohibited.
    • speedgoose 3y ago
      It’s not very much related to encryption.
      • e12e 3y ago
        What is considered: "special categories of personal data" is related to how such data is handled. Encryption is one tool for protecting data - it's not immediately obvious that encryption is always a useful tool.