Mobile health: global challenges to the protection of personal data from the perspective of European Union law

• Autor(a) principal: Araujo, Alexandra Rodrigues
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Lucena, Tiago Franklin Rodrigues, Bortolozzi, Flávio, Gonçalves, Silene Maria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/1125
• topic: fundamental rights; personal data; Health data; mobile health; European Union Law.; derechos fundamentales; datos personales; datos relativos a la salud; salud móvil; Derecho de la Unión Europea; direitos fundamentais; dados pessoais; dados relativos à saúde; saúde móvel; Direito da União Europeia.

The mobile health or mHealth – medical and public health practices supported by mobile devices (cell phones, smartphones and tablets) – has the potential to significantly increase the quality and efficiency of health care services. However, the field has several weaknesses in terms of user personal data in this context. This article aims to analyze the most important legal aspects for an effective protection of personal data in mHealth. Having this objective and, based on the EU rules and best international practices in this field, we presented a series of assumptions that are condensed into three areas: greater responsibility of all actors involved in the treatment of mHealth data; greater transparency in how the data are processed, shared and reused; and greater control of users of the technologies and how their data is used. The paper seeks to contribute to an overview of the challenges in order to raise the discussions for the creation and validation of local policies.