Duty LXD-8314
Processes de-identified data, in Latvia
Law on the Rights of Patients (Pacientu tiesību likums), research use of patient datasince 2 lines
Pacientu tiesību likums, s. 10(7) and s. 11(7) · Read the law's page
- Use patient data recorded in medical documents in research only if the information to be analysed cannot directly or indirectly identify the patient, or the patient has agreed in writing to the use of the information in that specific study (Patients' Rights Law s. 10(7)).
- Use information gained about a patient in a clinical study only with the consent of the patient, or of the person who consented to the patient's involvement, and only while the patient's anonymity is guaranteed (s. 11(7)).
Statistics Law (Statistikas likums), anonymisation and non-identifying release of statistical datasince 3 lines
Statistikas likums, s. 17(5), s. 19(1), s. 26(1) and s. 28(5) · Read the law's page
- The statistics authority must anonymise personal data obtained for official statistics immediately after obtaining, checking and linking them, unless they are still needed for official statistics, and must store identifying data separately and securely from other data (Statistics Law s. 17(5)).
- The statistics authority must release official statistics in a form that does not allow a private person or state institution to be identified directly or indirectly, except in the cases in section 25 (s. 19(1)).
- The statistics authority must give access for research work only to indirectly identifiable data that it can protect with suitable disclosure control methods (s. 26(1)), and must refuse access where the requester does not ensure suitable protection and disclosure control of those data (s. 28(5)).