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19. Privacy and data protection

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Without prejudice to the use of information in criminal proceedings relating to an offence committed under this Act, or the exercise of the right to obtain reparations,

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International Convention for the Protection of

All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Act, No. 5 of 2018

personal information, including medical and genetic data, which is collected or transmitted within the framework of the search for a disappeared person, shall not be used or made available for purposes other than the search for the disappeared person, and shall not be collected, processed, used or stored in a manner that infringes or has the effect of infringing the fundamental rights and freedoms or dignity of a person.