In its Article 9 the GDPR categorizes some types of personal data as “sensitive”. Of these below which are considered sensitive?

As stated in the statement, Article 9 concerns the treatment of special categories of personal data,

also called sensitive data.

This is a type of question that is often asked by EXIN. Important to remember which types of data

are categorized as sensitive.

Article 9: Processing of special categories of personal data

1. Processing of personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or

philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data

for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a

natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation shall be prohibited.

Examples of sensitive data: Race, skin color, family tree, political party, political party affiliation,

religious beliefs, illness, test results, digital, facial recognition and sexual preference. These are just a

few examples.