Handles health records, in Burkina Faso

Loi n°001-2021/AN, arts. 5, 12, 30-31, 35 (données sensibles) · Read the law's page

• Obtain the data subject's express consent before collecting or processing sensitive personal data, including data about health, biometric or genetic characteristics, sex life, racial or ethnic origin, political, philosophical, religious or trade union opinions or activity, morals, or criminal investigations, prosecutions, convictions and administrative or safety measures, unless a specific statutory exception applies.
• Obtain a Commission de l'informatique et des libertés (CIL) authorization before processing genetic or biometric data in the private sector, including for health research, and before processing personal data about offenses, convictions or safety measures in the private sector.
• Restrict any processing of personal data about offenses, convictions or safety measures to a court or public authority acting within its legal powers, a public body managing a public service after the CIL's concurring opinion, or a legal auxiliary acting strictly within duties assigned to it.