LAW
A territory within the European Union (by virtue of the
accession of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1973) Gibraltar
implemented the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46 EC in 2006 with
the Data Protection Act 2004 ("Act").
Enforcement is through the offices of the Data Protection
Commissioner ("DPC").
DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA
Any information relating to a Data Subject; and a Data Subject
means a natural person who is the subject of Personal Data.
DEFINITION OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA
Information about racial or ethnic origin, religious or
philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health or sex life.
The definition includes data regarding the commission or alleged
commission of any offence and information on any proceedings for
offences or alleged offences, the disposal of such proceedings and
any sentence given.
