The Significance of Inclusion in Clinical Trials and Medical Research Databases
Our colleagues at the Israel Tech Policy Institute (ITPI) published a thoughtful blog on the significance of diversity and inclusion in clinical trials and health and medical research databases. They discuss the imperative of being represented in data, for one’s existence to be recognized and considered. When such data is the building block for a […]
Why Data Protection Law Is Uniquely Equipped to Let Us Fight a Pandemic with Personal Data
Data protection law is different than “privacy”. We, data protection lawyers, have been complacent recently and have failed to clarify this loud and clear for the general public. Perhaps happy to finally see this field of law taking the front stage of public debate through the GDPR, we have not stopped anyone from saying that […]
EU DPAs Issue Green and Red Lights for Processing Health Data During the COVID-19 Epidemic
As Europe is grappling with an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases, some European Data Protection Authorities issued public interest guidance on the limits of collecting, sharing and using personal data relating to health in these exceptional circumstances. Particular areas of concern are related to the breadth of measures that employers can legally take to monitor […]