[Concept of personal data relating to health in the law of personal data protection].
The Law on the Protection of Data states that health data are sensible data and therefore subject to a strengthened system of guarantees. In order to apply this, the information must make reference to physical persons and must be susceptible of being included within the concept of health data. The resolutions of the Spanish Agency for Data Protection and the rulings of the Courts provide very valuable elements to clarify both concepts.
Navarrete
Jesús Rubí
JR
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, Madrid, España.
D022126:Access to Information / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018907:Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013030:Spain