Health data

France: the CNIL has released its annual dawn raid Program for 2023: four national priorities and one priority coming from the EDPB!

20 March 2023 20 March 2023 / Annual Program, CNIL, Compliance, Cybersecurity, DPO, French data protection law, General Data Protection, Health data, mobile app, Smart camera

Authors: Denise Lebeau-Marianna, Divya Shanmugathas and Lucie Dubecq-Princeteau On 15 March 2023, the French Supervisory Authority (the “CNIL”) unveiled in a post its four key priorities regarding its upcoming investigations for 2023 targeting specific sectors (I), to which it added another topic related to DPO in line with the coordinated enforcement framework of the European …

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Genetic information – global privacy considerations – an Australian and UK perspective

20 September 2022 20 September 2022 / data privacy, Genetic information, Health data, Life Sciences

Authors: Eliza Saunders, Sarah Birkett, James Clark, Senal Premarathna Introduction The benefits of using genetic information for research purposes are clear, especially as the technology underpinning medical research continues to advance at such a rapid pace. Outside of research and clinical development, the number of organisations which use blood and saliva samples and other genetic …

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UK: New National Strategy for Health Data

13 July 2022 13 July 2022 / AI, Artificial Intelligence, Health data, Healthcare

Author: James Clark The UK’s Department for Health and Social Care (“DHSC”) has published a major strategy document (‘Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data’) outlining the government’s plans for the regulation and use of data in healthcare. In this post, we look at some of the most interesting proposals outlined in …

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France: New guidance for data retention

4 September 2020 12 October 2020 / CNIL, Data Protection, France, GDPR, Health data, Privacy, standards

By Denise Lebeau-Marianna – Partner and Yaël Hirsch – Senior Associate The French Supervisory Authority (the “CNIL”) has issued new updated guidelines on data retention during the month of July (the “CNIL’s Guidelines”)[1]. They provide more practical guidance and update the CNIL previous Recommendations dated 11 October 2005 on the conditions of archiving personal data[2]. …

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The Netherlands: DPA changes position – taking temperature might not be subject to GDPR

15 May 2020 15 May 2020 / Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, Dutch DPA, Health data

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA”) had made it clear, on several occasions, that taking temperature tests (or otherwise processing health data) as a precautionary measure in light of COVID-19 is a strict “no go”. The position of the Dutch DPA was that most individuals, in particular employees …

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FRANCE: The new Health Information Institute in France

13 October 2017 10 November 2017 / Health data

In France, the Health Information Institute (‘INDS’) has begun to accept requests for authorisation to access the new National Health Data System (‘SNDS’), as part of measures brought in by Act No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 (the ‘Reform Law’). Carol Umhoefer (DLA Piper Partner, Miami) and Jeanne Bossi Malafosse, Partner at Delsol Avocats, assess the …

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