Tòpic: Digital Transformation
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Cloud security in health services
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has published its latest report called ‘Cloud Security for Healthcare Services’ which provides a set of tips and good practices on data security and protection when using services in the cloud in the healthcare field. Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has promoted the increased use of cloud-based technology in […]
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PRESENTATION OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND TOOL FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH DATA
On 17 December 2020, the Office of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of the TIC Salut Social Foundation in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team led by Dr Itziar de Lecuona, Deputy Director of the Observatory of Bioethics and Law –UNESCO Chair in Bioethics at the University of Barcelona– presented a methodology and a tool to […]
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Observational studies with medicinal products for human use
Royal Decree 957/2020, of 3 November, regulating observational studies with medicinal products for human use, was published on 26 November. It includes important developments in the field of observational studies understood as “all research involving the collection of individual data relating to human health, provided that it does not meet any of the conditions required […]
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The National Security Framework in public procurement
The Administrative Procurement Advisory Board of the Generalitat de Catalunya reports on the consequences for bidding companies of not accrediting compliance with the National Security Framework (ENS), in its report 12/2020 of 2 October, at request of Quart Town Council. I. The aim of the ENS is to foster confidence in the fact that information […]
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The 10th R&D&I ICT Health and Social Care Conference ended with a session on data protection in research projects
The webinar, which focused on the evaluation of Data Protection in research projects, ended the cycle of 4 webinars of the 10th R&D&I ICT Health and Social Care Conference, held remotely, as could not have been otherwise in the current situation, and served to reflect on the digital transformation of the health and social care […]
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Remote monitoring of clinical trials during the COVID-19 epidemic
Recently, the Spanish Data Protection Agency published a favourable response to the consultation on the possibility of remote monitoring of clinical trials with medicinal products during the pandemic, as an exceptional measure to ensure the continuity of the monitoring during the health crisis. This consultation was carried out within the framework of exceptional measures applicable […]
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Urgent update: data protection and the state of alarm
It incorporates the interpretative criteria of: The Agencia Española de Protección de Datos [Data Protection Spanish Agency], at the website communication Notificación de brechas de seguridad de los datos personales durante el estado de alarma de 2 d’abril de 2020 [Security leaks’ notification of personal data during the state of alarm]. The Juridical Cabinet of […]
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Data management and treatment according to COVID-19 pandemia
The Agencia Española de Protección de Datos [Spanish Data Protection Agency] released on the 12th of March a report on data management and treatment according to the COVID-19 international pandemia. The GDPR, that contains the necessary rules to permit legitimately the treatment of personal data on sanitary emergency situations. As a consequence, the protection of data […]
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European strategy, data and artificial intelligence
Since 2014, the European Commission is doing a series of steps to facilitate the development of an agile economics at the data management like the Non Personal Free Data Circulation Regulation , the norm on cibersecurity or data and the GDPR. In 2018, the CE presented for the first time a strategy of artificial intelligence […]
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BREXIT and General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR)
The United Kingdom voted in favour to leave the European Union in a referendum during the summer of the 2016, only a few months after the entrance in force of the GPDR. Furthermore, during the period until its application, the May 25th of 2018, the UK drafted and approved his own Data Protection Act 2018 […]