PROCESSING OF SPECIFIC DATA CATEGORIES UNDER REGULATION (EC) 2016/679 (GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION) Cover Image

ОБРАБОТВАНЕ НА СПЕЦИАЛНИ КАТЕГОРИИ ДАННИ СЪГЛАСНО РЕГЛАМЕНТ (ЕС) 2016/679 (ОБЩ РЕГЛАМЕНТ ОТНОСНО ЗАЩИТАТА НА ДАННИТЕ)
PROCESSING OF SPECIFIC DATA CATEGORIES UNDER REGULATION (EC) 2016/679 (GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION)

Author(s): Zhivka Mateeva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Public Law, EU-Legislation
Published by: Икономически университет - Варна
Keywords: personal data; special categories of data; General Data Protection Regulation; personal data protection.
Summary/Abstract: The report clarifies the special categories of personal data and the conditions for collecting and processing them according the new European rules. The subject of handling special categories of data is a great interest in both theory and practice. In regards to the rapid technological developments, the processing of special categories of data is associated with significant risks to the subject's fundamental rights and freedoms, which requires greater protection against possible violations. The purpose of the protection of personal data is to enable individuals to control their own data and prevent its misuse. In this respect, the processing of special categories of data is allowed only in case the conditions mentioned in the General Data Protection Regulation are followed.