Anonymity in EU Health Law: Not an Alternative to Information Governance

• Published in: Medical law review Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 478 - 501
• Main Author: Mourby, Miranda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Biomedical Research; Clinical Trials as Topic - legislation & jurisprudence; Computer Security - legislation & jurisprudence; Confidentiality; Court of Justice of the European Communities; Data Anonymization - legislation & jurisprudence; Data Anonymization - standards; Data protection; European Union; Guidelines as Topic - standards; Jurisprudence; Medical care; Privacy; Tissue Donors - legislation & jurisprudence; EUROPEAN UNION; Anonymity; Medical research; Cell donors; Confidentiality; Data sharing; Information sharing

Abstract Data sharing has long been a cornerstone of healthcare and research and is only due to become more important with the rise of Big Data analytics and advanced therapies. Cell therapies, for example, rely not only on donated cells but also essentially on donated information to make them trace...