Germany:
Bavarian DPA And Data Protection Commissioner Publish Joint Guideline For Commissioned Data Processing In Bavarian Hospitals
30 September 2016
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Richard Johnson
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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In June, the Bavarian Data Protection Authority
("DPA") and the Bavarian Data Protection Commissioner
published a joint guideline (source document in German)
regarding the use of external providers in hospitals. The guideline
discusses how to ensure that commissioned data processing
(Auftragsverarbeitung) complies with data protection
requirements, such as Article 27 of the Bavarian Act on
Hospitals.
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