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FINLAND: PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW ACT ON THE SECONDARY USE OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE PERSONAL DATA

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The new Act codifies the relevant legislation and broadens the possibilities to, under certain conditions, utilize and combine for secondary purposes personal data collected in relation to public or private social and health care operations. The decisions on licenses are subject to an appeal.

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Mastering healthcare data governance with data lineage

IBM Big Data Hub

The healthcare industry faces arguably the highest stakes when it comes to data governance. For starters, healthcare organizations constantly encounter vast (and ever-increasing) amounts of highly regulated personal data. healthcare, managing the accuracy, quality and integrity of data is the focus of data governance.

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How to protect healthcare and life-sciences data from a cyber attack pandemic

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

According to analyst firm IDC , 93% of pharmaceutical companies and 72% of biotech companies already have business-critical applications in the cloud, including product lifecycle management, analytics, revenue management, and much more. The risks of non-compliance.

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Virginia’s new Consumer Data Protection Act

Data Protection Report

Importantly, note the new law’s definition of consumer : “a natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth acting only in an individual or household context. Such data security practices shall be appropriate to the volume and nature of the personal data at issue.”.

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The Belgian Data Protection Authority Publishes Recommendation Concerning Data Processing for Direct Marketing Purposes

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

For example, a public administration targeting specific groups susceptible to specific diseases does not engage in direct marketing unless a specific medicinal product and/or pharmaceutical company is mentioned. The Recommendation provides a step-by-step approach on how achieve compliance: 1. Necessity for Data Minimisation.

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New Cybersecurity Directives (NIS2 and CER) Enter into Force

Hunton Privacy

However, the concept of an “essential entity” is much broader and will also capture many organizations that have, to-date, not been subject to the NIS regime—for example, pharmaceutical companies and operators of hydrogen production, storage and transmission. For important entities, of at least up to €7 million or 1.4%

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China’s First Data Protection Measures Lifting Its Veils

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

Article 2 of the draft Data Security Measures states that the provisions therein govern all sector data processing activities (including, but not limited to, data collection, retention, transfer, and processing and use), that use cyber technologies within the territory of the People’s Republic of China.