The European Parliament proposal for the new EU General Data Protection Regulation may severely restrict European epidemiological research

• Published in: European journal of epidemiology Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 227 - 230
• Main Authors: Nyrén, Olof, Stenbeck, Magnus, Grönberg, Henrik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.04.2014; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Blood donation; Cancer; Cardiology; COMMENTARY; Computer Security - legislation & jurisprudence; Computer Security - standards; Confidentiality; Data integrity; Data processing; Epidemiologic Methods; Epidemiology; European Parliament; European Union; General Data Protection Regulation; Humans; Infectious Diseases; Information Management - legislation & jurisprudence; Information Management - standards; International Cooperation; Medical Informatics - legislation & jurisprudence; Medical Informatics - standards; Medical Records; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Parliaments; Personal information; Privacy - legislation & jurisprudence; Public Health; Regulation; Statistics; Swedish Snus; Data Subject; Indirect Identification; Personal Data; General Data Protection Regulation
• ISSN: 0393-2990; 1573-7284; 1573-7284
• DOI: 10.1007/s10654-014-9909-0

In January 2012, the European Commission presented the draft of a new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. This new binding Regulation will lay the legal foundation for future European epidemiology based on personal data, including register-based research.