What is this standard about?
It provides guidance on data protection requirements to facilitate the transfer of personal health data across national borders.
Who is this standard for?
- Healthcare organizations
- Patients
- Data protection industry
- Security and border officials
Why should you use this standard?
The guidelines specified in this standard cover both the data protection principles that should apply to international transfers and the security policy which an organization should adopt to ensure compliance with those principles.
This international standard aims to facilitate international health-related applications involving the transfer of personal health data. It seeks to provide the means by which data subjects, such as patients, may be assured that health data relating to them will be adequately protected when sent to, and processed in, another country.
