# LINDQUIST, 6.11.2003 (“LINDQUIST”) - Type: Case Law - Source: CJEU - Date: 2003-11-06 - Original: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62007CJ0557&ref=6196 - Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/6196 - Topics: Healthcare, Health Data, Healthcare, Personal Data, Minors ## 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) ## Full text ## Court 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) ## Excerpt 50 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 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. ## Cited law provisions (1) ### GDPR — gdpr-art-8-par-1-en Where point (a) of Article 6(1) applies, in relation to the offer of information society services directly to a child, the processing of the personal data of a child shall be lawful where the child is at least 16 years old. Where the child is below the age of 16 years, such processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that consent is given or authorised by the holder of parental responsibility over the child. --- Generated by overview.legal · https://overview.legal/posts/6196 · 2026-08-22