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German DPAs: Healthcare Apps and Wearables Create High Risks for Users

Photo of Christoph Ritzer (DE)Photo of Sven Jacobs (DE)By Christoph Ritzer (DE) and Sven Jacobs (DE) on Posted in Compliance and risk management, Regulatory response
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightDuring their last Data Protection Conference, the German data protection authorities (DPAs) agreed on a resolution on data protection principles that providers of healthcare apps and wearables should consider. According to the resolution, almost a third of the German population 14 years or older uses wearables (body-worn devices that record an individual’s health data) and healthcare apps … Continue reading

Dutch DPA: Employers May Not Process Employee Health Data From Wearables

Photo of Nikolai de KoningPhoto of Floortje Nagelkerke (NL)By Nikolai de Koning and Floortje Nagelkerke (NL) on Posted in Compliance and risk management, Regulatory response
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightThe Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, the “AP”) announced on March 8, 2016, that two companies agreed to stop processing employees’ personal health data after the AP initiated an investigation into the employers’ practices. The two companies provided their employees with wearable devices (or “wearables”), which allowed the companies to track their employees’ physical … Continue reading
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