Does it hurt? The sensitivity of health data: SMIT Policy Brief #32

Dorine Johanna Van Zeeland; An Jacobs; Anouk Verhellen; Jonas Albert; Jo Pierson

Does it hurt? The sensitivity of health data: SMIT Policy Brief #32

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This policy brief addresses challenges in smart health under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). One of the main challenges is mitigating risks when sharing health data, biometric data and genetic data - categories of personal data that are merited special protections in the GDPR. Issues of unclear definitions, even for such basic concepts as ‘health data’ and ‘research’, complicate practical implementation of personal data protection to such an extent that risks to individuals cannot be effectively addressed.

Original language	English
Type	Policy Brief
Media of output	VUB website
Number of pages	5
Place of Publication	Brussels
Publication status	Published - 9 Dec 2019

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privacy
Health care

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Van Zeeland, D. J., Van Leeuwen, C. & Pierson, J., 11 Mar 2020, 11 p.
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