Privacy Protection and Regulatory Aspects in the context of Medical Apps

Abstract

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant increase in the development of medical apps worldwide in recent years, both in research projects and in industry. However, unfortunately the development of such apps has often been significantly slowed down, if not stopped, due to bureaucratic problems frequently related to privacy. Therefore, in this paper we aim to summarize regulatory aspects and privacy protection in the context of medical apps, in order to provide suggestions and guidelines for app designers and developers.