Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Special categories of personal data and criminal convictions etc data

PART 1 U.K. Conditions relating to employment, health and research etc

Health or social care purposes U.K.

2 (1) This condition is met if the processing is necessary for health or social care purposes. U.K.

(2) In this paragraph “health or social care purposes” means the purposes of—

(a) preventive or occupational medicine,

(b) the assessment of the working capacity of an employee,

(c) medical diagnosis,

(d) the provision of health care or treatment,

(e) the provision of social care, or

(f) the management of health care systems or services or social care systems or services.

(3) See also the conditions and safeguards in Article 9(3) of the [F1 UK GDPR] (obligations of secrecy) and section 11(1).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 91(2) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)