INTRODUCTION
Several recently drafted data protection laws appear to afford a privileged position to scientific research, including health research. Provisions that might otherwise apply to data subjects and data controllers, including rights exercisable by data subjects against controllers, are lifted or lessened. For example, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) defines scientific research broadly, stating that … (more)
Edward S Dove and Jiahong Chen, ‘Should consent for data processing be privileged in health research? A comparative legal analysis’, International Data Privacy Law, volume 10, issue 2, May 2020, pages 117-131, https://doi.org/10.1093/idpl/ipz023.
First posted 2020-07-18 06:38:40
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