LithuaniaGDPR Article 9, Special Categories of Personal Data as Applied in Lithuania
Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art. 9
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In force since 25 May 2018.
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 24 August 2026.
What it requires
- Ground the processing of any biometric identifier of a person in Lithuania, including a faceprint or voiceprint captured for unique identification, on a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 9(2) condition such as explicit consent.
- Conduct a data protection impact assessment before processing biometric data or telephone-conversation recordings of a person in Lithuania, per VDAI guidance describing these as triggering situations.
What it reaches
Excludes recording-derived identifiersNo
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 9(1) classifies biometric data processed for unique identification as a special category. No Lithuanian statutory enumeration, illustrative list, or VDAI guidance document text on biometric identifiers, faceprints, or voiceprints was independently confirmed.
Secondary commentary (Linklaters) describes VDAI as having issued an order naming processing of telephone-conversation recordings and use of biometric data among the situations requiring a data protection impact assessment; the order itself is not reproduced here beyond this general description.
When LexLint raises it
processes_biometricsprocesses_voice
Read the law
Official Journal text, EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2016/679
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