In October 2018, a Portuguese hospital was fined 400,000 euros for 3 GDPR violations. The violations stem from the hospital’s alleged improper data access controls, failure to apply basic technical and organizational safeguards to prevent access to personal data, and failure to test the safeguards that ensure the security of data processing. The hospital is contesting the decision.
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With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in effect, US-based healthcare organizations and HIPAA business associates who handle data of European Union citizens may have to comply with GDPR and HIPAA simultaneously. Our comprehensive and customizable HIPAA and GDPR policy templates help you comply with both.
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GDPR is an EU regulation that governs the handling and processing of EU citizen data. What does this mean for healthcare data compliance in the U.S.?
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