PREGLED EVROPSKOG ZAKONODAVSTVA O ZAŠTITI LIČNIH PODATAKA U ZDRAVSTVENOM SEKTORU

Bjelica Vlajić Iris (Агенција за заштиту личних података у Босни и Херцеговини), iris_bjelica_vlajic@yahoo.com

Since 1974 when US adopted the Privacy Act, protection of privacy and data protection have been applied to many areas. Among them is medical sector. While under medical file one understands systematic documentation of patient’s history within the jurisdiction of one health provider, medical data is applied to various pieces of information about an individual. With the technology improvements these data is widely reachable and in need of protection. Furthermore, since freedom of movement of people, services and goods were guaranteed within the EU, medical services stretch beyond national borders. That means that the data flow has to be regulated. In Europe two separate systems of medical data protection exist. First one is under the Council of Europe and the other under the EU. A brief presentation of adopted legislation that regulates this matter has been offered. Finally, without division all data require to be protected while legality and basic principles should be applied to any type of their processing.

Keywords: Protection of privacy, data protection, medical data protection, European Union practice, European Union legislation