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ARTICLE · 04 APRIL 2022

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Human Biological Specimens And POPIA

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In part 1 of this article series, we identified that human biological specimens can find application in terms of POPIA under certain circumstances.

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How medical institutions and research facilities should treat human biological specimens in light of POPIA: Part 2

In part 1 of this article series, we identified that human biological specimens can find application in terms of POPIA under certain circumstances. To the extent that human biological specimens do find application in terms of POPIA, it is important that medical institutions and medical research facilities who process human biological specimens do so in line with POPIA.

The definition of personal information in POPIA includes (i) information relating to the ... physical or mental health, well-being, disability ... of the person", and (ii) information relating to the ... medical ... history of the person. POPIA then defines special personal information to include information concerning the ... health ... of a data subject. For purposes of the application of POPIA, there appears to be a fundamental difference between the medical history of a person and

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