It is prohibited to process Personal Data without the consent of its owner. The following cases shall be excluded from such prohibition: 1. If the processing is necessary to protect public interest. 2. If the processing is related to Personal Data which has become available and known to all by an act of the Data Subject. 3. If the processing is necessary to initiate any procedures of legal claim or defense of rights or is related to judicial or security procedures. 4. If the processing is necessary for purposes of occupational or preventive medicine in order to assess the employees' ability of to work, performing medical diagnosis, providing health or social care, treatment or health insurance services, managing health or social care systems and services in accordance with the legislation in force in the State. 5. If the processing is necessary to protect public health, including protection from existing diseases and epidemics, or for the purposes of ensuring the safety and quality of healthcare, medicines, drugs and medical devices, in accordance with the legislation in force in the State. 6. If the processing is necessary for archival purposes or for scientific, historical and statistical studies in accordance with the legislation in force in the State. 7. If the processing is necessary to protect the interests of the Data Subject. 8. If the processing is necessary for the purposes of the Controller or Data Subject carrying out their obligations and exercising their legally established rights in the field of employment, social security or laws concerned with social protection, to the extent permitted by such Laws. 9. If the processing is necessary to perform a contract to which the Data Subject is a party, or to take measures at the request of the Data Subject with the aim of concluding, amending or terminating a contract. 10. If the processing is necessary to fulfil specific obligations stipulated in other laws in force in the State for the Controller. 11. Any other cases set out in the Executive Regulations of this Decree by Law.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.