Processing of Data concerning Health for Insurance Purposes

L.N. 107 of 2020

DATA PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 568)

Processing of Data concerning Health for Insurance Purposes

(Amendment) Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 5 and 33 of

the Data Protection Act, the Minister for Justice, Equality and

Governance, after consultation with the Information and Data

Protection Commissioner, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Processing of Data

concerning Health for Insurance Purposes (Amendment) Regulations,

2020 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Processing of Data concerning Health for Insurance Purposes,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

In regulation 2(1) of the principal regulations, immediately

after the definition "business of insurance" there shall be added the

following new definition

" "insurance distribution activities" shall have the same

meaning as provided under the Insurance Distribution Act.".

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following

"4. (1) The processing of data concerning health shall

be deemed to be in the substantial public interest when such

processing is necessary for the purpose of the business of

insurance or insurance distribution activities.

(2) The processing referred to in this regulation shall be

subject to the suitable and specific measures designed to

safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of data

subjects.".

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