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Premessa 54

Recital 54

(54) L-ipproċessar ta’ kategoriji speċjali ta’ data personali jista’ jkun meħtieġ għal raġunijiet ta’ interess pubbliku fl-oqsma tas-saħħa pubblika mingħajr il-kunsens tas-suġġett tad-data.

Tali pproċessar jeħtieġ li jkun soġġett għal miżuri adatti u speċifiċi sabiex jiġu protetti d-drittijiet u l-libertajiet tal-persuni fiżiċi.

F’dak il-kuntest, “saħħa pubblika” għandha tiġi interpretata kif definita fir-Regolament (KE) Nru 1338/2008 tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill (11), jiġifieri l-elementi kollha relatati mas-saħħa, b’mod partikolari l-istat tas-saħħa, inklużi l-morbożità u d-diżabbiltà, il-fatturi determinanti li għandhom effett fuq l-istat tas-saħħa, il-bżonnijiet fil-qasam tal-kura tas-saħħa, ir-riżorsi allokati għall-kura tas-saħħa, il-forniment tal-kura tas-saħħa u l-aċċess universali għaliha, kif ukoll l-infiq u l-finanzjament tal-kura tas-saħħa, u l-kawżi ta’ mortalità.

Tali pproċessar ta’ data dwar is-saħħa għal raġunijiet ta’ interess pubbliku ma għandux jirriżulta fl-ipproċessar ta’ data personali għal finijiet oħra minn partijiet terzi bħal min iħaddem, kumpanniji tal-assigurazzjoni u kumpanniji bankarji.

(54) The processing of special categories of personal data may be necessary for reasons of public interest in the areas of public health without consent of the data subject.

Such processing should be subject to suitable and specific measures so as to protect the rights and freedoms of natural persons.

In that context, ‘public health’ should be interpreted as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council [11], namely all elements related to health, namely health status, including morbidity and disability, the determinants having an effect on that health status, health care needs, resources allocated to health care, the provision of, and universal access to, health care as well as health care expenditure and financing, and the causes of mortality.

Such processing of data concerning health for reasons of public interest should not result in personal data being processed for other purposes by third parties such as employers or insurance and banking companies.

(11) Regolament (KE) Nru 1338/2008 tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill tas-16 ta’ Diċembru 2008 dwar l-istatistika Komunitarja dwar is-saħħa pubblika u s-saħħa u s-sigurtà fuq ix-xogħol (ĠU L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 70). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2008:354:TOC

[11] Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 70). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2008:354:TOC