Personal Data Act Chapter 3 and GDPR Article 9, Special Categories in Norway

personopplysningsloven, special categories chapter (Chapter 3)

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In force since 20 July 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 Norway, including a faceprint or voiceprint captured for unique identification, on a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 9(2) condition such as explicit consent.

What it reaches

Excludes recording-derived identifiersNo

What this law does

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 9(1), incorporated as Norwegian law through the Personal Data Act, classifies biometric data processed for unique identification as a special category. Chapter 3 of the Act contains no biometric-specific provision and no enumeration of biometric examples, so the special category here is the incorporated GDPR one without Norwegian elaboration.

When LexLint raises it

processes_biometrics
processes_voice

Read the law

Lovdata.no official consolidated-law database, Chapter 3

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