With so much happening regarding privacy and safe data usage, it can be hard to stay on top of everything. Here, we can help you stay up-to-date on relevant privacy news in the healthcare space. From new privacy updates to information about privacy statements and data usage worldwide, our insights can help guide you through the world of privacy and safe data usage. These insights come from industry professionals and trusted sources.
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On September 12, the Consumer Technology Association released its “industry-developed” voluntary privacy principles for organisations that handle consumer health and wellness data. Developed through a collaboration of CTA members, the principles cover “the collection, use and sharing of data generated from personal health and wellness devices, apps, websites and other digital tools.” Whilst the principles […]
A failure to ensure data privacy notices comply with the transparency principle of the GDPR is a common problem. I recently completed some work for a German technology client, including a review of their existing Article 13 privacy statement, prepared by a legal professional. The client wasn’t particularly happy when I highlighted the statement didn’t […]
Continuing its support of clients in Europe and North America, Obséy has re-launched its privacy business, which is now called Impact Privacy. Co-founded by Cindy Oxenbury and Léon Atkins, Impact Privacy has a one clear and simple vision: bringing privacy to life By combining advisory and consulting services, with solutions development and delivery, Impact Privacy […]
Making a dental x-ray appointment with my local hospital, I was asked my child’s religion. As a special category of personal data, I couldn’t understand why processing my child’s religion was necessary for any of the purposes set out in the HSE’s data privacy statementwhich stated: “We will only process special categories of personal data where it […]
From 1 October 2019, all new data protection actions in England & Wales will be issued in the Media and Communications List of the High Court, and be subject to new pre-action protocols. These protocols (of course) include an expectation that Alternative Dispute Resolution has been considered. Here is the Pre-Action Protocol
Ring is being criticised for its tie-up with US law enforcement and how that tie-up facilitates the use in crime detection of the video stream captured by Ring devices. However, this raises questions under the GDPR for Ring in the EU. First up: Ring claims in their privacy notice: “You are the data controller with respect to personal information you obtain when using our […]
A serious question in respect of the most recent issues within Ireland’s CervicalCheckscreening service, is whether the “IT problems” at Quest Diagnostics, and their consequences for some 800 women, amounted to a personal data breach under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (otherwise known as the GDPR). It is serious because, if it was a personal data breach, then the HSE were obliged to […]
At today’s Dublin’s TechConnect conference, I had the opportunity to present my arguments as to why information security and data protection must be considered as two separate disciplines, regardless of the overlap between them. You can obtain a copy of my presentation here, but let me summarise the main points: Defining information security and data protection I have adopted the following […]
In 2002-2003 an outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in southern China justifiably sparked fears of a global pandemic. Perhaps with some irony, SAR is also the acronym often used for denoting a “subject access request” under data protection legislation, where a data subject asks a data controller for copies of his or her […]
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