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Adopted Health Data Utilisation Act including data use regulation

On 2 February 2024, the Health Data Utilisation Act, including data use regulation, was adopted by the Federal Council. The Act regulates the use and processing of health data for research and healthcare system development. The Act states that healt…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: e-commerce, software provider: other software, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2023-09-08
under deliberation

On 8 September 2023, the Health Data Utilisation Act was introduced to the German federal parliamen…

2024-02-02
adopted

On 2 February 2024, the Health Data Utilisation Act, including data use regulation, was adopted by …

2024-03-26
in grace period

On 26 March 2024, the Health Data Utilisation Act (BGBl. 2024 I Nr. 102) entered into force one day…