Privacy Protection (Information Security) Regulations, 5777-2017

תקנות הגנת הפרטיות (אבטחת מידע), תשע"ז-2017

Published: 2023-09-18Last amended 2023-09-18✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-04

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First Schedule (regulation 1 and the Second Schedule)

1.§

Databases to which the medium security level applies —

(1)a database whose primary purpose is the collection of information for the purpose of transferring it to another person in the ordinary course of business, including direct mailing services;

(2)a database whose owner is a public body as that term is used in section 23 of the Law, even if the provisions of item (1) or (3) are not satisfied in respect of it;

(3)a database that includes information that is any of the following:

(a)information about a person's private life, including conduct in the private domain;

(b)medical information or information about a person's mental state;

(c)genetic information as defined in the Genetic Information Law, 5761-2000;

(d)information about a person's political opinions or religious beliefs;

(e)information about a person's criminal record;

(f)communications data as defined in the Criminal Procedure Law (Enforcement Powers — Communications Data), 5768-2007;

(g)biometric information;

(h)information about a person's assets, debts and financial obligations, financial situation or a change therein, ability to meet financial obligations and the extent to which they are met;

(i)consumption habits of a person that are capable of revealing information within the meaning of items (a) to (g) or a person's personality, beliefs or opinions.

2.§

Notwithstanding the provisions of item 1(3), the medium security level does not apply, but rather the basic security level applies, to a database that satisfies any of the following:

(1)the database includes information of the types listed in item 1(3)(b), (e), (f), (g) with respect to facial images only, and (h), about the employees or suppliers of the database owner, provided that the information is used for business management purposes only and does not include information of the types listed in item 1(3)(a), (c), (d) and (g) with respect to information that is not facial images, and (i);

(2)the number of authorised persons at the database owner does not exceed ten.

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Second Schedule (regulation 1)

Databases to which the high security level applies —

(1)a database as referred to in item 1(1) or (3) of the First Schedule, including a database of a public body as that term is used in section 23(1) of the Law that satisfies the provisions of items (1) or (3), which contains information about 100,000 persons or more;

(2)a database as referred to in item 1(1) or (3) of the First Schedule, including a database of a public body as that term is used in section 23(1) of the Law that satisfies the provisions of items (1) or (3), in which the number of authorised persons exceeds 100.

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