On December 17, 2015, the DDPA began investigating (source document in Dutch)
the Dutch Healthcare Authority's ("DHA") Diagnosis
Information System's compliance with the data privacy
requirements set forth by the DDPA. According to the DDPA, because
the DHA processes sensitive personal data, it must take effective
measures to reduce the linkability of a dataset with the original
identity of a data subject. The DHA announced that it will stop
providing data from the DIS to third parties while the
investigation is ongoing.
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