GENERAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION LAW: IMPACTS ON THE HEALTH SECTOR

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to examine the General Law for the Protection of Personal Data according to its impacts on the health sector, in view of its implications on the information provided by patients to the hospital sector that arouse curiosity regarding the legal security of the data provided. Since, the listed law aims to protect the personal data of patients. To do so, it is necessary to know the law and its articles that go against the imbroglios that arise in the face of poor management of this data, master the differences between personal and sensitive data and analyze, according to the context, at what moment the user of the health does not have its rights protected by the sector, in terms of privacy, listing the ways in which, once these rights are violated, they can file a lawsuit through their legal representatives. of research using the deductive method, starting from general inquiries about the protection of personal data of individuals, then analyzing the forms of security in which these collected data need to be kept, after their use is consented, in safety in the health sector, analyzing who has a duty to protect this data, and what are the respective levels of responsibility within the health sectors. In view of this, there is a need for greater awareness and investment in educational programs to clarify this issue.