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A collection of articles regarding Data Protection. How to achieve it in the Digital Health Sector, best security practices and more.

Beyond Google Analytics: What the Austrian DPA decision means to you
Data Protection

Beyond Google Analytics: What the Austrian DPA decision means to you

The Austrian DPA declared that websites using Google Analytics are breaching GDPR due to personal data transfers to the US company. The impacts go well beyond Google Analytics though. Find out what you can do to address this.

  • Jovan Stevovic
    Jovan Stevovic
3 min read
Securing your business: the Chino.io DPOaaS service
Data Protection

Securing your business: the Chino.io DPOaaS service

A data protection officer is your on-call expert for GDPR. If you handle lots of sensitive data, you need one. Outsource your DPO needs to us

  • Toby Moncaster
    Toby Moncaster
2 min read
Privacy Shield: how its demise impacts digital health
Data Protection

Privacy Shield: how its demise impacts digital health

Recently, the European Court of Justice overturned the EU-US Privacy Shield. This judgement has significant consequences for digital health companies.

  • Nicola Brunello
    Nicola Brunello
  • Toby Moncaster
    Toby Moncaster
3 min read
Coronavirus: Challenges and opportunities for digital health
News

Coronavirus: Challenges and opportunities for digital health

The Coronavirus pandemic threatens to overwhelm health services. Tacking it requires extreme measures to prevent infection. In this blog, we explore how the pandemic is impacting healthcare, and how digital health has the potential to save the day.

  • Toby Moncaster
    Toby Moncaster
  • Nicola Brunello
    Nicola Brunello
4 min read
Digital health and cybersecurity threats
Data Protection

Digital health and cybersecurity threats

The cybersecurity threat is hardly new. But the growth of digitisation in key areas of our lives, such as healthcare, makes it ever-more significant. Recently, our CEO, Jovan Stevovic, discussed this topic in a panel at LSX World Congress in London.

  • Ruta Naujokaite
    Ruta Naujokaite
3 min read
Regulations and standards for digital health applications
News

Regulations and standards for digital health applications

As many of you know, we just released a new guide. This gives an overview of the regulations and standards you need to know if you are developing digital health applications. Following feedback from eagle-eyed readers, we have made a couple of changes and clarifications.

  • Toby Moncaster
    Toby Moncaster
1 min read
Digital therapeutics: A new business model for eHealth
Data Protection

Digital therapeutics: A new business model for eHealth

Digital therapeutics is the next big thing in digital health. Governments globally are legislating to give access to digital health apps for treatment. As a developer, this offers new ways to monetise your application. But it brings strict requirements for quality, data protection and data security.

  • Jovan Stevovic
    Jovan Stevovic
3 min read
Why data security is critical for healthcare
Data Protection

Why data security is critical for healthcare

After every major data breach, people wonder how secure their personal data is. They briefly panic about it, but within days they have forgotten. For companies, the story is similar. All too often, they are lulled into a false sense of security about their own data security policies.

  • Toby Moncaster
    Toby Moncaster
4 min read
Why accountability matters in GDPR
GDPR Compliance

Why accountability matters in GDPR

Accountability is a central principle of GDPR. However, it is often poorly understood. So, what does it really mean for you and why does it matter?

  • Nicola Brunello
    Nicola Brunello
  • Toby Moncaster
    Toby Moncaster
3 min read
Data protection vs. data security
Data Protection

Data protection vs. data security

GDPR has focussed everyone’s attention on data protection. But often, people get confused between data security and data protection. Read on to learn the difference.

  • Jovan Stevovic
    Jovan Stevovic
6 min read
Trust in eHealth: the good, the bad and the ugly
Data Protection

Trust in eHealth: the good, the bad and the ugly

The eHealth market is one of the fastest growing in the world. Users want to access the benefits of personalised healthcare, but in doing so, they are entrusting you with their most valuable and personal data. Mess up and you risk losing that trust and killing your market.

  • Toby Moncaster
    Toby Moncaster
3 min read
How eHealth apps benefit from Backend as a Service
Cloud Health Technologies

How eHealth apps benefit from Backend as a Service

Backend as a Service is a relatively new approach to app design. It places the emphasis on designing your API first, forcing you to consider what you really need to implement. For eHealth apps, it allows you to quickly and easily ensure compliance with GDPR and HIPAA.

  • Toby Moncaster
    Toby Moncaster
5 min read
The MDR – a step-by-step guide for eHealth
MDR

The MDR – a step-by-step guide for eHealth

The MDR will be enforced from May 2020. To help companies prepare for it, the EU has published a step-by-step implementation plan. Here we explain how the 12 step plan applies to eHealth companies.

  • Toby Moncaster
    Toby Moncaster
3 min read
How to implement pseudonymization: your key questions answered
GDPR Compliance

How to implement pseudonymization: your key questions answered

Pseudonymization is a sensible security precaution but it will not make your application GDPR compliant by itself. In this blog we look in more detail at pseudonymization and the implications of using it.

  • Stefano Tranquillini
    Stefano Tranquillini
3 min read
Pseudonymization of health data. A visual guide with tips
Health Data Security

Pseudonymization of health data. A visual guide with tips

Pseudonymization is a key data protection technique. However, it is not sufficient to make you GDPR compliant. Our infographic provides definitions and will clarify the legal and technical implications of pseudonymization.

  • Jovan Stevovic
    Jovan Stevovic
1 min read
Whoops! The data security mistakes we all make
Data Breaches

Whoops! The data security mistakes we all make

No data security is ever foolproof. There is always a weak link in the security chain, and all too often that link is a human. In this blog, we look at some of these human factors and suggest ways you can help to reduce these risks.

  • Toby Moncaster
    Toby Moncaster
4 min read
What MDR class is my software?
MDR

What MDR class is my software?

The new Medical Device Regulation promotes many eHealth apps to Class II or even Class III medical devices. Use our useful infographic to find out what MDR class your app is.

  • Ruta Naujokaite
    Ruta Naujokaite
2 min read
Digital Health Business guide to Data Protection Officers (DPO)
GDPR Compliance

Digital Health Business guide to Data Protection Officers (DPO)

The Data Protection Officer (DPO), is a corporate figure introduced by the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR, the EU's new law on Data Protection and Privacy matters.

  • Jovan Stevovic
    Jovan Stevovic
2 min read
What is Pseudonymous data according to the GDPR?
Data Protection

What is Pseudonymous data according to the GDPR?

Anonymisation and pseudonymisation are two key concepts for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR provides exceptions to many of the most burdensome provisions of the regulation when steps are taken to de-identify personal data using anoymisation or pseudonymisation.

  • Jovan Stevovic
    Jovan Stevovic
1 min read
MDR: innovation killer or life saver?
MDR

MDR: innovation killer or life saver?

The motivations behind MDR and its impact on the EU eHealth market We look in more detail at the background to the new MDR. Read on to find out if MDR will be an innovation killer or lifesaver!

  • Ruta Naujokaite
    Ruta Naujokaite
5 min read
Storing potentially sensitive data: Best practices for app developers
Health Data Security

Storing potentially sensitive data: Best practices for app developers

Potentially sensitive data, such as that generated by wellbeing apps, is a "grey area” where the GDPR classification is open for interpretation.

  • Stefano Tranquillini
    Stefano Tranquillini
2 min read
What is personal data under GDPR?
Data Protection

What is personal data under GDPR?

If data is in any way identifiable or can be connected to the user (directly or indirectly), the data collection process cannot make the claim of being anonymous.

  • Jovan Stevovic
    Jovan Stevovic
3 min read
Digital Health Conferences in 2019
Data Protection

Digital Health Conferences in 2019

Last year saw around 40 global mHealth events and there are plenty more in 2019! What events in the digital health industry are worth attending? Plan this year’s events using our calendar.

  • Ruta Naujokaite
    Ruta Naujokaite
10 min read
GDPR vs. HIPAA for Digital Health Apps
HIPAA Compliance

GDPR vs. HIPAA for Digital Health Apps

Every **Digital Health App** processes **personal data** and most will also process health sensitive data. Processing such data requires you to be compliant with relevant data protection laws. How do you do that as a Digital Health Business? Here are the key things you have to consider.

  • Stefano Tranquillini
    Stefano Tranquillini
2 min read
Interview with Chino.io CTO Stefano about cybersecurity
Data Protection

Interview with Chino.io CTO Stefano about cybersecurity

Interview with Stefano Tranquillini, the CTO at Chino.io Stefano about his involvement in C3ISP, an EU Commission funded project, which aims at building a collaborative and confidential information sharing system for cybersecurity threats and attacks.

  • Ruta Naujokaite
    Ruta Naujokaite
7 min read
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