The question is asked whenever the unauthorised use of patient health data is discovered. Considering the great potential that artificial intelligence (AI) has for medicine, it is necessary to address the issue in a systematic and transparent way. Continue reading
Privacy International, an English charity, has reviewed the most popular menstrual control apps and found that some of them share data with Facebook. Continue reading
Figures obtained by data security solutions firm Egress, a data security solutions company, via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request reveal that 4,856 breaches were reported to the ICO (the Information Commissioner’s Office) between 1st January and 20th June 2019. Continue reading
Privacy by Default and Privacy by Design are two principles that GDPR calls to mind and that data controllers must follow when applying in practice the protection of personal and sensitive data. More than a year after the GDPR came into force, what has actually changed in the way healthcare software is designed and implemented? Continue reading
Google and the University of Chicago Medical Center have been sued in a class action for violating patient privacy as a result of a data sharing partnership the parties signed two years ago. Continue reading
Health was one of the main topics in the group discussion at the F8 Facebook conference held last week. Continue reading
A study appeared last Wednesday in BMJ describes a disturbing scenario regarding health apps and their data management. Users’ privacy is at risk! Continue reading
GDPR introduces the principles of “privacy by default” and privacy by design”, on the base of which all company processes have to be re-designed; a change that deeply impact the healthcare information systems. Easy to say but very hard to realise. Continue reading
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