In recent decades, there has been a veritable pandemic of data breaches in healthcare brands. This is in view of the fact that healthcare institutions process highly sensitive information. It is therefore not surprising that the GDPR explicitly emphasizes the protection of health data.
The GDPR recognizes data about health as a special category of data.
In concrete terms, the GDPR recognizes three types of personal data that are particularly relevant to the healthcare sector:
Genetic data: information related to a person’s genetic makeup is also subject to GDPR protection. This includes all laboratory results related to an analysis of a biological sample, includes all the characteristics of the details about the physiology of the patient’s health that can be discovered.
Article 9 of the G DPR prohibits any processing of the above health data unless the following conditions have been met:
– The data subject must have given “explicit consent”
– “Processing is necessary for preventive occupational medicine, for the assessment of the worker’s work capacity, medical diagnosis, the dissemination of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services.”
– The veration is necessary for reasons of public health interest, such as protecting against serious cross-border health threats or ensuring high standards of quality and safety of health care and medicinal products or medical devices.”
Healthcare organizations and companies operating within the health sector need robust data protection safeguards to maintain individuals’ trust in the rules designed to protect their data.
If you want more information about the applications of the GDPR in healthcare, you can contact recognized DPO.
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