Data protection: how medical researchers persuaded the European Parliament to compromise

Thompson, Beth (2016) Data protection: how medical researchers persuaded the European Parliament to compromise [Online resource]

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When the process of updating Europe’s data protection laws began, public concerns about privacy – highlighted by the Snowden affair – led to the European Parliament filing amendments that would have inhibited medical research. Fortunately, Beth Thompson writes, MEPs listened to researchers and patients and a compromise has been reached.