Course: Protecting Health Data in the Modern Age: Getting to Grips with the GDPR

The GDPR provides for several rights for data subjects whose data are being processed. This includes: Transparency of information and communication; Provision of information; Right of access; Right to rectification; …

Within a medical context, the legal basis for processing health data is often the (implicit or explicit) contract between a patient and a medical professional (Article 6 (1, b) GDPR). …

Take another look at the first part of Anna’s medical voyage. Can you identify if Anna gave consent to processing her health data to her GP, at the hospital or …

As you have learned, to be allowed to process data requires a legal basis. As regards health data, in many instances, the legal basis will be the provision of healthcare …

As you have seen in the previous step, Anna’s data is shared frequently between the various organisations involved in her medical journey. Anna’s General Practitioner (GP) shares information with her …

Medical professionals have a lot of data about their patients. Not only personal data, but also sensitive data. This data is shared among medical professionals to help patients get the …

You have seen that Anna required medical attention and we followed her to her General Practitioner (GP) and to the hospital. We also saw Anna using a lot of apps. …

In order to protect personal data, or in this case, sensitive health data, organisations have several general legal obligations based on the GDPR. The GDPR determines that data controllers, such …

So far, you have learned the basics of data protection in light of the GDPR. However, for health data there is an additional set of rules. Data concerning health means …

In this video we follow Anna on her medical journey and explain some basic concepts based on her story. We see how many times she provides her healthcare providers with …

The GDPR applies to the processing of personal data. Organisations and companies processing personal data for whatever purpose need to follow the rules of the GDPR. In this course you …

In this video you will meet Anna. We will follow her during the 2 weeks of this course and use her as an example to clarify the regulation of protecting …

Before discussing how health data is protected by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), it is important to know a little bit about the history of the protection of health …

Welcome to this course on Protecting Health Data in light of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Security, Technology, and e-Privacy Research Group (STeP) at the Faculty of Law …