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Maldives Personal Data Protection Bill, special categories of personal data

Personal Data Protection Bill, section 17 and the section 56 definition (special categories of personal data)

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Proposed: draft date not recorded.

A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 19 September 2026.

What it requires

  • The Maldives' Personal Data Protection Bill has not been enacted and creates no binding duty as of the date shown; it was submitted to the People's Majlis on 11 May 2026 and had not passed a chamber as of the most recent reporting located.
  • If enacted as drafted, a Controller would not be able to process special categories of personal data, which would include biometric data used to identify a person uniquely, genetic data and health data, unless one of the instances section 17 lists applied, such as the data subject's explicit consent to one or more specified purposes.
  • If enacted as drafted, a Controller relying on legitimate interest would have to weigh the position of a child, whose interests and fundamental rights the Bill treats as a particular reason that interest is overridden.

What it reaches

Obligation class

Prohibition, Consent, Biometric, Age verification

What this law does

Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.

Section 17 would prohibit the processing of special categories of personal data except in the instances it lists, beginning with the data subject's explicit consent to one or more specified purposes.

The Bill's definition of Special Categories of Personal Data would take in personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health, and data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation.

Section 16 would treat a child's position as a reason the interests and fundamental rights of the data subject override a legitimate interest relied on for processing. The Bill's own text carries no Act number and no record of ratification or gazette publication, and it was still at the submission stage in the most recent reporting located, so nothing in this row binds anyone today.

When LexLint raises it

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  • processes_biometrics
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  • handles_health_records

Read the law

draft bill text hosted at mifps.com.mv, not an official government publication
corroborated by a Maldivian news report on the submission event

Every line above is drawn from the primary source linked here, read on the date shown. This is a research summary, not legal advice.

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