On 9 July 2020, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ‘CPME response to the EUHealthSupport Stakeholder Survey’ (CPME 2020/059 FINAL).
On 7 May 2020, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the CPME response to Public Consultation on the European Data Strategy’ (CPME 2020/043 FINAL) . CPME welcomes the Eu ambition of becoming a leading role model for a society empowered by data to make better decisions in business and the public sector. However, certain conditions need […]
On 7 May 2020, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ‘CPME response to EUHEalthSupport Consortium on health data processing’ (CPME 2020/048 FINAL) CPME welcomes the work being developed by the EUHealthSupport Consortium to conduct a study which examines EU Member States’ rules governing the processing of health data, with the objective of highlighting possible differences […]
On 21 January 2016, CPME welcomed the opportunity to comment on the Draft Code of Conduct on privacy for mobile health applications. The purpose of this code is to foster justified trust among users of mobile applications which process personal data that includes data concerning health.
On 11 March 2014, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) together with the Council of European Dentists (CED) and the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) signed an open Letter addressed to the MEPs ahead of the European Parliament’s votes on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation and the Initiative report on electronic mass surveillance of European citizens. […]
On 12 February 2014, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will vote on the draft report on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens’ fundamental rights as well as on transatlantic cooperation. With this occasion, the Standing Committe of European Doctors (CPME) released […]
On 23 October 2013, the online magazine Science/Business published an article, reporting an analysis of the LIBE vote on data protection. Dr Katrín Fjeldsted, President of the Standing Committee of European Doctors, argued that “the adopted text does not foresee any exemption to the right to be forgotten for purposes of preventive or occupational medicine, medical […]
On 23 October 2013, Euractiv published the article “Digital summit seeks to move away from snooping debate” commenting the LIBE vote on data protection and reporting also the reaction of the Standing Committee of European Doctors, emphasized by Dr Katrín Fjeldsted, President of the CPME. Please, find here the full article.
On 22 October, Europolitics reported the reaction of the Standing Committee of European Doctors to the vote in the Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) on data protection. “It is absolutely stunning how MEPs sacrificed medical ethics by waiving the obligation for a researcher to fully inform an individual of the research characteristics before he gives his consent” […]
On 21 October 2013, Euractiv published the CPME opinion article “Strong data protection rules for high-quality healthcare”. Health and medical data need specific attention when legislation on data protection is at stake. Patients’ data contain highly sensitive information and require particularly strict protection and security mechanisms against any unauthorised access, mismanagement, or identity theft, says […]