The EU AI Framework

Start preparing your business for the EU Framework on artificial intelligence The EU Framework on artificial intelligence (AI), consisting of a regulation establishing harmonised rules on AI (the AI act), and a directive adopting non-contractual civil liability rules to AI (the AI Liability Directive) is expected to be adopted in 2024 or 2025. It [...]

HewardMills Celebrates Ghana Data Protection

We caught up with Senior Health Care Supervisors in Ghana, in conjunction with the Data Protection Commission-Ghana to discuss the current situation on the enforcement mechanisms for regulating personal data within the Health Sector. Every data-driven organisation should have a privacy framework in place. If your organisation hasn’t yet taken the time to orient [...]

By |2023-03-15T12:13:46+00:0013th February, 2023|DPO, Governments, International, Life Sciences|

Clinical trials in Spain: translating the AEPD’s new rules

At one time or another, any organisation with operations in Europe will have had to navigate the GDPR: the European data protection law which sets some of the highest standards for data privacy worldwide. For clinical trial sponsors, there's also the European Clinical Trials Regulation ('CTR') to contend with—alongside international laws governing the life [...]

By |2022-05-27T11:44:50+01:0020th May, 2022|DPO, International, Life Sciences, ThoughtLeadership|

Registering with data protection regulators when sponsoring or conducting clinical trials

Organisations involved in clinical trials in European Union (EU) Member States, or the UK should consider whether they need to register with data protection regulators. Before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force in May 2018, the data protection laws in the EU (which at the time included the UK) required organisations [...]

By |2022-04-26T09:05:49+01:0026th April, 2022|DPO, Life Sciences|

Top considerations for clinical trials

After the hiatus brought about by the pandemic, activity in the clinical trials sector is now growing, with a number of trials due to launch at the end of this quarter. Increasingly, participants in trials and partners in Clinical Research Organisations (CROs) are seeking assurance that a Data Protection Officer (DPO) has been appointed [...]

By |2022-03-31T09:34:17+01:0026th January, 2022|DPO, Life Sciences, News, ThoughtLeadership|
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