Healthcare IT News March 11, 2020
Europe’s GDPR has been considered a trailblazer. But it turns out that interpreting it is difficult, and digital healthcare is where these difficulties manifest most.
Since the European Union (EU) began enforcing the GDPR in 2018, citizens have been given considerable power regarding the personal data generated about them. But the reality is that GDPR is open to interpretation. Countries interpret the GDPR rules in different ways, making it very difficult for companies in – say – the digital health space to develop products for the European market. To address this, Germany, which will have the presidency of the European Council in the second half of 2020, has announced plans to push for a GDPR code of conduct providing guidance...