The policy discloses collection of sensitive personal information categories including political and religious beliefs, sexual orientation, racial or ethnic origin, union membership, medical records, disability information, government identifiers such as social security numbers, and passport or driver's license numbers.
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This provision establishes that Thomson Reuters collects multiple categories of special category data under GDPR Article 9, sensitive personal information under CCPA/CPRA, and analogously protected categories under other data protection frameworks, each of which imposes heightened lawful basis, consent, and data subject rights requirements beyond those applicable to ordinary personal data.
Under this clause, Thomson Reuters collects political and religious beliefs, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic origin, union membership, health and medical records, disability status, and government identification numbers. California residents may limit the use of sensitive personal information through the opt-out mechanism described in the statement.
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1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 9 prohibits processing of special category data including political opinions, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, racial or ethnic origin, trade union membership, and health data except under enumerated lawful bases, most …
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This provision establishes that Thomson Reuters collects multiple categories of special category data under GDPR Article 9, sensitive personal information under CCPA/CPRA, and analogously protected categories under other data protection frameworks, each of which imposes heightened lawful basis, consent, and data subject rights requirements beyond those applicable to ordinary personal data.
Under this clause, Thomson Reuters collects political and religious beliefs, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic origin, union membership, health and medical records, disability status, and government identification numbers. California residents may limit the use of sensitive personal information through the opt-out mechanism described in the statement.
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