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The European Parliament proposal for the new EU General Data Protection Regulation may severely restrict European epidemiological research

Authors: Olof Nyrén, Magnus Stenbeck, Henrik Grönberg

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 4/2014

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In January 2012, the European Commission presented the draft of a new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. The GDPR is planned to replace the 1995 Directive 95/46/EC, which constitutes the present European legal framework for processing of personal data. Hence, this new binding Regulation will lay the legal foundation for future European epidemiology based on personal data, including register-based research. …

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Title: The European Parliament proposal for the new EU General Data Protection Regulation may severely restrict European epidemiological research
Authors: Olof Nyrén
Magnus Stenbeck
Henrik Grönberg
Publication date: 01-04-2014
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-014-9909-0

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