On February 5, 2015, the Article 29 Working Party provided clarification on the definition of
health-related data for lifestyle and wellbeing apps. The Working
Party defined health data as information that is: (i) medical data
or (ii) raw sensor data that can be used itself or in combination
with other data to draw a conclusion about the actual health status
of a person. This would include information about smoking and
drinking habits, allergies, patient support groups, medical product
purchases, or medical examination results. The Working Party also
clarified the requirement for explicit consent, transparency,
purpose limitation, and security when transmitting this data.
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