Lawful Processing Conditions (Sensitive Personal Data) - Irish Act

Section 2(b) of the Irish Data Protection Act

The following are valid Lawful processing conditions for processing sensitive personal data.

• Explicit consent of the data subject
• Obligations in connection with employment
• Vital interests of the data subject or another person
• Legitimate activities of a not for profit organisation
• Information deliberately made public by the data subject
• Administration of Justice/Lawful purpose/Government function
• Processing necessary in relation to legal rights
• Medical purposes
• Statistical purposes
• Processing by political parties
• Substantial public interest
• Assessment or collection of tax
• Administration of Social Welfare