Log National Oncological should not include the name of the patient, as banks or insurance companies may have access to the list
the National Commission Data Protection (NCDP) has delivered a negative opinion to the Registrar National Oncological, list the government wants to create to list the cases of cancer in the country, considering that does not guarantee that banks or insurance companies do not have access to the identities of patients on the list.
According to the Journal News the ICPD criticizes the Ministry of Health for not having studied the risks of centralizing this information. Ana Roque, the rapporteur of the opinion – which according to the JN was issued the day before yesterday – recognizes “the goodness of the purpose” of this database, but points out that citizens are “at the mercy of anyone who can access it,” allowing “discriminatory judgments.” And an example: “in the employment context, in the context of contractual relations, including schemes involving banks and insurance companies”
The opinion of the ICPD states that should have been found solutions to safeguard the identity of patients with cancer. in the Register National Oncological, which according to advanced information by the Government in May, should already be at this time to run and be managed by the Portuguese Institute of Oncology.
the JN contacted the Ministry of Health, which does not He made no comment, claiming that it had access to that opinion.
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