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IQVIA has released Series 8 of its Insight Express series, focused on rural health. The release examines healthcare issues affecting rural communities, though further details on its specific findings are limited. It comes as health systems worldwide continue to grapple with access gaps and workforce shortages outside major cities.
- 2IQVIA fined millions after health data 'anonymization' fails GDPR test●A healthcare company fined for thinking a secret code = anonymization. Narrator: it didn't. # DataPrivacy # GDPR # InfoS
Healthcare data company IQVIA has been fined 7.8 million euros after regulators found it failed to properly anonymize health data, wrongly treating coded data as anonymous. Commentators in the privacy and security community are highlighting the case as a warning that pseudonymized data is still personal data under GDPR, and a reminder that companies cannot simply assume coded health records fall outside data protection law.
- 3Italy fines IQVIA €7 million over patient data breach●Italy fines IQVIA €7M after a breach left ~1M patients' health data un‑anonymized. A stark reminder for health firms to
Italian authorities have fined health data firm IQVIA €7 million after a breach exposed the health data of roughly one million patients that had not been properly anonymized. The case is being cited as a warning to health companies to strengthen GDPR compliance and tighten protections for sensitive patient information.