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ARTICLE · 21 APRIL 2020

Recent Amendments To The Maltese Subsidiary Legislation Regulating The Processing Of Data In The Insurance Sector

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Legal Notice 107 of 2020 (the 'Legal Notice') has recently introduced important changes and clarifications to the Maltese 'Processing of Data Concerning Health for Insurance Purposes Regulations'...

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Legal Notice 107 of 2020 (the 'Legal Notice') has recently introduced important changes and clarifications to the Maltese 'Processing of Data Concerning Health for Insurance Purposes Regulations' (S.L. 586.10), which, in parallel with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Maltese Data Protection Act (Chapter 586 of the Laws of Malta), regulate the processing of health data in the insurance sector.

S.L. 586.10 primarily sought to set out a lawful basis for entities involved in the "business of insurance" to process data concerning health. Particularly, Regulation 4 thereof had previously set out a number of requirements for the processing of health data by insurance entities to be considered 'lawful'.

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