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41. Interpretation (Part 4).

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"Data Protection Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 [OJ No. L 119, 4.5.2016, p.1] on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation);

"genetic data" means data relating to a living person derived from genetic testing of the person;

"genetic testing" means the examination of samples taken from a living person for the purpose of analysing the person’s deoxyribonucleic or ribonucleic acid by means of chromosomal analysis or by any other means for the purpose of - (a) confirming the identity or nature of an existing symptomatic disease,(b) ascertaining whether the person has a genetic predisposition or susceptibility to a disease, or(c) identifying the carrier of a disease ;

"processing" means processing within the meaning of the Data Protection Regulation.

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