Case Law
EN LINDQUIST, 6.11.2003 (“LINDQUIST”)
Lindquist
Case Excerpts (3)
summary
Health personal data: Reference to the fact that an individual has injured her foot and is on medical leave constitutes personal data concerning health , as the concept must be given a wide interpretation so as to include all aspects, both physical and mental, of the health of an individual. (¶¶50–51)
¶50 excerpt
In the light of the purpose of the directive, the expression data concerning health used in Article 8(1) thereof must be given a wide interpretation so as to include information concerning all aspects, both physical and mental, of the health of an individual.
¶51 excerpt
The answer to the fourth question must therefore be that reference to the fact that an individual has injured her foot and is on half-time on medical grounds constitutes personal data concerning health within the meaning of Article 8(1) of Directive 95/46.