Safeguarding personal data during a clinical trial

Clinical trials can be complex and layered machines that require multiple spheres of compliance to be accounted for. Our previous blog covered embedding privacy by design, consent, and strategies for mitigating data protection risks at the outset of a clinical trial. In this piece, we look at the main challenges data protection officers (DPOs) [...]

By |2024-10-31T15:29:37+00:0027th October, 2024|DPO, Life Sciences|

Why your clinical trials need a DPO: key data protection considerations for compliance

When starting a clinical trial, safeguarding patient privacy is one of many aspects of regulatory compliance to implement from the outset. With many other considerations to take care of, working closely with a Data Protection Officer (DPO) can make the job of complying with key privacy regulations a lot easier. In this three-part series, [...]

By |2024-09-27T14:51:07+01:0024th September, 2024|DPO, Life Sciences|

Privacy and Security in cross-border genetic data transfers

Genomic technology is increasingly becoming entrenched in a lot of our health services. From population health screening, ancestry testing, nutritional testing, policing, and crime prevention, the technique has become commonplace.   This has also led to growth in the need for an exchange of data across international borders, bringing with it significant responsibility from a [...]

By |2024-07-29T16:38:22+01:0025th July, 2024|Data Transfer, DPO, Governments, Life Sciences, News|

The US privacy landscape in mid-2024: How new state laws impact marketing, AI, and the health sector

Until relatively recently, US businesses faced few restrictions on their collection and use of personal data. In 2024, while gaps in rights and protections remain, the US has arguably become one of the most complex privacy landscapes in the world.  In July 2024, three important state privacy laws took effect, taking the total number [...]

By |2024-07-29T16:36:59+01:0024th July, 2024|DPO, Governments, Life Sciences, News, US, US Privacy Law|

GDPR and Automated Decision Making in Precision Medicine

The rise of “precision medicine”, the personalization of medical treatments based on large volumes of health data, has led to the increased use of automation. Advancements in data analytics and automated decision-making (ADM) technologies, which analyse vast genomic datasets to pinpoint personalised treatment strategies, have been game changers in the clinical trials space.  Courts [...]

By |2023-10-29T20:45:51+00:0017th October, 2023|DPO, Life Sciences, News|

Data Health checks in healthcare sector

Unlocking the Key to Compliance: Data Privacy Health Checks for Healthcare Organisations  Healthcare companies are some of the biggest targets of cyber-attacks, with health data being a particularly sensitive form of personal data.   Healthcare organisations store, maintain and transmit vast amounts of data to support the delivery of efficient and appropriate patient care. [...]

By |2023-10-20T20:55:44+01:0031st July, 2023|DPO, Governments, International, Life Sciences|

Regulation on Dosimetry and application of administrative Sanctions of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law

Background: The Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) is the Brazilian legal framework that regulates data processing carried out in Brazil and in other countries where the processing operations (i) aim to offer or supply goods and services to people located in Brazil; (ii) process the personal data of people located in Brazil; [...]

By |2023-05-22T12:50:40+01:0022nd May, 2023|DPO, Governments, International, Life Sciences|

Decoding Digital Health: Trans-Atlantic transfers of Health Data

Trans-Atlantic Transfers of Health Data   Since the Covid 19 Pandemic, clinical trials have become more popular across the globe. A potential stumbling block for organisations sponsoring or engaging in clinical trials is trans-Atlantic transfers of health data.   Background  Prior to the Schrems II ruling in 2020, a mechanism to permit the transfer of data [...]

By |2023-05-24T14:25:45+01:0020th May, 2023|DPO, Governments, International, Life Sciences|

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|
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