# Processing of special categories of personal data 9(i) — GDPR — provision context

> Focused context for a single provision (9(i)), curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-9#par-2-pnt-i
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Part of **Processing of special categories of personal data** (GDPR, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/gdpr/art-9).

## Provision text

### 9(i)

processing is necessary for reasons of public interest in the area of public health, such as protecting against serious cross-border threats to health or ensuring high standards of quality and safety of health care and of medicinal products or medical devices, on the basis of Union or Member State law which provides for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the data subject, in particular professional secrecy;


## Topics on this provision

- **Professional Secrecy** — https://overview.legal/topics/professional-secrecy
  Confidentiality obligations for data protection personnel
- **Healthcare** — https://overview.legal/topics/healthcare
  Processing in healthcare and medical context
- **Personal Data** — https://overview.legal/topics/persoonsgegevens
  Information relating to identified or identifiable natural persons

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 November 2024.#Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság v UC.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Data processed when drawing up a COVID-19 certificate – Data not collected from the data subject – Information to be provided – Exception to the obligation t** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132158
- **Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 November 2024.#Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság v UC.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Data processed when drawing up a COVID-19 certificate – Data not collected from the data subject – Information to be provided – Exception to the obligation t** ¶23 (case-law, Court of Justice of the European Union) — https://overview.legal/posts/132158
- **Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under Regulation 2016/679** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/38053
- **Opinion 3/2019 concerning the Questions and Answers on the interplay between the Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) and the General Data Protection regulation (GDPR)** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/126252
- **Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under Regulation 2016/679** §171 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/38053

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