Personal Data Protection Act, 2026, sensitive personal data and biometric data

Personal Data Protection Act, 2026, Act No. 63 of 2026, s.2(21), s.2(14), s.7

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In force 11 months, effective 6 November 2025.

A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 29 August 2026.

What it requires

An app that derives a facial image, voiceprint, or other biometric identifier from a person in Bangladesh must treat it as Sensitive Personal Data and satisfy one of section 7's narrower lawful-basis conditions, ordinarily the data principal's specific consent, before processing it.

What it reaches

Excludes recording-derived identifiersNo

What this law does

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Biometric Data is defined (definitions item 14) as personal data created through measurement or technical processing of a person's physical, physiological or behavioral characteristics, capable of uniquely identifying a specific person, expressly naming DNA, blood group, fingerprint, facial image, iris scan, voiceprint, and gait pattern as examples.

It is one of the enumerated Sensitive Personal Data categories (item 21), alongside genetic data, ethnic and community data, political or religious belief, trade union membership, health data, sexual orientation, criminal-record data, and real-time geolocation data.

Section 7 processing conditions for sensitive data are narrower than the ordinary section 5(3) legitimate-interest grounds: specific consent, contract necessity, an employment or social-security legal duty, a health worker's treatment duty or life or health emergency, a duty imposed by law, or the data principal's own voluntary public disclosure of the data.

When LexLint raises it

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Read the law

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