Abstract

The authoress tackles the question of processing so-called sensitive personal data relating to the health status of a party in a trial for the needs of formulating a private opinion.

In the glosses sentence, the Regional Court in Krakow correctly found that disclosure of so-called sensitive data contained in the civil case files to a private expert in order to formulate a private opinion does not violate the Personal Data Protection Act of 29 August 1997. The Court stressed that disclosing medical documentation by the plaintiff to an independent expert solely in order to be able to raise informed polemic with the theses of an opinion prepared for the needs of a civil trial meets the disposition of Art. 27.2.5 of the Personal Data Protection Act.