Under Article 9 of the GDPR, which of the following categories of data is NOT expressly prohibited from data processing?

Question

Options

• APersonal data revealing ethnic origin.
• BPersonal data revealing genetic data.
• CPersonal data revealing financial data.
• DPersonal data revealing trade union membership.

• A
  4% (1)
• C
  93% (25)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

Article 9 of the GDPR prohibits the processing of special categories of personal data, which are data that reveal sensitive information about the data subject and may pose a high risk to their rights and freedoms. The GDPR defines 10 types of personal data as special categories, which personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin; personal data revealing political opinions; personal data revealing religious or philosophical beliefs; personal data revealing trade union biometric data (where used for identification purposes); data concerning health; data concerning a person's sex life; and data concerning a person's sexual orientation. Among the answer choices, only option C is not one of these categories, as financial data is not considered to reveal any sensitive information about the data subject. However, financial data is still subject to the general principles and rules of the GDPR, such as lawfulness, fairness, transparency, accuracy, security, etc.

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