Privacy Guidelines on the processing of data concerning health for the purpose of scientific research in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak
Guidelines 03/2020 on the processing of data concerning health for the purpose of scientific research in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak
Section 3.3 “Further processing”
11. Finally, when talking about “processing of health data for the purpose of scientific research”, there are two types of data usages:
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1. Research on personal (health) data which consists in the use of data directly collected for the purpose of scientific studies (“primary use”).
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2. Research on personal (health) data which consists of the further processing of data initially collected for another purpose (“secondary use”).