Health Data Security How pharma can use health data Health data is important for pharma companies. Here, we look at the data protection implications and discuss how pharma companies can collect and use health data compliantly.
Data Breaches GDPR fines in Denmark: 3 important lessons GDPR threatens huge fines if you don’t comply. However, we often meet companies who think they will never face penalties. This is partly because some countries delayed enforcing GDPR. But as we explain, even smaller countries like Denmark are now applying penalties. Introduction The GDPR has transformed data protection
Digital Health Innovation 5 key digital health trends in 2020 From technological advances to major legislation, 2020 will be a big year for digital health. Here is our list of the 5 key trends you should know about.
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?
MDR MDR and GDPR: Building compliant eHealth applications The MDR is going to impact many eHealth developers. MDR also implies a need for GDPR. In this blog, we look at how compliance will affect your delivery timeline.
MDR Webinar on MDR and GDPR The MDR (Medical Device Regulation) will be enforced from May 2020. Throughout the past year we received number of questions from digital health innovators on how it will affect their project development timeline.
News €320m! GDPR fines really hurt, and eHealth may be next... The UK ICO has fined BA and Marriott a total of 320 million Euro. The scale of the fines has profound implications for every business. Here, we look at how this highlights the importance of GDPR technical measures, and the impact on eHealth.
GDPR Compliance GDPR for US health companies GDPR has a huge potential impact on US companies. Since coming into force in May 2018, data protection authorities have dealt with over 200,000 cases, imposing €56 million in fines on companies from all over the world. So, what do you need to know about GDPR compliance?
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.
GDPR Compliance GDPR – one year on and it still matters May 25, 2018 revolutionised data protection. That was the day the GDPR came into effect. One year on, what have we learned about GDPR, and what do you still need to focus on?
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.
News Join Chino.io at DMEA 2019 Come and visit Chino.io at DMEA! The all-new DMEA conference runs from 9-11 April, 2019 at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds. Chino.io will be attending as part of the Berlin Partner stand D-103 in hall 3.2.
GDPR Compliance How to encrypt health data for GDPR & HIPAA compliance Encryption is often poorly understood, with many companies claiming that what they do is “the most secure”. Here, we provide a summary of main encryption methods and describe which to use to ensure GDPR and HIPAA compliance for your health applications.
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.
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.
MDR MDR and GDPR – how are they related? The new MDR becomes mandatory from 2020. Many eHealth applications will now be classed as medical devices. Here we discuss how MDR is related to GDPR and how they impact application development.
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.
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.
Health Data Security Health data and data privacy: storing sensitive data under GDPR Under GDPR law, sensitive data is in a much higher risk category than other types of personal data. Businesses that store sensitive health data should focus on GDPR administrative and technical recuirenments.
GDPR Compliance GDPR fines – 7 key lessons for healthcare GDPR fines are starting to bite. Find out about 3 of the most recent rulings from across Europe. Then read the 7 most important lessons the fines teach us.
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.
Digital Health Innovation Digital Health events in October and November In the upcoming months, we will travel across Europe to the events in digital health. This short blog post will provide you with a summary of these digital health events and why you should join us there!
Anonymization Storing data on a user's device under GDPR By storing data locally on a user's device, you have fewer administrative obligations compared to when you transfer and process data in the cloud. However, you still need to provide methods to delete data in case of device theft or loss.
Data Protection Is GDPR consent required for the use of anonymous data? Under GDPR, anonymous data is not treated as personal data, therefore no user consent and no particular protection is required. However, it is very difficult to ensure that the data is truly anonymous.
GDPR Compliance 10 GDPR tips for health innovators This brief post summarizes some of the key points relevant to Digital Health companies.
