{"title":"Should consent for data processing be privileged in health research? A comparative legal analysis","authors":"E. Dove, Jiahong Chen","doi":"10.1093/idpl/ipz023","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"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:","PeriodicalId":51749,"journal":{"name":"International Data Privacy Law","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2020-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"14","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Data Privacy Law","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/idpl/ipz023","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"LAW","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 14
Abstract
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: