Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Αστικό Δίκαιο και Νέες ΤεχνολογίεςLibrary of the School of Law
Author:
Kokoras Efstathios
Supervisors info:
Νικολόπουλος Παναγιώτης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Αστικού Δικαίου, Νομική Σχολή Παν/μίου Αθηνών (επιβλ)
Χριστοδούλου Κωνσταντίνος, Καθηγητής Αστικού Δικαίου, Νομική Σχολή Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών (μέλος)
Παπαδοπούλου-Κλαμαρή Δήμητρα, Καθηγήτρια Αστικού Δικαίου, Νομική Σχολή Παν/μίου Αθηνών (μέλος)
Original Title:
Η προστασία των προσωπικών δεδομένων υγείας
Translated title:
The protection of health data
Summary:
The rapid development of technology, networking and information systems has resulted in many changes which also influences health data. The use of new technologies has rapidly increased the possibilities of processing personal health data and new measures must be taken in order to establish a strong data protection framework. In this context, the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 confirms the principles relating to processing of personal data and the rights of data subjects, adding new ones, and specifies the obligations of the controllers and processors. In addition, the Regulation adhere to a risk based approach as it maintains provisions concerning the processing of special categories of personal data in comparison with other data. For this reason, this Regulation includes the definition of "data concerning health" as well as the definition of genetic and biometric data. This study attempts to highlight the regulations of health data protection according to the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679).
Main subject category:
Law and Legislation
Other subject categories:
Civil Law
Keywords:
personal data, data concerning health, Regulation 2016/679, GDPR,
