Duty LXD-6716
Handles health records, in Bermuda
Personal Information Protection Act 2016, sensitive personal informationsince 3 lines
Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (Bermuda), 2016:43, s. 7 (sensitive personal information) · Read the law's page
- Do not use sensitive personal information, meaning personal information relating to an individual's place of origin, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, sexual life, marital status, physical or mental disability, physical or mental health, family status, religious beliefs, political opinions, trade union membership, biometric information or genetic information, to discriminate against any person contrary to Part II of the Human Rights Act 1981 without lawful authority.
- Use sensitive personal information for such a purpose only with the individual's consent, under an order of the court or the Commissioner, for criminal or civil proceedings, in recruitment or employment where the nature of the role justifies it, or for the purposes of the Beneficial Ownership Act 2025.
- Do not rely on the section 6(1)(b) condition, which turns on what a reasonable person would consider, to use sensitive personal information.