Handles health records, in Trinidad and Tobago

Act 13 of 2011, ss. 6(h), 40 and 76 (sensitive personal information) · Read the law's page

• Section 6(h)'s general principle already binds everyone who handles, stores or processes personal information: do not process sensitive personal information (racial or ethnic origin, political affiliation or trade union membership, religious belief, physical or mental health, sexual orientation, or criminal or financial record) unless a written law otherwise provides for it.
• Once Part III is in force, a public body may process sensitive personal information only with the person's consent, or where a listed exception applies, such as health care treatment by a health care professional, information the person already made public, research under section 43, law enforcement or national security, or determining access to social services.when it serves a public body
• Once Part IV is in force, a corporation may process sensitive personal information in its possession only with the person's consent, or where a listed exception applies, such as health care treatment, information already made public, research under section 43, or where written law requires it.