PERSONAL HEALTH DATA IN THE BRAZILIAN GENERAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION LAW: PECULIARITIES AND PROTECTIVE SCOPE

Personal health data is regarded as sensitive data in the Brazilian General Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 13.709, of August 14, 2018). As there is no need for the prioritization of consent or any other hypothesis for the processing of personal data, it is important to know the limits for which the figure designated in the law as '' to protect health '' has greater value. It is from this that the theme-problem and the hypothesis of this article are extracted, aiming to clarify the ballast situations for the processing of personal data in terms of what is meant by health protection. To this end, concepts and clarifications on important aspects of the law and its incidence will be presented. In methodological terms, the paper will be based on the deductive method, starting from introductory and conceptual aspects of the law to advance towards more in-depth outlines on the chosen hypothesis of processing personal data. At the end, a conclusion will be presented.