Control of Privacy by Health Authorities in Emergency Situations
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This study offers a systematic, exhaustive and updated investigation of the processing of personal data relating to the health of citizens affected and/or potentially affected by the exceptional situation resulting from COVID-19. For this purpose, and taking into account all the general and sectorial regulations applicable to data protection and health issues, it analyses the legitimate
bases and the exceptions that, applicable to health emergency situations such as the present one, allow the processing according to the nature of the controller, with special emphasis on the public
interest pursued by the Public Administrations and the vital interest of the data subject.
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