GDPR

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26 April 2022

When is your data anonymous?

In a joint piece for Digital Health, Paul Affleck and GP Dr Imran Khan, explore the recent care.data and GPDPR
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2 September 2019

Full power of innovative technologies ‘will not be achieved’ in no-deal Brexit

The warning comes amid concerns there may be delays in sharing health data between the UK and the EU if
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17 July 2019

NHSX CDO tries to quell alarm bells over Alexa partnership

Tara Donnelly confirmed that no patient will be shared with Amazon following an initiative to make healthcare data accessible via
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10 July 2019

Amazon Alexa partnership puts patient data ‘at risk’

A lack of detail about how patient data will be used and stored makes the deal appear like a “crazy
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26 November 2018

Home Office discussing potentially unlawful access to patient info by police

According to some local medical committees in England, police are using subject access requests to acquire the medical histories of
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25 May 2018

National data opt-out programme comes into force

The national data opt-out programme has been launched, with a view to allowing people to choose how their health data
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16 April 2018

Over £1 million spent by NHS trusts on GDPR preparation, FOI reveals

Freedom of Information (FOI) requests sent to NHS trusts in England reveal that more than £1 million has been spent
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9 February 2018

WhatsApp doc: Legal and practical perspectives of using mobile messaging

With GDPR coming into force in Spring 2018, our guest columnists explore the legal and practical implications of using mobile
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15 January 2018

The CIO interview: Ed Tucker, DP Governance

Ed Tucker, CIO of DP Governance explains why AI is overrated, importance of a customer centric back to basics approach
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29 December 2017

GDPR and the NHS Digital Academy: Digital Health’s predictions for 2018

Digital Health News looks ahead to what is coming up in 2018 including the launch of the NHS Digital Academy
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